Your Single Friend

So this is going to be a touchy subject But I have been battling with it for about 16 hours now and I have come to the conclusion that I have to write it.  I ask that no one take offense to this and read it with an open mind instead of getting defensive, I will be presenting both sides, because I have been on both sides.  I am not attacking anyone, I am merely pointing out behaviors that I have recently become acutely aware of.
Last night, on one of my new favorite sitcoms, Cougar Town, a new couple and their group of friends struggled to inform their last standing single friend of their relationship.  It was extremely interesting to watch this play out, as I happen to be the last standing single one in my group of friends and have really had my back up about it lately.  The show helped me see both sides.
While out to dinner with my friends, I attacked a friend who pretty obviously needed reassurance and an ear.  I did it because in that moment I thought her freaking out about an obviously good thing in her new relationship was extremely insensitive to me, the lonely single one.  And while yes it could be viewed as insensitive, but I would be freaking out over the exact same thing if I were in her shoes, and I would also be turning to my friends for advice and reassurance.  It is a hard situation to work through as a single person.  You want your friends to be happy, yet you have no ally, or support system remaining.  As the nonsingle person you become hurt by your single friends constant jabs and inability to just listen and be supportive.  I think it is pretty important for people to understand that when you are involved with some one and you are happy, your single friends are going to be jealous of you, and they have every right to be.  And single people need to understand that when your friends are happy in their relationship they are going to want to share that with you, and sometimes you have to let them see the "I'm happy for you side", instead of the bitter lonely side all the time.  Your single friends ARE happy for you, nobody wants to see their friends unhappy.  And even though it may seem insignificant to you, our small talk about the one off conversations we have with people of the opposite sex is all we have right now.  I think the single friend needs to work on being less sarcastic and mean and show more support of the happiness.  I think the nonsingle people need to work on not rolling their eyes at the single one and maybe try to understand why they are saying the things they are saying.... and maybe also tone done all the happy happy just a little bit. 
On a side equally important note.  Let your significant others hangout with their single friends! Don't get mad or worried every time they get together with them.. Single people are not an evil tempter just waiting for the perfect opportunity to suck your significant other back into singledom... calm down.