But Lutkin wondered, Why, when there are more unmarried adults than ever before, is there so much pressure to couple up? Why does everyone treat me as though my real life won’t start until I find a partner? Isn’t this my real life, the one I’m living right now? Is there something wrong with me, or is there something wrong with our culture? Some people are just alone forever.” Her friends rushed to assure her that love comes when you least expect it and to make recommendations for new dating apps. When the conversation turned to her love life, Lutkin stated simply, “I don’t really know if I’m going to date anyone ever again. One evening, thirtysomething writer Aimée Lutkin found herself at a dinner party surrounded by couples. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Cosmopolitan “ The Lonely Hunter challenged everything I assumed about the nature of loneliness and what it means to lead an authentic life.”-Doree Shafrir, author of Thanks for Waiting and Startup: A Novel When can we say we’ll be single forever-and that’s okay? One woman questions our society’s pathologizing of loneliness in this crackling, incisive blend of memoir and cultural reporting.
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