I got to live a Single Person's Life for a few weeks this summer.
Left to my own devices, I worked non-stop, drank too much and had popcorn for dinner.
I am obviously not cut out for such an existence.
Yes, I'm living the single life -- again -- and loving it. I like being with me, and I like doing what I want pretty much when I want to. There are drawbacks certainly; but overall, I'm lovin' it!
KJ
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The grass is always greener. Just about every married person is jealous of single people. Personally I covet my days in L.A. because that's my "single" time. Wait, can you covet something you already have?
you can't mention the Olympics without mentioning Dara Torres -- my new hero.
Of course the problem seems to be that when we're single we forget how lonely it was with him, and pine again for that. Thinking, that the next time it will be perfect, as we will also be perfect since we have been doing our pilates and yoga and eating healthier.
I love my friends and my family, but leaving the doctor's office yesterday, I had no one to call to tell what he had said. That is what I miss.
Being single is good for all the reasons you so eloquently described. Whether by choice or by chance, a person who lands single is a person who lives life on her own terms. I am doing it, and I do indeed love it, even in its loneliness.
to all: being single is a choice, not a chance...that's my point here.
susan m: go, dara--and what post were you responding to?
oh, don't mind me... I'm totally blinded by the fact that there's a 41-year-old woman competing (and winning!) in the Olympics. So the moment the word "Olympics" is mentioned, I blurt out "GO DARA!" whether or not it has anything to do with the topic at hand.
sorry...
When you're single you want to be married. When you're married you wish to be single. We're never satisfied, it seems. As for me I will take single over married any day but then again, I get about half my time to "be single" when I'm in Okla. so I guess I've got the best of both worlds.
I struggle with the single life as I miss having someone in my life. But then I remember what a nightmare it was to have that person in my life. I think finding your perfect single life will make it better the next time around because you'll know who you are, what you want and what you don't want. Being single is about finding the real you.
I've chosen to be single for just about all of my adult life, and most of the time I was happy with my choice, but lately I'm sick and tired of being the star of my own movie. I'm tired of having to make all my own decisions, tired of not having someone to talk about my day with (I think that may partly be why I started blogging). My problem seems to be that I've chosen this life for so long that I can't seem to figure out how to choose something different...
For a long time I have thought part time marriage was the solution. I've been single (though I can't quite claim to have lived the single life in the positive way you have envisioned it) for seven years,though, and I would very much like to stop living alone. I don't honestly think human beings are meant to live in the kind of isolation many of us do. We evolved to be social and to live in groups.
The single life sounds fabulous, but it's just not for me. I would be so incredibly lonely.
The Single Person's Life as described by you sounds wonderful. My single life isn't quite so rosy. When I was coupled, I had someone to do stuff with. We went to movies, went on road trips, went out for supper, went on walks. Now I do that all by myself, which gets old REALLY QUICKLY! I can see whatever movie I want but I'm watching it by myself! I can walk wherever I want and at my own speed but there's no one to chat with.
Yes, we argued. Yes, I longed for more "me" time. But it was all worth it when I'd watch The Amazing Race and had someone to turn to and be incredulous with over the stupidity of reality show competitors.
nat: I hear you loud and clear...but was it really "all worth it"????
to be alone does not equal being lonely...but at the same time, living alone sometimes can mean focusing TOO much on the self, right? See my post this AM!
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