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To think being single is amazing!

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Cantrememberasongname · 04/06/2024 06:57

I am not discrediting others' experiences at all because I know many people can find being single very lonely. People miss having that person to tell stuff, to come home to and the dual income.

It hasn't been that long, but I honestly don't see why I'd want to be in another relationship, and I am 33. First of all, I'm sick of being told it's good to let men chase, have to play hard to get and so on.

I think I'm great and my self-worth shouldn't come from whether some man deems me attractive enough or not.

My time and money are my own. I am in control of everything, I don't have to compromise on every detail.
I don't have to hear unsolicited opinions on how I should wear my hair, or what I should wear. I don't have to worry about someone cheating, physically and/or emotionally.
I don't have to worry about someone suddenly leaving or getting bored or whatever.

It's so freeing and I wish there wasn't such a pressure on people to couple. If most of your friends are coupled up it's always like 'aww you'll meet someone!" And you're looked at with pity.

Does anyone else agree on this point ?
All the men I dated in my 20s were ridiculously immature tbh. So far I haven't dated any men over 30.

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Cantrememberasongname · 04/06/2024 07:25

TreesWelliesKnees · 04/06/2024 07:23

I've been single for several years and the thing I'm beginning to find difficult is that the world operates in couples. Everyone I know who was single at the same time as me has now coupled up. They are all off at the weekends doing things with their partners and with other couples, so I don't tend to get an invitation. My kids are growing up now and I can see that in ten years time my life could feel very empty.

Yes I agree with you, everybody else seems to be coupled up and seems to think this is the only way you can operate.

There's always the token single friend in rom coms who's portrayed as desperate to find a man and eternally unlucky.

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Wheredidileavemycarkeys · 04/06/2024 07:24

Telling you how to style your hair and what to wear are massive red flags tbf. That said I’m long term single and definitely prefer coming home to my own space than to another person. I’ve spent all day talking to people damn it 😂

TreesWelliesKnees · 04/06/2024 07:23

I've been single for several years and the thing I'm beginning to find difficult is that the world operates in couples. Everyone I know who was single at the same time as me has now coupled up. They are all off at the weekends doing things with their partners and with other couples, so I don't tend to get an invitation. My kids are growing up now and I can see that in ten years time my life could feel very empty.

Cantrememberasongname · 04/06/2024 07:20

BouleDeSuif · 04/06/2024 07:11

Oh I'm with you. I love it.
I'm not completely against meeting someone but I'll never live with anyone again. I like my life the way it is.
Been single since 2018.

Same here! No intentions of living with someone again. It's a shame how some people always pity those that are single.

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BouleDeSuif · 04/06/2024 07:11

Oh I'm with you. I love it.
I'm not completely against meeting someone but I'll never live with anyone again. I like my life the way it is.
Been single since 2018.

Cantrememberasongname · 04/06/2024 07:02

WHITE0CTOPUS · 04/06/2024 07:00

Well I'm glad you feel happy! I would argue that all those things don't have to happen in a relationship though.
Apart from maybe the money being discussed sometimes. I don't worry about cheating and my DP doesn't tell me how to do my hair or what to wear.

I'm sorry you haven't had good experiences.

Thank you!
I'm glad that you have what sounds like a much better experience.
I've found it hard to find someone who aligns in most ways, there's always so much compromise.

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Cadela · 04/06/2024 07:01

Yes! I’ve been single for 3 years now (lone parent) and honestly I’d have to be paid a shit ton of money to ever properly date a man. Or he’d have to be literally perfect.

Lots of my friends can’t understand how I cope with parenting alone, when in reality raising one actual child instead of having to live with a man that basically doubles my work is so freeing.

WHITE0CTOPUS · 04/06/2024 07:00

Well I'm glad you feel happy! I would argue that all those things don't have to happen in a relationship though.
Apart from maybe the money being discussed sometimes. I don't worry about cheating and my DP doesn't tell me how to do my hair or what to wear.

I'm sorry you haven't had good experiences.

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