The BIG debate: Is being single BETTER than being a couple?

The CRAM Podcast ~ Extraordinary Ideas Unleashed · Apr 2, 2026 · 58m

Living your BEST life. Does that mean staying single?

Should the well worn phrase “happily ever after” be used for single people and THEIR lives?

You might think so based on the movement by some academics, celebrities, influencers, and the public, who embrace the single life, also known as the “solo or single at heart movement.” Many say life’s actually BETTER when you’re single compared to being coupled. Is this true? What’s the evidence behind this?

Geoff MacDonald is a psychologist who says there are benefits to both: being single or being partnered.

But when you tally it up, which way of…