To wish I lived alone? <lighthearted>

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Does anyone else fantasise about living alone?

Having to only shop/cook for themselves, be as tidy or untidy as they want, be able to put something down and it still be there when they go back for it, only one person's washing, no cleaning up after anyone else, especially the bathroom.

I've told DH that in an ideal world we would have a house each and he got offended.

I loved living alone and find sharing very trying. If my biological clock hadn't kicked in and made me want a family, I'd never have bothered to get married at all. I do love DH and DS but I crave my own space and solitude. A little of other people's company goes a long way in my book.

I dream of winning the lottery and buying a house big enough to subdivide or one with two annexes, one for me, dh and eldest dc to have our own space.

I would be in heaven, been trying to persuade my husband to work abroad for years but he maintains he will miss us too much.

I literally dream of being alone. I got married to have children, being both religious and traditional but i crave my own space and often wonder if i made a huge mistake, as truly hate living with another person.

God yes, I fantasise about padding round a flat, or small terrace house, things like I wouldn't need a garden with an enormous lawn, maybe just a courtyard where I'd sit and read the paper with NO INTERUPTIONS. I could decorate the house however I want! Watch documentaries and manage to keep the house clean after I'd cleaned it for longer than 5 minutes. It would be lovely.

However I do love DP, DS and DSS and l know I'd miss them to bits.

I used to fantasise like that and now I have the reality. Yes, it's wonderful that it stays tidy all the time, but at the same time, being single, it's actually really fucking lonely. No one to chat about your day with, to share things with. When I get home from work, I talk to the cats. My ideal would be to have someone who I see a couple of times a week.

I used to fantasise like that and now I have the reality. Yes, it's wonderful that it stays tidy all the time, but at the same time, being single, it's actually really fucking lonely. No one to chat about your day with, to share things with. When I get home from work, I talk to the cats. My ideal would be to have someone who I see a couple of times a week.

Living alone rocks!
DP has his own home, we spend every weekend together and are currently on holiday together
DS 23 lives at home still, DD 25 sort of but mainly with her DP
All out at work all day so everywhere stays tidy, cleaning is a 3hr stint to do entire house once a week
I enjoy company and my own space - definitely best of both worlds

I live on my own and I love don't think I could ever love anyone again. I love having my inderpendance and the freedom to do whatever the hell I feel like without having to worry about anyone else.

I live alone at weekends. At first it was great. Now I dread it because I don't speak to anyone for 48 hours and I miss my kids.

I did for a few years. Lovely to have only the tv you wanted (this was in pre-internet days) and the bathroom always being free. It was difficult on a cold dark January or February evening though.

madizzy I wouldn't be looking to be single necessarily, just not living with anyone.

The idea of not having to spend time with people - anyone - unless I decide to seems like actual bliss though.

That period between getting in from work and being ready to start 'eveninging' is something that no human should have to share in my ideal world.

I hate cooking for myself. That's about the only downside, I dream of someone making me a brew and some food

YANBU. I fondly remember the days pre-DH when I lived alone, but of course now I have them I wouldn't be without him and the DC.

However, if he wanted to take the kids away for a week and leave me at home I wouldn't object. Unfortunately, he'd never do that, he's not stupid.