Why Singles Are Important

 Marriage is considered a given, in most human societies. People have elaborate ceremonies around it, and event managers and pre-wedding-shoot shooters galore make enormous profits from these. Poor singles are often ignored by those who celebrate Doubles. 

But in my view, Singles are as important, if not more important. They are often thrown into leadership positions or start new movements, or cults. Sometimes after abandoning the spouse, but still..

They are free spirits, not burdened by what society demands of them. They have an independent opinion, and frequently express it too. They drink a lot of tea at tea stalls, improving the economy.

They usually have parents who are not happy about their being single, and have to ward off attempts to get them hitched. Dating sites and matrimonial spaces in newspapers do what they can to help the parents, or the few Singles who want to enter holy matrimony.

There is no Single Right Way

All our life, we are attempting to do things right. But what is right? Who decides? You should decide what's right for you (within bounds of decency, of course). For example, what to wear. Formal clothes are such a pain, for example, particularly when we ape Western wear in Eastern Tropical climates. Why can't we develop our own norms for what is formal, if we need to-or have multiple possible attires, including some traditional options?

It goes on in all walks of life, not just what you wear. Many people have achieved happiness or success doing things which did not feel right to someone or the other. Some were crucified for it historically too. Being judgemental about other people comes a bit too easily to most of us...a lot of us may have been judges in a past life!

Sometimes advice is sane, but mostly, it is a case of one size does not fit all. Career choices are also somewhat similar. I became an engineer (I mean I got a degree in engineering), but I turned out to be a non-engineer-whatever that is. So exploration may be a good idea, as far as your own choices go, so long as you can afford to be independent economically. If you can't, well, follow the advice of all the well-meaning folks and do what's RIGHT.