Tell me something that's good about being single

[HC]

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.

Jimmy Buffett thinks so too.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Autonomy.

 

[Buck]

I can't think of anything good about long-term relationships.

 

[Point of Order]

You meet more people

 

[YGBFKM]

I'm not wired to live the single life. My days of attending concerts, going to games and altering myself to various extents and degrees on a whim are a distant memory. And thank God they are. I had some good times when I was single, but mostly I felt like I barely existed, and some days I wished I didn't. Taking nothing away from those who find happiness being single, being a husband and father means more to me than any freedom I have sacrificed. As a wise songwriter once said, "Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose."

 

[imjustagirl]

I'm not wired to live the single life.

I cannot tell you the spit take I just did. I'm thrilled to read it (and I already knew it) but there was a time you never would have thought you'd ever say that.

 

[JR]

I was single until 43 years of age and sometimes I miss it very much. Don't get me wrong, life with JR has much to recommend it but I miss having complete autonomy.
- you can buy whatever the heck you want
- you can decorate however the heck you want
- you can eat whenever the heck you want
- you can eat whatever the heck you want
- you can go where you want, when you want
- as previously mentioned, no checking in with your SO

I wish you all the best, Mr. C. And I hope JR doesn't give me the silent treatment all weekend.

Just saw this.

Funny thing is, I feel exactly the same as you do

In the end I'll trade all that autonomy for the woman I love --without reservation.

Who else would I take road trips with?

 

[JR]

I was single until 43 years of age and sometimes I miss it very much. Don't get me wrong, life with JR has much to recommend it but I miss having complete autonomy.
- you can buy whatever the heck you want
- you can decorate however the heck you want
- you can eat whenever the heck you want
- you can eat whatever the heck you want
- you can go where you want, when you want
- as previously mentioned, no checking in with your SO

I wish you all the best, Mr. C. And I hope JR doesn't give me the silent treatment all weekend.

Just saw this.

Funny thing is, I feel exactly the same as you do

In the end I'll trade all that autonomy for the woman I love --without reservation.

Who else would I take road trips with?

Get a room!

We have one

 

[BTExpress]

I've never understood the "eat anything I want" argument.

She's a vegetarian. I'm not. She thinks borscht is the greatest thing there is. I think it's one of the most disgusting.

She fixes what she wants. She eats when she wants. I fix what I want. I eat when I want.

It really can be that easy.

 

[Dick Whitman]

I've never understood the "eat anything I want" argument.

She's a vegetarian. I'm not. She thinks borscht is the greatest thing there is. I think it's one of the most disgusting.

She fixes what she wants. She eats when she wants. I fix what I want. I eat when I want.

It really can be that easy.

There is psychological pressure in a serious relationship to eat right.

It's not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[BTExpress]

I'm 50. I kicked psychological pressure and peer pressure to the curb three decades ago.

 

[Moderator1]

I'm 50! I'm a man!

No offense to you and your sig O, BTE. You know I love you. But that borscht thing might be a deal breaker. Dang that's disgusting.

On our end, I'm sipping coffee and ditzing around here. The Queen is on the couch, watching Today and playing with her iPad. I fixed two lunches today. One to take to work (where I best get soonly), one for her to eat on the drive back to Richmond. She'll head back as I head into the office.

And it will be just Ella and me when I get back here tonight. Not as much shirt lying around but not as much fun either. though Ella is a wonderful roomie.

Quiet (which I concede is sometimes good). Ella and I will play, we'll walk down to the river, we'll eat and we'll go to bed. And set my clock for our next time together. I don't much like it but it is what we have right now so we make do.

Not so sure I'd dig being single again.