Everything I Love About Myself, I Learned by Being Alone

It Didn’t Take Two for This Tango

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In my late teens and early twenties, I thought — no, truly believed — that the path to happiness was walked hand in hand with a partner. It seemed that all the happiest people I knew were part of a duo. The least happy people in my orbit were single people, specifically single women because there seemed always to be looking for their…