Is anyone really happy single?

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Those of you that have been single for years with no fwb/fb (as that would be cheating!) Are you genuinely happy single and do you not miss affection or get lonely?

ive been single for 5 years (not through choice) and would like to know if anyone is actually genuinely happy completely single?

I love being single and independent - not having to worry about anyone else and having my own space. I actually think it can be unhealthy to be co dependent in a relationship. Know so many people where their partners have left them or they have passed away and they cant cope with daily life and making decisions on their own.

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Yes, I'm afraid so! I do feel that I'm not believed when I say that though, and that people think I'm just saying it. It's true though. I have always been very happy with my own company and am never bored. I have many friends and I have a child. I'm not jealous or resentful of those in happy relationships as I may be in one myself at some point, who knows, but it doesn't consume me in any way at all. I have a very demanding job that I love, and I'm not sure I would be able to juggle the demands of a relationship and my role, and I'm not sure I want to, tbh. Yes maybe it's because I 'haven't found the right guy'; yes maybe it's because I've had a couple of bad relationships; yes maybe it's because my parents are divorced - but whatever the reasons (and it's probably a combination of many), I'm happy and am living a good life. Oh, and I have a dog!

Yes. Single for 12 years. I have a good job, my own place and two cats. I love my independence and the fact that I don’t have to compromise on things I want to do. I holiday solo or with friends. I would have to give up or severely restrict some of the things I love to do if I was to be in a committed relationship and it wouldn’t be fair to expect someone to put up with me continuing those things just because I wanted to. Also after 12 years, I actually cannot imagine what it would be like to be in a relationship again. I think I’ve forgotten!

I love being single, but if I ever had any doubts about it, all I would have to do is spend half an hour on Mumsnet. The amount of nonsense or downright abuse that some women will put up with just to have a man and/or children in their life never ceases to amaze me.

So this explains why I'm happy. Never married and no children. No man in the scene other than friends. I'm very happy being on my own and I'm not looking to change my life in any way.

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Absolutely, EmmaH2022.

Yes with bells on, 15 years of hardcore marriage then widowed followed by Satan for 11 years.
I live alone, one DC left at home and it's bliss.
I have cats, get cats

Thanks Holding

barbed slightly scared to ask what hardcore marriage is!

I've been single twice for a significant amount of time. First time I was a young mum and stayed single because I didn't want a man involved with my son. I was single for 7 years - and unhappy, but that was more to do with being a young single mum struggling for money.
Second time I was 42. Single for 5 years and loved it. My children no longer needed looking after, I had friends and money.

I did meet someone new and am very happy with them but could easily be single again if needed.

@EmmaH2022 let's just say difficult H!
I was offered a relationship recently by someone I've known a long time, no, no and no, I haven't the headspace left to commit or attach to anyone.

Absolutely. Never felt the need to be in a romantic relationship tbh.

I have a cat but she does not keep me company I barely see her! She has more of a social life than me

I'm convinced cats go to nightclubs. Like in the posters 😂

My cat only comes in for food so I could believe that 🤣

Loads of happy singles on MN.
None in real life. I have loads of single friends and while many of us don't do anything to find someone, each one of us would like to.
I genuinely haven't met a single person who wouldn't like to meet someone special in my whole life.

Yes I do find that true, all my single friends are trying to meet someone I’m the only person I know that isn’t and even then like I said not through choice, I don’t know anyone that is alone and happy about it. So it’s interesting to see so many on MN are.

Dami is such a sweet man, he seems like a good friend and a lovely person.

Tasha is the opposite. He's self interested and a manipulator. Yes, Andrew is naive, soppy and silly, but she's cruel in how she treats him. Ignoring him, brushing him off, being standoffish. It's just rude. I always thought she was full of shit though, when she was flirting with Luca... She's fake.

Paige is lovely and I hope she chooses the right person.

Jay seems nice and down to earth.

Luca is witty and I like him but I wouldn't trust him.

Do you mean this for the love island thread? 😬 I will be watching later but it’s kind of relevant I suppose whether people are happy single 🤣

I can think of at least 3 and I don’t know that many people.

I’m not trying to meet anyone. Not that I’m not open to it, I just don’t believe I’d actually be any happier in a relationship than I am single, it’d just be different…

I thought this thread was about those of us who would actually turn it down? Like we don’t want a dose of the clap 😂

I’m meeting a group tomorrow including a very pretty young thing - sorry that was pervy - who I recently turned down. Yes, he is a pretty boy but ….such a hassle. And apparently an innocent snog in a coat cupboard isn’t really a thing after about 17 😂

I'm not trying to meet anyone. I've had two ltr and both were bad. I have a dd though so she's my family -- and the dog.

Definitely never sharing a home with anyone else.

I've been asked out by random trades people too and I've run about ten thousand miles . God the stress of starting a relationship , no thanks

yes. I find relationships hit the astonishing combination of being incredibly stressful and incredibly boring at the same time. Like some of my worst jobs.