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Tough Love: Do I Like Being Single Too Much to Fall in Love?
After four years in an unsatisfying relationship, this young woman sees ‘singledom as a complete gift,’ and wants to know: Does she have to settle for a guy? Our advice columnist weighs in.
By Abigail Shrier
02.12.26 — Tough Love with Abigail Shrier
“A life of love isn’t one that minimizes dependence, but one that risks it,” writes Abigail Shrier. (Los Angeles Examiner/USC Libraries/Corbis via Getty Images)
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This column exists because of the way Abigail writes about love. I asked (okay, begged) her to be our advice columnist after reading a few sentences, from her piece about “When Harry Met Sally,” which are addressed to the kids these days who’ve given up on romance. “By all means, study hard, travel, find a good job, have mimosas with friends,” she wrote…

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Abigail Shrier
Abigail Shrier is a journalist and author of Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters, named a “best book” by The Economist and The Times of London. She is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a recipient of the Barbara Olson Award for Excellence and Independence in Journalism, and a graduate of Yale Law School.
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