Remember there is no deadline for happiness, and there are plenty of benefits to waiting to meet The One, including using your time alone to get to know yourself better.

Relationship therapist Brandy Engler Ph.D. says the single years can teach people to be self-defining, so they know what they want and how to ask for it later in a marriage.

Challenging as it may feel, watching your friends experience marriage before you can give you a better perspective of what you do and don't want from a relationship.

It might seem like you're the only one without a partner, but a 2019 survey found that more than half of Americans aged between 18 and 34 weren't in a steady relationship.

Being single comes with freedom; you could be the only one in your circle who can do whatever you want without considering someone else.

"Relationships are 'mentally' expensive," relationship expert and author Susan Winter says. "Intimacy and partnership take up a lot of space in our heads."

The best way to own your singledom is to be honest with everyone — including yourself — about how it feels to be the only single in the group.

Not only will sharing your feelings be great practice for when you get into a relationship, but it can also wash away some of those feelings of resentment.