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"   Being single can be amazing - you get time to focus on your career, on your friends and, most importantly on making yourself happy. Result! So how is it that only 1 in 10 single Brits are happy with their solo status? CHECK OUT COSMO&amp;#039;S FIRST DATE RULES A new happiness study by online dating site PARSHIP has revealed that, shockingly, just a tenth of single people in the UK are &amp;#039;very happy&amp;#039; with their single status.  Over 1500 singletons were asked, &amp;#039;How happy are you with your relationship status?&amp;#039; and, according to the results, just 10% of those taking part claimed to be &amp;#039;very happy&amp;#039;. The full results, when asked &amp;#039;How happy are you with your relationship status?&amp;#039;, were as follows: Neither happy nor unhappy- 31% Reasonably unhappy- 28% Not at all happy- 20% Reasonably happy- 11% Very happy- 10% FIRST DATE HAIRSTYLES THAT WON&amp;#039;T FAIL What&amp;#039;s going on? Well, according to Markus Fischer, Director of International Business at Parship UK, apparently results show that - however much we may try to deny it - the majority of us would be happier if we were coupled up: &amp;quot;Despite stereotype often suggesting that men and women around the UK love living the single life, our results very much contradict this. Just one in ten singletons are actually happy with their single status, with the majority being men; quashing the suggestion that bachelors enjoy being unattached! At the end of the day, almost everyone out there would be unable to deny that they&amp;#039;d be happiest with a companion who&amp;#039;s right for them; and it seems the single life isn&amp;#039;t all it&amp;#039;s cracked up to be.&amp;quot; TEN CONFIDENCE TIPS YOU NEED TO KNOW Then again, it&amp;#039;s worth remembering that being coupled up isn&amp;#039;t a surefire route to happiness - it only works if you and your partner love each other equally. None of the gameplaying, none of the Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson style dramas, none of the anxiety. And it&amp;#039;s much better to be sort-of-happy about being single than very unhappy about being in a relationship. Until you can be happy with yourself as a whole, there&amp;#039;s absolutely no pint becoming part ot a double act - focus on the most important relationship you&amp;#039;ll ever have (the one with yourself) and try not to fixate on the idea of becoming a couple. In fact, make Samantha from SATC your icon - she&amp;#039;s got being single and happy down to an absolute tee! CONVERSATIONS TO AVOID ON A FIRST DATE Are you happy with your relationship status - honestly? Let us know below or tweet us at @CosmopolitanUK "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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