Chapter Five: The Stigma of Single Life

The fifth chapter marks a major shift in the book. I turn my attention to why my generation is experiencing the marriage delay. I visit the American Association of Single People. I chide them a little for using the word “single” in the name of their organization. I get the executive director Tom Coleman to admit that he has had trouble with the word because so few people seem to want to label themselves as open-endedly “single.” Perhaps he took our conversation to heart because the organization is now called “Unmarried America: An Equal Rights Organization.”