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1	As much as fiction loves its LoveTropes, some people are not so lucky (or they might be, [[AllergicToLove depending on]] [[LoveIsAWeakness your point of view]]). This index collects all the tropes 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, and the reasons thereof.
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3	Prime targets for TheMatchmaker and the ShipperOnDeck -- indeed, most of these people are also {{Love Interest}}s. Compare ChasteTropes, LoveTropes, WeddingAndEngagementTropes, LoveInterests, TheExIndex.
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5	!!People
6	[[index]]
7	* AbhorrentAdmirer: They're single because their crush finds them disgusting.
8	* AllegedlyDateless: Despite having dated people in the past, this character is treated as though they can never have a relationship.
9	* AloneAmongTheCouples: The character is single while everyone else is in a relationship.
10	* AmicableExes: Formerly in a relationship.
11	* ArmoredClosetGay: They would be in a relationship if they weren't hiding their true sexuality.
12	* BlackWidow: Enters into many relationships, but gets rid of them just as quickly.
13	* TheBluebeard: The SpearCounterpart to Black Widow.
14	* TheCasanova: Strings along many love interests, but is not in a serious relationship with any of them.
15	* CasanovaWannabe: They try to be TheCasanova, but they fail miserably.
16	* CelibateEccentricGenius: A brilliant person who's more in love with their life's work than with the opposite sex.
17	* CelibateHero: The hero chooses to be single.
18	* ChasteHero: The hero is clueless about romance.
19	* CollegeWidow: Her husband is dead, so she shags college-age men to fill in the void.
20	* ConfirmedBachelor: This person refuses to ever get married.
21	* CourtlyLove: The state of being in love but not actually wanting or expecting to couple up with a LoveInterest.
22	* CrusadingWidow: Their spouse/lover was killed, and now they're on a quest to avenge them.
23	* DidNotGetTheGirl: The hero doesn't end up with their LoveInterest.
24	* DoggedNiceGuy: A character who hopelessly pines after someone who made it clear that they don't like them romantically.
25	* EverybodyIsSingle: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Everybody in the story is single.]]
26	* GlamorousSingleMother: A woman who manages to take care of herself and her children really well despite being a single mother.
27	* HopelessSuitor: This person has no chance of winning over their crush.
28	* TheIngenue: Usually starts out as this.
29	* InsecureLoveInterest: A character who feels they have no chance of ever being good enough for love, so they don't bother trying to find a partner.
30	* LadykillerInLove: TheCasanova falls genuinely in love, but his previous womanizing ways are liable to scare away his potential love.
31	* LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: A character has had many failed relationships.
32	* MaidenAunt: She never married or had kids of her own, so she dotes on her niece/nephew instead.
33	* OldMaid: An old woman who has never married.
34	* PrinceCharmingWannabe: He arrogantly believes himself to be the perfect guy for a woman who can't stand him.
35	* RomanticWingman: This person helps out their friend in their love life, though they may not be in a relationship themself.
36	* RunawayBride: A bride to be who ditches her groom at the altar.
37	* RunawayFiance: They ran out on an ArrangedMarriage.
38	* SerialRomeo: He believes every girl he meets to be his OneTrueLove, but never ends up with any of them.
39	* SingleMomStripper: A single mother who works in sex trade to provide for her children.
40	* SingleParentsAreUndesirable: Single parents have difficulty dating.
41	* StrugglingSingleMother: A single mother who struggles to make ends meet.
42	* TrulySingleParent: They had a child without the help of a mate, usually through magic or a labratory experiment.
43	* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: They don't get a RelationshipUpgrade with their childhood friend.
44	* UnrequitedTragicMaiden: She can never have the man she's pining after, and suffers a sad fate for it.
45	* YouNeedToGetLaid: When a person's crankiness/obsessive behavior is suspected to be due to being single.
46	[[/index]]
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48	!!Possible reasons
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50	* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Their crush doesn't return their feelings.
51	* AllergicToLove: Love literally makes them ill.
52	* CommitmentIssues: They're afraid of settling down with a spouse.
53	* DoesNotLikeMen: She refuses to have anything to do with men.
54	* TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest: They got their heart broken from a previous relationship.
55	* HeManWomanHater: He refuses to have anything to do with women.
56	* IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn: They unintentionally arouse someone they weren't trying to arouse.
57	* IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship: They refuse to get in a ChildhoodFriendRomance on the grounds that doing so will destroy their friendship.
58	* ItsNotYouItsMe: They break off a relationship due to feeling unworthy of that person.
59	* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: They can't stay with their lover because doing so puts them in danger.
60	* JustFriends: The prospective couple only likes each other as friends.
61	* LikeBrotherAndSister: The prospective couple sees themselves more as siblings rather than lovers.
62	* LoveIsAWeakness: Believes that love is nothing but a hindrance.
63	* MarriedToTheJob: They're much too devoted to their career to find time to date.
64	* TheMourningAfter: The love of their life has died, so they're too grief-stricken to love again.
65	* ObliviousToLove: They're too clueless to notice that someone's in love with them.
66	* ParalyzingFearOfSexuality: They want a relationship, but believe that SexIsEvil.
67	* SillyRabbitRomanceIsForKids: They've been soured on the idea of love.
68	* SleepsWithEveryoneButYou: They're the only one that even someone who ReallyGetsAround won't screw.
69	* SuperheroesStaySingle: Superheroes are not allowed to have stable romantic relationships or get happily married.
70	* TerriblePickUpLines: Cannot flirt without annoying/creeping out the other party.
71	* VirginPower: They have powers that they'll lose if they engage in sex.
72	* VowOfCelibacy: They are required, often for religious reasons, to abstain from relationships.
73	* WidowMistreatment: They are treated poorly because of the death of their spouse.
74	[[/index]]

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