WINCHESTER, Va. — It's 6 a.m. and still dark outside. But Adrienne Rumley's two-bedroom apartment is alive with kinetic energy. A 4-month-old kitten darts around. A big dog patters back and forth.

Like a gazillion other little Baby Boomer girls, I grew up singing about how “k-i-s-s-i-n-g” in trees led to love and marriage. I played “wedding” with my Barbies and daydreamed about a future groom ...

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OLD MAID. SPINSTER. CHILDLESS CAT LADY. For literally centuries now, everyone from gossipmongers to vice presidential candidates has slung dismissive sobriquets to describe the single woman experience ...

Despite expectations, social norms, and lessons women have been taught, oftentimes from a young age, by media, parents, teachers, and partners, about the importance of finding your soulmate, it’s ...

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Single mom Adrienne Rumley gets herself and her 2-year-old daughter, Lorelei, ready in the wee hours of the morning in Winchester, Va. Her mornings, days and evenings operate with clockwork precision ...