I'll be blunt. Many educated women are single because they have standards, self steem and love themselves.

If someone really, really wants to stop being single, the only thing they need is to lower their standars enough. Accept someone that would give you the "ick" and you might find repulsive, throw away your self love and become a "doll" who submits to any absurd whim that man who repulses you have and pretend. But that is toxic and unnapealing.

We tend to forget that in the past, when women weren't allowed to own things, open bank account without their husbands or have a job without husband approval, women were forced to marry to survive. The alternatives were becoming nuns, depend on parents like minors, prostitution, work under the table... So many women married for money to men that they really didn't like.

An educated woman has options. She might want a partner, but not any partner. Also, finding someone might not be a priority. I've been there.

And yes, maybe you don't want to be single. But think about the alternative. Sometimes you need to make a choice between not ideal options. That is not to say that you should be single until you find someone perfect. But it is good to be single until you find someone right for you. Or that you think it could be right.

You are only 23. You could settle with a 40 something that gives you stability if that is what you want to. But you can also focus on your start up or travel, or go out with friends or do many, many things.

Think about this, in the past, a man who was single wasn't a big deal and many men decided to remain single for the freedom. Now many women can do the same and that is ok. It is good that people only pair up when there is an improvement in their lives, not out of obligation. So that is why there are so many single women, it is no longer a priority, neither something they are forced to do.