I didn’t say they “aren’t as good”.
SINGLE always in the past (pre-PC) MEANT NEVER married. That was understood.
Suddenly in the age of PC, it’s become “not married now”. The term “single” has been co-opted.
It IS deceptive. Many are trying to indicate they have no “baggage”. (Because that’s what many people think when they see “divorced” especially.) I’m not PC. Don’t try to paint me as something I’m not. I’m pointing out facts, that’s all.
The problem is you can have someone divorced who feels like they are widowed,
someone widowed who feels like they were divorced from a hellacious marriage,
someone single who feels like they were married for years.
someone married who feels like they were single for years.
Titles don’t indicate emotions or behaviors.
And I HATE the term baggage because unless you’re a 12 year old virgin, every human has baggage if they’ve lived and breathed.
Nothing burns my toast quicker than a guy saying “I’ll only date widows because they have less baggage than a divorcee’”
Hellloooo, meet the widder from hell hun ;)
I’m not trying to “paint you as something you’re not.” I said specifically that surely that was not your intent.
"Single", to my mind, means eligible for marriage. In places and times where a divorcée is not allowed to remarry, such a person is not single; where and when remarriage is allowed, the person is.