Recently, I was trying to find the male equivalent to "spinster" but found that there isn't one. The closest word is "bachelor", which is in no way close to "spinster". Both words have the same basic definition: one who is unmarried and who seems too old to likely ever be married. But spinster is seen as negative (i.e. crazy old cat lady) whereas a bachelor is desirable (i.e. George Clooney). This upset me because, as me and my friend decided, I will be a male spinster when I get older (since there is no word to use for this). I guess I'll just have to settle for curmudgeon.
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