From Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem In Memoriam:27, 1850:
I hold it true, whate’er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
‘Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.
(not exaclty gemara-discussion material)
Singledom is given a bad rap. There is a lot that a lot of the singles in our community do for us that they could not do if they had the family constriants of being married. That is not to contradict the gemara, but it shouldn’t be such a shameful thing either. Make them feel important for who they are, not who you think they should be.