The swinging single lifestyle. of the stereotype is most possible for urban, educated professional and technical people. Only they can afford the high rents and the lavish entertainment. Blue -collar and many white -collar people find 【M1】 ______. few excitement in living singly in rundown apartments or crowding into a more desirable spot with several people sharing expenses. Several studies have shown that single people is not very different from mar- 【M2】 ______. fled people in either social or personality characteristics. The same applies for 【M3】 ______. personal happiness. Some single people, like some married people, are relative- ly happy with themselves and their lives. Others range from merely satisfied to quite unhappy. Even in the best of circumstances, single living has its share of problems. Most of singles for example, manage their finances quite well, but seldom make 【M4】 ______. investments for future as married couples are more likely to do. Income tax 【M5】 ______. laws, adoption and credit regulations, housing rules, or advertisements, con- 【M6】 ______. stantly remind the single person whose marriage is the only socially acceptable 【M7】 ______. state. Most singles either devote an inordinate amount of time and energy 【M8】 ______. cultivating heterosexual relationships, and experience loneliness. Most often it is both. The passing years bring a need for deep emotional relationships in that there is lasting【M9】 ______. security, even among prosperous young people. Most favor marriage in principal 【M10】 ______. and gradually move toward it as a personal alternative. Ironically, their determination to avoid early, hasty marriage may result in their experiencing more satisfying marital relationships later in life, as old, more mature, independent, and realistic adults. 【M1】