The Upside of Living Alone
Rookies in the art of living alone sometimes wonder how they will ever adjust to this strange new status, especially if it came about involuntarily and they're nursing a broken heart. Although it might take some months or even a few years, they will eventually discover a few plusses. Here are some bonuses experienced aloners have discovered:
- Aloners never have remote control issues: They can keep it close by and switch TV channels at will. Closely tied to this benefit is the right to watch whatever they want to and the right to express joy, sadness and disgust at the behavior of characters in whatever manner they choose.
- Aloners can eat cake for breakfast and cold cereal for dinner without explanation or justification. The hardest part is deciding what wine goes with Cheerios.
- Aloners can wear torn sweatshirts with pink lacy pajama pants or plaid flannel shirts with crumpled Bart Simpson boxer shorts to bed. And not even care if they are coffee-stained or smell bad.
- Aloners don't have to bathe every day or even comb their hair if they plan to hang out at home all day. In fact, they can stay in the aforementioned bedclothes all day long so they're all ready to go back to bed. Whenever they want to.
- Aloners can have farting and belching contests with themselves freely and without recrimination.
- Aloners can go out at any time and even change plans at a moment's notice and not have to call anyone to say they will be later than expected. Or, God forbid, ask if it's OK.
- Aloners who have previously lived according to a schedule necessarily synchronized with another's might happily discover they don't have to pretend to be morning people and can, in fact, stay up most of the night if they want to, with the lights and stereo on.
- If aloners wake up grouchy and out-of-sorts they can stay that way all day if they want to, even indulge their bad moods with grumbling and cussing without feeling guilty or being accused of being an unreasonable and argumentative so-and-so.
- Aloners can spend long hours online, playing solitaire, conversing with new friends in chat rooms, shopping for window shades or researching the origins of Corinthian architecture, virtually uninterrupted, and at any time, day or night.
- Aloners can channel their inner Barry Manilow and belt out show tunes, dancing along in their socks and underwear. They can even use a hairbrush as a microphone and there's no one around to snicker or roll their eyes.
Now don't misunderstand: Even if they thought so, aloners would not try to persuade anyone their lives are an improvement over sweet togetherness. And, sure, there are also disadvantages to living alone. But that is a topic for another time. This time they'll just say that they've discovered lemons can make pretty good lemonade, or even a mean Tuesday afternoon margarita.
Comments (32)
You can OD on a series and no one can judge what shit you are watching even if it is the UK The voice. Which I love.
Carol
If I may I want to add this: Last weekend I went to a church event and at ll:45 I started to serve myself a plate of food from this huge table of goodies. This person comes up to me and sez, "You can't start to eat until 12 noon"! I busted up laughing. Who in tarnation still has rules like this? Whoops! I forgot. I am an "aloner" and I do not have rules like this but obviously the committee that put the food thing together still does. Mea culpa!
I'm glad I am an "aloner". Whew! This made me hungry. I think I'll have a bite to eat or maybe two!
Im going to find a friend/relationship asap,as soon as a lady wants me,im staying in her arms,For good,for ever. John
i need somegirle next to me on bed wishing her goodnight to have a good morning when i wake up.
its all what am dreaming in....its a big dream for me,its my biggest....
u might wrote what u wrote to run from facing being with a simple fever or flue alone, if u die know one will know about u
its like being nothing
u enjoy all what u mentioned before but for short time only,when its keep running as it is u will be ?"EXHAUSTED" just like exhauseted from being alone
There are alot of men out there that are aloners and when they find their partner after some time they want to keep living that aloner life.They think their partner is just a piece of furniture and they look at it when it seems right for them.
People need their space sometimes but not feel alone being with someone.
I've been alone sometimes in my life and its good because you can do things on your own and feel single again.
Whoever wants to be aloner it's their choice but for me life is worth sharing with someone and when I'm ready to find that person again it will be.
I can watch what I want, I like some horror movies, reading, not having to hear, "What are you fixing for supper?" I don't have to wash clothes late at night because someone else needs jeans and by chance forgot to mention it. Even with a 3 yr. old it is less work and aggravation at times.
Sure there are times it would be nice to have someone, but let them have their own place.
thanks for writing this anyway
living alone is something and being lonely is something else
the first coyld have pluses and minuses but being lonely is all minuses
Good article,... But, When you are all alone & Lonely 24 / 7
i have tried all the above so i wont seem alone / lonely But like i have just mentioned It WILL Get to know Sooner maybe rather than later when all you have is your computer, a tv to keep you company and help you keep sane with out losing your mind over it all But, Hey.. In Time That SPECIAL Man will come in time keep my chin up even though i still go through out the Day and Night all alone which do gets lonely and boring too after awhile When you all alone,lonely and get bored too you Will know how it Really feels like when youre going through what i have been for too long and all i have for a "" reliable transportation and with out anyone to help you it Is .. Hard
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i see your compelling list of reasons to be alone...and being able to play on my drums any time night or day is another good reason.
but the idea of waking to a lovely smile ...the lovemaking,...tho romantic times...the phone call...hon ...how are you...need i go on?