To start a thread about the joy of living alone?

[KnitFastDieWarm]

Recently divorced, just moved into my own place for the first time ever at the grand old age of 35. The feeling of utter contentment and joy I feel when i close the door on the world and curl up on my sofa, in my tidy flat that’s exactly how I like it and
how I left it, is beyond anything I imagined.

I thought I’d be lonely but i have DC half the week and every other weekend, plenty of friends and hobbies, a job i love, and my life just feels…finally right.

Anyone else relate? It feels almost criminally indulgent to enjoy peace and solitude so much!

Then there is financial security. Nobody can take our home, or turn our life upside down. What kind of madness would it be to give that up?

I would completely agree with this. I had a house I love but I had to give it up when I split up with my partner. Things might be harder when you're on your own (one salary = lower amount a mortgage lender will give you compared to two salaries, for example) but what I have is mine. I'm not dependent on another to keep it.

I love my bloke to bits but I’d love him to live next door. If anything happened to him I’d never, ever live with anyone else again. I loved living alone.

I love living alone, no desire to get married or move any man in to my lovely clean flat.x

I've lived alone for the last 8 years and I absolutely adore it. There's no way I live with someone again.

• I watch / listen to what I want
• No one wakes me up in the morning
• Sleep is fantastic
• My flat is always clean and tidy
• I can decorate how I bloody want

And overall I just relish the independance.
I have a partner who also loves to enjoy his space, we generally see each other over the weekend, but I very much live my life independantly, I don't ask permission and I don't really care about consensus.