Singles! Empower Yourself With These Must Read Singles Blogs

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Its been a while since I have posted. I have been really busy with a lot of things, among others, reading a lot of blogs.

As you can well imagine, since relationships is a topic that touches everyone in one way or another, there are a multitude of great blogs out there. Some of them are written by men and others by women which gives one different perspectives.

Some of the blogs are about being single, some are about being in a couple, a lot are about dating, and there are quite a few blogs who’s goal it is to offer good advice to people struggling with their relationships.

I am going to write a series of posts trying to help you find your way about the relationship blogsphere.

The first group of blogs I thought I would write about are the singles blogs.

These blogs are about being single, which of course entails being in a relationship with yourself. There is no particular order to the blogs on the list.

• Single Women Rule has two editors, Keysha Whitaker, who is a published author and radio personality and Terry Hernon MacDonald. Both believe in self empowerment, and seeing ourselves as whole beings, whether  in a relationship or not. No self pity and misery here. So, if you are newly single, or just single, and feel a bit lost and helpless, bookmark this empowering blog.

• Single Shot Seattle, Written by Dianne Mapes, is not solely about single issues, but they are a large part of her content. I love the way she writes and thinks, and I always feel slightly uplifted after reading her blog. Her post Would You Outsource Your Love Life, about internet dating assistants, is one of my favorite posts. (I can’t quite imagine hiring a dating assistant :-D) My only complaint is that she doesn’t update it quite as often as I would like.

• Onely: Single and Happy’s authors, Lisa and Christina are obviously thoughtaholics, and I love them for it. Both are extremely educated, and academia is quite obvious in there posts. Smart, witty and sharp they deal with the misconception of being single in the eyes of society, who views it as some kind of handicap. Their latest post Onely Throws a Hissy Fit made me really wish they were around when I was single. So singles who need some one in there corner, and couples who need to be re-schooled  on how not to look down on singles - Please book mark this blog.

• First Person Singular, Notes from an Unmarried Life by Wendy Braitman, is a personal blog about passing your mid thirties, and to your surprise, finding yourself still single. The content isn’t only about her single life but about a lot of other issues as well, lots of them having to do with single women. Besides being well written and interesting, every post has art in it, photography, painting or illustration, which makes it a visual pleasure as much as an interesting read. Highly recommended.

• Singalutionary (fantastic name) is written by a self proclaimed expert at being single. It is of a personal nature, and it’s interesting to follow the author through her evolution to her expertness in singledom. She is learning how to be single and whole, and experience life in a positive manner, single or not. It seems to me that many would benefit and learn from reading her candid posts.

• Living Single’s author, Bella DePaulo is pretty much the single guru. She  is a social psychologist and the author of Singled Out: How Singles are Stereotyped, Stigmatized, and Ignored, and Still Live Happily Ever After. Living Single is a serious blog that would be interesting for psychology professionals as well as for singles (new or old) trying to figure out how being single effects your stand in society. Extremely interesting reading.

Do you have any other fantastic single blogs to recommend? Would you add or detract from this list? Please share.

So... what do you think? Please leave me a comment.