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* VowOfCelibacy: They are required to not have relationships, often for religious reasons.

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* VowOfCelibacy: They are required to not have relationships, required, often for religious reasons.reasons, to abstain from relationships.
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* VowOfCelibacy: They are required to not have relationships, often for religious reasons.
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* HollywoodDateless

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* HollywoodDatelessHollywoodDateless: Despite having dated people in the past, this character is treated as though they can never have a relationship.
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* HollywoodDateless
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* SingleParentsAreUndesirable: Single parents have difficulty dating.

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* WidowWoman: Death did do them part.


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* WidowWoman: A woman whose husband is dead.
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* TerriblePickUpLines: Cannot flirt without annoying/creeping out the other party.
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* InsecureLoveInterest: A character who feels they have no chance of ever being good enough for their love.

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* InsecureLoveInterest: A character who feels they have no chance of ever being good enough for their love.love, so they don't bother trying to find a partner.
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* InsecureLoveInterest: A character who feels they have no chance of ever being good enough for their love.


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* LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: A character has had many failed relationships.


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* PrinceCharmingWannabe: He arrogantly believes himself to be the perfect guy for a woman who can't stand him.


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* UnrequitedTragicMaiden: She can never have the man she's pining after.
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* DoggedNiceGuy: A character who hopelessly pines after someone who made it clear that they don't like them romantically.
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* SillyRabbitRomanceIsForKids: They've been soured on the idea of love.
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* CourtlyLove: The state of being in love but not actually wanting or expecting to couple up with a LoveInterest.
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* StrugglingSingleMother: A single mother who struggles to make ends meet.
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* YouNeedToGetLaid: When a person's crankiness is suspected to be due to being single.

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* YouNeedToGetLaid: When a person's crankiness crankiness/obsessive behavior is suspected to be due to being single.
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* MarriedToTheJob: They're much too devoted to their career to find time to date.

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* CelibateEccentricGenius: A brilliant person who's more in love with their life's work than with the opposite sex.



* CelibateEccentricGenius: A brilliant person who's more in love with their life's work than the opposite sex.
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* RunawayFiance: They ran out on an Arranged Marriage.

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* RunawayFiance: They ran out on an Arranged Marriage.ArrangedMarriage.

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* RunawayBride
* RunawayFiance
* SerialRomeo
* SingleMomStripper
* TrulySingleParent

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* RunawayBride
RunawayBride: A bride to be who ditches her groom at the altar.
* RunawayFiance
RunawayFiance: They ran out on an Arranged Marriage.
* SerialRomeo
SerialRomeo: He believes every girl he meets to be his OneTrueLove, but never ends up with any of them.
* SingleMomStripper
SingleMomStripper: A single mother who works in sex trade to provide for her children.
* TrulySingleParentTrulySingleParent: They had a child without the help of a mate, usually through magic or a labratory experiment.



* UnluckyChildhoodFriend

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* UnluckyChildhoodFriend UnluckyChildhoodFriend: They don't get a RelationshipUpgrade with their childhood friend.



* IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn

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* IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn: They unintentionally arouse someone they weren't trying to arouse.



* ItsNotYouItsMe
* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies

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* ItsNotYouItsMe
ItsNotYouItsMe: They break off a relationship due to feeling unworthy of that person.
* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: They can't stay with their lover because doing so puts them in danger.



* SleepsWithEveryoneButYou

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* SleepsWithEveryoneButYouSleepsWithEveryoneButYou: They're the only one that even someone who ReallyGetsAround won't screw.
* VirginPower: They have powers that they'll lose if they engage in sex.
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* ArmoredClosetGay

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* ArmoredClosetGayArmoredClosetGay: They would be in a relationship if they weren't hiding their true sexuality.



* CollegeWidow
* ConfirmedBachelor
* CrusadingWidower
* DeterminedWidow

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* CollegeWidow
CollegeWidow: Her husband is dead, so she shags college age men to fill in the void.
* ConfirmedBachelor
ConfirmedBachelor: This person refuses to ever get married.
* CrusadingWidower
CrusadingWidower: Their spouse/lover was killed, and now they're on a quest to avenge them.
* DeterminedWidow DeterminedWidow: This woman has learned to stand on her own after losing her husband.



* GlamorousSingleMother
* HopelessSuitor

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* GlamorousSingleMother
GlamorousSingleMother: A woman who manages to take care of herself and her children really well despite being a single mother.
* HopelessSuitor HopelessSuitor: This person has no chance of winning over their crush.



* LadykillerInLove

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* LadykillerInLove LadykillerInLove: TheCasanova falls genuinely in love, but his previous womanizing ways are liable to scare away his potential love.



* OldMaid
* RomanticWingman

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* OldMaid
OldMaid: An old woman who has never married.
* RomanticWingmanRomanticWingman: This person helps out their friend in their love life, though they may not be in a relationship themself.
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* MaidenAunt: An aunt who has never married.
* OldMaid

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* MaidenAunt: An aunt who has She never married.married or had kids of her own, so she dotes on her niece/nephew instead.
* OldMaid OldMaid
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* JustFriends: The prospective couple only likes each other friends.

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* JustFriends: The prospective couple only likes each other as friends.

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* AbhorrentAdmirer

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* AbhorrentAdmirerAbhorrentAdmirer: They're single because their crush finds them disgusting.



* CasanovaWannabe

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* CasanovaWannabe CasanovaWannabe: They try to be TheCasanova, but they fail miserably.



* CelibateEccentricGenius

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* CelibateEccentricGenius CelibateEccentricGenius: A brilliant person who's more in love with their life's work than the opposite sex.



* MaidenAunt

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* MaidenAunt MaidenAunt: An aunt who has never married.



* YouNeedToGetLaid:

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* YouNeedToGetLaid: When a person's crankiness is suspected to be due to being single.



* AllLoveIsUnrequited
* AllergicToLove
* {{Asexuality}}
* CommitmentIssues
* DoesNotLikeMen
* HeManWomanHater

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* AllLoveIsUnrequited
AllLoveIsUnrequited: Their crush doesn't return their feelings.
* AllergicToLove
AllergicToLove: Love literally makes them ill.
* {{Asexuality}}
{{Asexuality}}: They simply have no interest in romance.
* CommitmentIssues
CommitmentIssues: They're afraid of settling down with a spouse.
* DoesNotLikeMen
DoesNotLikeMen: She refuses to have anything to do with men.
* HeManWomanHater TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest: They got their heart broken from a previous relationship.
* HeManWomanHater: He refuses to have anything to do with women.



* IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship

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* IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship: They refuse to get in a ChildhoodFriendRomance on the grounds that doing so will destroy their friendship.



* JustFriends
* LikeBrotherAndSister
* LoveIsAWeakness
* ObliviousToLove
* ParalyzingFearOfSexuality

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* JustFriends
JustFriends: The prospective couple only likes each other friends.
* LikeBrotherAndSister
LikeBrotherAndSister: The prospective couple sees themselves more as siblings rather than lovers.
* LoveIsAWeakness
LoveIsAWeakness: Believes that love is nothing but a hindrance.
* ObliviousToLove
TheMourningAfter: The love of their life has died, so they're too grief-stricken to love again.
* ParalyzingFearOfSexuality ObliviousToLove: They're too clueless to notice that someone's in love with them.
* ParalyzingFearOfSexuality: They want a relationship, but believe that SexIsEvil.
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* AloneAmongTheCouples

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* AloneAmongTheCouples AloneAmongTheCouples: The character is single while everyone else is in a relationship.



* CelibateHero

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* CelibateHero CelibateHero: The hero chooses to be single.



* ChasteHero
* ChristmasCake

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* ChasteHero
ChasteHero: The hero is clueless about romance.
* ChristmasCake ChristmasCake: A Japanese term describing a woman who has reached the age of 25 and is still single.



* DidNotGetTheGirl

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* DidNotGetTheGirl DidNotGetTheGirl: The hero doesn't end up with their LoveInterest.



* YouNeedToGetLaid

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* YouNeedToGetLaid YouNeedToGetLaid:

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* RomanticWingman



* RomanticWingman
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* ConfirmedBachelor

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As much as fiction loves its LoveTropes, some people are not so lucky (or they might be, [[AllergicToLove depending on your point of view]]). This index collects all the CharacterTropes for characters who have never been in a relationship, have been in a recently ended one, or just can't end up in one despite their best efforts.

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As much as fiction loves its LoveTropes, some people are not so lucky (or they might be, [[AllergicToLove depending on on]] [[LoveIsAWeakness your point of view]]). This index collects all the CharacterTropes for characters who have never been in a relationship, have been in a recently ended one, try their best to ''avoid'' being in one, or just can't end up in one despite their best efforts.efforts, and the reasons thereof.


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As much as fiction loves its LoveTropes, some people are not so lucky (or they might be, [[AllergicToLove depending on your point of view]]). This index collects all the CharacterTropes for characters who have never been in a relationship, or have been in a recently ended one.

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As much as fiction loves its LoveTropes, some people are not so lucky (or they might be, [[AllergicToLove depending on your point of view]]). This index collects all the CharacterTropes for characters who have never been in a relationship, or have been in a recently ended one.one, or just can't end up in one despite their best efforts.

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As much as fiction loves its LoveTropes, some people are not so lucky (or they might be, [[AllergicToLove depending on your point of view]]). This index collects all the CharacterTropes for characters who have never been or been in a recently-ended relationship.

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* TheBluebeard: The SpearCounterpart to BlackWidow.

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* TheBluebeard: The SpearCounterpart to BlackWidow.Black Widow.



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As much as fiction loves its LoveTropes, some people are not so lucky (or they might be, [[AllergicToLove depending on your point of view]]). This index collects all the CharacterTropes for characters who have never been or been in a recently-ended relationship.

Prime targets for TheMatchmaker and the ShipperOnDeck -- indeed, most of these people are also {{Love Interest}}s. Compare LoveTropes, WeddingAndEngagementTropes, LoveInterests, TheExIndex.

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!!People
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* AbhorrentAdmirer
* AloneAmongTheCouples
* AmicableExes: Formerly in a relationship.
* ArmoredClosetGay
* BlackWidow: Enters into many relationships, but gets rid of them just as quickly.
* TheBluebeard: The SpearCounterpart to BlackWidow.
* TheCasanova: Strings along many love interests, but is not in a serious relationship with any of them.
* CasanovaWannabe
* CelibateHero
* CelibateEccentricGenius
* ChasteHero
* ChristmasCake
* CollegeWidow
* CrusadingWidower
* DeterminedWidow
* DidNotGetTheGirl
* GlamorousSingleMother
* HopelessSuitor
* TheIngenue: Usually starts out as this.
* LadykillerInLove
* MaidenAunt
* OldMaid
* RunawayBride
* RunawayFiance
* SerialRomeo
* SingleMomStripper
* TrulySingleParent
* WidowWoman: Death did do them part.
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend
* YouNeedToGetLaid
[[/index]]

!!Possible reasons
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited
* AllergicToLove
* {{Asexuality}}
* CommitmentIssues
* DoesNotLikeMen
* HeManWomanHater
* IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn
* IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship
* ItsNotYouItsMe
* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies
* JustFriends
* LikeBrotherAndSister
* ObliviousToLove
* ParalyzingFearOfSexuality
* SleepsWithEveryoneButYou
[[/index]]

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