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Dear Prudence,

I’m a single woman in my late 30s. I thought I was mostly done with the “wedding guest” stage of my life, but recently, there has been a huge second wave of engagements and weddings. During the “first wave” of weddings, I was in my 20s, unmarried but in relationships, and just assumed that it would be my turn eventually. It was easy for me to celebrate others’ love, after all, my marriage was just around the corner!

But that’s not how it turned out. I’ve been single for many years now. I’ve done everything they tell single women to do—I’ve gone to therapy, worked on myself, I have a vibrant social life, many hobbies, a good career, and so on. I’m not lonely or unfulfilled. But no a

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