unmarried makes it sound like the goal is to be married.
gross.

I disagree. Single sounds like the goal is to be paired.

That's why I add "happily" to unmarried.

Unmarried only covers those who are not married, which could mean they're in a relationship. Single, to me, would mean they're not in a relationship, either. Not sure why either would mean you're less complete or missing something, though.

single just means ya dont have any xtra fat!!!!

singles cool with me

anyway to me it means;

fun!!!!!

We have different lingual perceptions, you and I. Single means just that: a person alone, it makes no assertion of fullness or incompleteness. A single is not a simpleton. A single is alone, but there are lots of examples of singles inthe natural world which are completely enough by themselves: God, the Sun, Moon, Universe, Internet, etc. These things are complete by themselves. Even intangible, completely conceptual things, like Logic, Math, Serenity, Finger.

Un-married, on the other hand, can't possibly point it out more clearly that the un-married is at loss, or in a state of incompleteness. "Single" is a stand-alone unit. Examples may be a Single-dwelling unit, a single (solo) tour by a musician, a dollar bill, a one-pane window cover.

Whereas an un-married person is a half of a two-person team, but the other half is not there at the moment.

This is what I hear in the two expressions. The undertones, the unwritten qualities, the reading assignment between the lines.

I don't know how you hear that. A singe tree in a yard is not to be married. An unmarried tree in the yard is to be married.

It's one of those things. You hear it differently, but you don't associate the word with its other meanings, from the generalization of meanings of other things came the transferance to the expression "single man".

This is not placing a judgment or expectation on the man which categorially determines he must get married.

An unmarried woman, or man, however, must be feeling awful. The word comes form "married", which is undone. Something was done some time ago, and not it has been undone. If it was done, it was for a reason, which the person applauded and embraced. Now he became unfettered of that doing. BUT if he wanted to do it once, then chances are he will want to do it again, and remarry.

You can't resingle. If you are single, it's by a choice, and society gave that naming convention to those who are not unmarried, because by their own will or by default (by the will of others) he or she stayed single.

There is determination in the word choice of single, and therefore a level of satisfaction. There is a hapless toying by fate that a person experienced, when he is unmarried. He is less satisfied in an unmarried state.

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In my opinion only 0.02% of a normal population cares to go into debating which of the two expressions are "better". On forms they now want you to say "never married", and "divorced" if you are single. This way they avoid confusion and natural obfuscation by the language's inherent ambiguity with the word "single".

Wux, you have convinced me. However, I still don't care for "single." Maybe I'll refer to myself as solo.

It's better to be married than being worried
It's better to be worried than being buried
It's better to get buried than being married

So what you are saying is... you want me to bury you already?

Hun,
When yer done livin this fantasy...whadya say we....Shack up??

Ummm... I'm listening!!!!

Weeelllllll..............
I was thinkin we could be free......
Together!!!!!

Hmm I don't understand the question. You must be a lot more clear lol!

Don't make me spell it out for ya.......

I'm waiting.

I...W a n t y o u t o b e......m i n e!

Like on a key chain?

yould look better on my arm......

or ..on your...anyway ok