Why Am I Still Single?: Discussion of Long Distance & Long Term Dating

Single people are constantly asked why they are still single.  Our guest Tamara Enjoli Smith boldly takes on the question.  According to the U.S. Census, at last count in 2011, 102 million American adults aged 18 yrs or older were unmarried. This group comprised 44.1 percent of all U.S citizens aged 18 and older.
[Source: America's Families and Living Arrangements: 2011 <https://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam/cps2011.html> Table A1]

This poses a dilemma, especially when 53% of unmarried U.S. residents are women.  Also, 62% of these people have never been married, and one out of 4 were divorced or widowed. With these daunting stats how do we proceed? Tamara inspires us with her responses.