True. In 2003, online dating sites captured $450 million in revenues, according to a May 2004 Online Publishers Association report.


                                                                   
10. You qualify for single taxpayer status with the IRS if:
  1. You divorce on the last day of the tax year for which you are completing a return and then remarry the following year.
  2. Are legally separated on the last day of the tax year for which you are completing a return.
  3. Widowed and your spouse died during the year for which you are filing taxes.

According to the tax code the answer is (b). So yes, he’s only technically single if that’s how he files his taxes.


The Last Word
Being single is a choice. Choose to define what it means for you.
You are not alone. Along with many more single adults, you are changing the nature of the 21st century relationships you have with others and yourself.

Reprinted with Permission from The Single Girl’s Manifesta by Jershua Stewart, published by Sourcebooks.