An unreasonable philosophy usually developed through puberty in adolescent males, that one
may never be truly
happy with their lives without a significant other.
This tends to manifest faster and more severely in those who have been rejected by a romantic interest a significant amount of times, and those who find themselves isolated in an environment where “everyone else” seems to have a partner.
This syndrome hammers in the absolute “need” for an s/o, so much that the subject finds it even more
difficult to, ahem, *obtain* one, due to its side effects of obsessive behavioral patterns.
Usually the subject
may grow out of this philosophy and focus on bettering themselves rather than just getting a date with someone. But if it doesn’t, usually because of the neglect of a
friend or family member to address it, this syndrome germinates into a sense of entitlement to an s/o, morphing the subject into a
Nice Guy.
A: Life sucks, man. If only I had a
girlfriend.
B: Dude,
stop acting like you need one.
A: But I do!
B: No you
don’t, man. Seems like you’ve got a bad case of Single Syndrome
