[danhodgins]

The reductionist argument is that everyone wants to feel 'good', and that life is solely is about chasing a chemical high from natural dopamines, endorphins, oxy, etc that are produced by the body.

Both males and females want the hottest, wealthiest and most interesting person they can pair up with, regardless of their own attributes.

To state the obvious - people who are ugly, fat, poor and boring (as in way below average) have it rough, as they may not be chosen as a long term partner by someone they consider ideal or even acceptable.

For those people, single is better than settling.

[xedrac]

Or you can be real with yourself and find someone in the same ballpark as yourself. Being single may work long term for some people, but I suspect that hollow loneliness will catch up to most eventually.