Aim: The article presents the results of the author’s own research aimed at finding out the students’ opinions on living single. Methods: In the research, a diagnostic survey method with a questionnaire has been applied. The sample group of young adults referred to such issues as: perception of women and men choosing to be single, reasons for choosing this form of life, positive and negative aspects of living alone. Results: One of the dimensions of modern family transformation is an increase in the attractiveness of alternative forms of family life, including being alone as a single, without a life partner. Conclusions: Until recently, living without a husband or wife was treated as a life failure, currently it is more often connected with a deliberate choice of this form of life, associated with independence, freedom, living one’s own life. Therefore, social perception of people being single is changing, which is also reflected in the results of the author’s own research.