Topic: single vs widowed
maybwecan's photo
Tue 05/30/17 07:04 PM
Are you lying if you say you are single after the death of a spouse? Would it be considered deceitful? Is single reserved only for the never married?

no photo
Tue 05/30/17 07:11 PM

Are you lying if you say you are single after the death of a spouse? Would it be considered deceitful? Is single reserved only for the never married?


Ask yourself what purpose it serves to state you are single rather than widowed and you will have your answer.

Personally, imo, if there's a question as to whether or not something is deceitful, it usually is.

sybariticguy's photo
Tue 05/30/17 07:47 PM
Yes but its also true that people are now married three times so the assumptions of long term marriage and fidelity are at best tentative. While people find comfort in illusions in the long run one comes to grips with the fallacy and must deal with the reality of contemporary times and not of past decades of perceived fidelity.

no photo
Tue 05/30/17 07:47 PM
single means unattached right? now sharing about how your life was before you met that person would be another story . thats where lies and truths come out. if you are single you are not in any romantic relationship imho shades

Datwasntme's photo
Tue 05/30/17 07:48 PM
i say i am divorced , because i am
but yet i am single

but i myself tell the whole story

<shrug>

jamesjr191's photo
Wed 05/31/17 05:25 PM
Edited by jamesjr191 on Wed 05/31/17 05:26 PM
single is single period. by choice, death or divorce if your not attached your single.

Toodygirl5's photo
Sat 06/03/17 03:35 PM

Are you lying if you say you are single after the death of a spouse? Would it be considered deceitful? Is single reserved only for the never married?



No to all three questions!

msharmony's photo
Sat 06/03/17 03:37 PM

single means unattached right? now sharing about how your life was before you met that person would be another story . thats where lies and truths come out. if you are single you are not in any romantic relationship imho shades


I agree with this. Single is merely unattached. It could mean divorced, never married, or widowed.