Singleness? Singlehood? Singledom? - Went out with a single friend on Sat. He got off on a rant about being single, how much it sucks, and why. And of course, I concurred on every point, and brought up some points he had neglected. But now that I think about it, maybe I should turn it around. While we all know and bemoan the things that suck about being single, we forget that there may be things about it that we would miss.
So here's my list of the fabulous things about being single:
1) My time is my own. I don't have to go to family functions for someone else's family, I don't have to attend boring work dinners of my partner, I don't have to do things I don't want to do but that my partner wants/needs me to do.
2) Everything stays where I left it. I love that my house is utterly my own, and I don't have to figure out where something got put away, or bitch about something that didn't get put away.
3) No one has to see my faults. I don't have to pick things up because it annoys my partner if I would normally leave them there. I can do embarassing/annoying things without anyone else having to be impacted by them.
3a) I can be lazy. If I don't feel like it, I don't have to shave, clean the hair out of the drain immediately after a shower, wear clothes around the house, etc.
4) My money is my own. I can buy as many pairs of shoes as I can store and/or wear without anyone second-guessing me or asking "why do you need that many pairs of shoes".
5) I can go wherever I want, whenever I want. 3 weeks in Italy. Nuff said...
6) Having time to do what I want. Whether that's having a friend call from out of the blue and being able to go do something without a ton of planning, or being able to go for a long drive just because the sky is nice and blue, or having time to invest in whatever my current mania is.