I have to firmly disagree with this one, but it's only my opinion.
I've heard people say this a lot--that someone is technically still on the market until the moment they say "I do."
Ok... if that's the case... and you're talking to someone special, or if you think you're in a relationship with someone, or if you're engaged, do you really want other people treating that special person in your life as being "single", and therefore available to date someone else?
Maybe I'm just picky or old-fashioned, but if someone says they're "single", that means anyone of the opposite gender could ask them out right at that moment and they could say yes with no strings attached (or hearts that they are breaking.)
If someone's heart is invested in a connection with any other person, I don't consider that to be single, but that's just me.
If you put a ring on someone's finger tonight, would you want her to tell all the guys at the party she's going to that weekend that she's "single"?
I've been wanting to reboot the "Shipping" thread for a while, but one of my stipulations is that only "single" people would be allowed to be shipped, meaning, only people whose hearts weren't attached to anyone in any romantic sense.
I'm guessing that might leave about 10 of us after all the fallout.