Single Woman Celebrates All Friends' Milestones—Here's How They Honored Her

They may not have weddings or baby showers, but single people deserve celebrations too.

A TikTok video, posted by @lilliebernie, has gone viral for revealing the adorable way her friends repaid her for the support she's given them through their marriages and pregnancies: with a birthday trip to Paris. Since it was posted, the video has received over 100,000 likes and over 700 comments.

"My friends organized a trip to Paris for my birthday because I have celebrated all their weddings...babies, and they wanted to celebrate me," she captioned the video. "Appreciate your single friends."

Viewers in the comments were awed at the user's friends for being considerate of her singlehood—something many of them said they could not relate to.

"I think most married or with kids friends can't spare a thought for their single friends but always want us around," @euniceinlaagain wrote. "Your friends are proving me wrong."

"I've given so much time and energy to friends and their children as the fun childfree 'aunt' and then when I had a major health issue last year..." @missljj wrote, indicating that she didn't receive the support she wanted.

"I purposely didn't have a birthday party, because I didn't want to be disappointed by all my married friends with kids," @elleneale1 wrote.

"Struggling so bad right now as the single friend. I feel invisible. It would be nice to be shown just a little love sometimes in return. You have lovely friends," @sarahashleyr wrote, to which the user responded with affirmation.

Single people in America now

A 2022 Pew Research Center survey revealed that more people may be single than you think.

The survey found that 30 percent of U.S. adults reported being single—that is, not married, living with a partner or in a committed relationship. The majority of them aren't interested in entering a relationship, either.

Fifty-seven percent of respondents said they were "not currently looking for a relationship or casual dates", while 22 percent said they were looking for "either a committed romantic relationship or casual dates". The number of single people looking for casual dates has dropped since 2019, too—for men, quite drastically. It dropped from 61 percent in 2019 to 50 percent in 2022.

The survey revealed that women were more interested in "only" committed romantic relationships than men. Conversely, more men reported looking for "only" casual dates than women.

No matter what they're looking for, though, it seems online dating is a commonly cited method. Nearly half of the surveyed and "looking" adults had engaged in online dating in the past year from when the study was conducted.

While research shows they are not alone, single people on @lilliebernie's video seem to feel like they are.

"I'm that person who has shown up for it all but because my milestones don't look like theirs," @claurenzo wrote. "They don't know how to recognize, nevertheless reciprocate. Your friends are amazing."

Newsweek reached out to @lilliebernie for comment via TikTok.