Tell me something that's good about being single

[imjustagirl]

You'd think it's a consideration, but it's not in my TV room, anyway. If I want to see something bad enough, she'll go down to the living room. And if she wants to see something bad enough, fork me.

So wait, she'll skip something she wants to watch to fork you? Congratulations! I'd definitely choose certain TV shows over sex.

 

[SpeedTchr]

Never been married, never lived with someone, really never missed it. Being single allows me to do a lot of things that married people have more difficulty doing. Makes life more flexible. I am able to give away a lot more of my income to help others since I don't need to commit it to a family.

I will never understand those who simply MUST be with someone. Being alone ain't that lonely.

 

[TrooperBari]

Holidays where you want.

And, depending on how far away you are, if you want.

Of course, I'm fairly antisocial, so I might not be the best person to ask.

 

[Stitch]

What are the virgins' takes on this debate?

 

[forever_town]

I for one am glad I'm single. My last relationship was a wallet drain. Damn bench had no money and was always trying to spend mine.

Well, I have been single for a long time now. My last relationship was the wrong gender AND she really was a wallet drain. The spending was all one way.

On a more serious note, I'm so used to being single now that the prospect of having to compromise for a significant other is somewhat frightening to me. I'm so used to doing things my way that the prospect of having to call someone else and check in with him is not one I'm necessarily fond of.

Then again, it would be nice to come home to someone and not have to feel like I'm trying to learn how to have game.

 

[Wenders]

I'm single. I've been single for four years. The best part of being single is living alone. If it's basketball season and I've covered seven doubleheaders in eight days and I'm forking tired and it's messy, there's no one there who is going to nag me about it. There's no one to tell me what I can and cannot have for dinner. If I come home from a hellish day and I want to sit on my couch in complete and utter silence and stare at the wall for an hour until my brain stops spasming, I don't have someone who wants to sit on the couch next to me and interrupt my silence. I'm one of those people who doesn't eat unless she's hungry, so if I go 36 hours between meals, I don't have someone trying to shove food down my throat either.

I attempted to explain the virtues of living by yourself to several cousins, who have been married and all have at least one child, if not three or four. One of them threatened to punch me in the face. Hey, it's your decision to be married. And yes, I wouldn't mind having someone other than my cat to come home to, so unless you can scrounge up someone to set me up with (the ever-dreaded set-up and one of the worst part of being a singleton), please stop inviting me to your parties where I am the ONLY unmarried person there. It's like I'm being ganged up on.

 

[imjustagirl]

please stop inviting me to your parties where I am the ONLY unmarried person there.

Worst. Thing. EVAR.

 

[jr/shotglass]

That would suck. I never want to be "that" person who forces that on others.

Incidentally, my wife just left the couch to go sew while I follow Penn State's game. So we don't have that problem. ;D

 

[NickMordo]

Cougars.

 

[SF_Express]

I'm seeing a very nice person with more money than I'll ever have and picks up half the checks. But sometimes, I would simply like to not have that obligation, to either drive up there (we live 40 minutes apart) or arrange my schedule when she drives down here.

This is a function of curmudgeodom, and frankly, I often think ALL of being single would be nice in terms of doing what I want when I want (or not), but every time I'm in that position, I immediately try again to get into the other position. So who the heck knows?

 

[doubledown68]

How 'bout a big-shot media dude?

KIDDING, because I am not that. Nor am I single. Haven't really been single my entire adult life as I got married the day after I graduated from college. So I don't even know how the game is played anymore. I got no game, got no rap. "Yo, wanna go get buzzed?" probably wouldn't work as well as it did when I was in college (in the pre-Queen days, of course).

The fact that I'm a "sw-wave and de-boner" dude might help me some, but who knows? Not thinking at this point I'll ever have to find out. I do look simply fine in a tux.

We're a two-city marriage for a while. She's coming here this weekend, so I spent last night sweeping up and taking care of some things. Is the stuff she likes in the fridge? Where's HER soap, she doesn't like mine? Do I really need to change the sheets, we've been married 33 years?

Marriage is an odd game. Singledom is an odd game. Life is an odd game. My head hurts, my feet stink and I don't love Jesus. Plus, I have to go to work. I think I need a drink.

Just FYI, I'm gonna rip off some variation of "My head hurts, my feet stink and I don't love Jesus," and pass it off as my own.

Just forking brilliant.

 

[three_bags_full]

Cougars.

Winner.