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Why We Should Savour Our Single Years一个人精彩情人节当然是情侣们出双入对、庆祝相爱的日子，而所谓为单身人士准备的“光棍节”却成为单身者顾影自怜、集体哀怨的日子。其实，单身一族大可不必急着给自己找“另一半”，只需细细体味单身的妙处，好好享受当下的生活，在未来某一刻，最好的人自然就会出现。 Ah， singledom. Its a strange place to be. Of course， when youre 19， 21 or even 26， theres nothing better than being all footloose and fancy free1） （as my aunt would put it）. You want to be out with your friends every night and you want to be meeting dark， handsome strangers who whisk you off2） for fleeting affairs ... Because when youre younger， life is all about your mates， building a career， being independent and having “fun.” The thought of settling down and having babies seems so alien. “Its something you do when you’re old，” a certain teen boyband member recently told me during an interview. “Like when youre 30.” He had a point （despite his slightly misguided view on whats “old”）. When youre an excitable teen just out of college or university and dying to make your mark on the world， you have this dreamy idea that when youve made your millions， snogged3） loads of fitties4） and bought a house， you will magically find the boy of your dreams and settle down in a whirlwind of rose petals and confetti5）. You imagine how itll all just come together—and more importantly—you presume that at around 30， youll be ready for it. But then reality strikes and you find that suddenly you are on that downward slope to 30—and shock， horror—youre still single （and maybe not even that bothered about marriage and babies）. All around you， your pals are celebrating 30th birthdays， engagements and wedding days. Some have even welcomed little babas6） into the world. Its all very cute and of course you’re unbelievably happy for them. But you’re so far off that world. It can leave you feeling like a bit of a failure. Why haven’t you got that life yet？ Why do you not want that life yet？ Heres something that happens far too often. You go to a friend’s wedding. You’re armed with a smile and a beady eye （both perfected f