Let's be honest. No woman really wants
to be alone for the rest of her life. But does being alone mean you're
doomed to be miserable forever? Definitely not! And does being single
have to equal lonely? No way! You can have the best time of your life
when you're single, but you wouldn't know that from our relationship
obsessed society, where celebrity magazines devote the majority of their
content to who's dating whom and the wedding industry is a $100-billion
business. Yet more than a third of marriages end in divorce, and
countless other couples languish in unions that shouldn't have happened
in the first place.
Don't become a statistic—love yourself and never settle!
Jen Schefft knows that better than almost anyone. In 2003, she got engaged in front of millions of people on television's The Bachelor,
only to see it end nine months later when the relationship just wasn't
right anymore. A year later, she turned down an engagement on The Bachelorette,
and the backlash was relentless. She was labeled a "spinster" by a
celebrity magazine, and a noted national talk-show host remarked that
she would be "a bachelorette for the rest of her life."
This is a terrible message to send to the millions of sensational single women out there, and in Better Single Than Sorry
Schefft makes it her mission to let women know that it's better to be
single than to be in a relationship that doesn't make you happy. With
testimonials from women of all ages—single, married, in committed
relationships, with children (even single moms) and without—this book
tells you how to let go of your fear of being alone and how to love
yourself and never settle for a relationship that is anything less than
you deserve.
Written in a conversational style, as if talking
with your best friend, Schefft helps you navigate the pressures of a
culture that places an unhealthy importance on being in a relationship
and shows you how to find happiness in work, home, and the simple
pleasures of everyday life. Above all, she shows you how it's far, far
better to be single than sorry. Being single is a time to have fun,
learn new things, grow, and blossom—not a time to feel desperate or
depressed, so cherish it!