To ask if you’ve lived alone did you struggle

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Or not

I loved it. I moved in with my partner when I was diagnosed with cancer but I definitely miss my old life.

I’ve been living alone for 5 years and I love it! I can’t imagine ever living with another human again. It’s bliss

It was better than where I was before but no, I found it lonely and too much time to think.

I lived alone for several years in my 20s and I mostly didn't struggle. I occasionally got a bit freaked out but I had a good social life so never got lonely.

I've lived alone for more than half my adult life and couldn't imagine living with anyone again. It really suits me but it's not for everyone. Are you finding it difficult?

I live with a DC so not totally alone, but certainly alone more than not during the week as they are in bed by 7. I can't see myself ever thinking "I wish someone else was here all the time"

I actually think my ex and I might have stayed together if we'd kept separate homes!

Struggle with what? I live alone, my house is clean-ish, everything is exactly where I left it, I eat what I want when I want, walk around naked sometimes, do starfish in bed, can wake up and read at 2am without waking anyone up. I go out most evenings to do social hobbies and have a PJ day most Sundays. I have the messiest desk in the history of humanity and art supplies permanently spread on my coffee table. I have a visiting cat who comes for a bit of wet food and a cuddle before bed without my ex moaning that he hates cats. No, I don't struggle. Can't imagine why I would.

Struggle with what though? Doing what you want when you want? Not having to put up with someone else's irritating habits? You just need to find your groove and live your life.

I struggled more with a partner.
I live alone have done now for years and i dont struggle like i use to.

i live alone.

id never say never to living with someone again, but they'd have to bringing a lot to my life for me to be willing to compromise.

i don't struggle, i love it.everything is how '& where I want it.

I've lived alone for 20 years
I've have pets
I do not want to share my space with anyone
I don't want to hear some man making horrible nasal noises / sneezing ... coughing..
I like being able to have my house at the temperature I want
Be able to make dinner when I want
I have an active social life and lots of hobbies

I lived alone through my twenties. I loved it mostly but I had a very active social life too

Live with DH now, love that too but I do occasionally think fondly of my home alone times :)

No I absolutely loved living alone, can’t wait to live alone again (sorry kids)

I didn’t like it at all when I was young, didn’t really know what to do with myself and was quite scared of everything and would often just go to bed early. To be fair I met DH at 21 though so hadn’t much life experience at that point

I lived alone for six months of the year in a different country to DH for a decade, and loved it. But the most solitary I’ve ever lived was the best part of a year on an otherwise uninhabited island where I was often cut off from the mainland for weeks in bad weather.

I love Ruth my youngest child (she’s away at uni term time) but I ftfnt get married til I was 42, and we were living together for a few months only before then. Otherwise on my own. I like being on my own but do make an effort to see people otherwise days could go by without speaking to another adult!

I live with.. jeez typos!

It's about your mentality, I lived alone for 10yrs and loved it

No, I love it. I'm never living with anyone again.

The brief period in my adult life where I managed to live alone, I broke toes on two separate occasions. I am not the kind of person that successfully cultivates a village. Simple tasks like moving a piece of furniture became chances for me to get ridiculous injuries. I still managed. I would also do it again. I’m just happy knowing that if I do it again, I will probably be in a better financial position. I will still be truly alone, but I will be able to afford to hire help.

I hated it when my marriage broke up and I first lived by myself. I'd say goodbye to my work colleagues on a Friday afternoon and not speak to another person until I went back and said hello to them on the Monday morning. I worked really hard to build my life back up. It wasn't easy. But I am happy now. It would be nice to share the bills though! I have been with my current DP for years and love him very much but I think our relationship works better with us living apart. He did want us to move in together at one point, but he's come round to my way of thinking now 😉

The only thing I've ever struggled with was assembling a huge IKEA kallax unit by myself. Everything else I'm fine with.

I've lived alone for most of my adult life, and no I haven't struggled, it's been great.

I have lived completely alone for 12 years and prior to that was the sole adult for 18 years while my children lived here.

I have never struggled with the fact of living alone, in the early years I was devastated due to being widowed very young and being a lone parent, but the living alone part has never been an issue.

I run my house and garden exactly as I please. I could never live with anyone ever again.

To open jars, yes I did.