Anyone live by themsleves???

know1

I've lived alone for several years....well ever since my 2nd year of college when I decided that roomates were a very bad thing.

nuffingman

I lived on my own for 4 years after the divorce. I loved it, played music as loud as I wanted, watched what I wanted, smoked as much as I wanted, tidied up when I wanted. I guarded my privacy jealously.

Edit: It was then ruined by this gorgeous dark haired woman with stunning blue eyes. I'll never forgive her.

rival.

i've never lived alone. been living with my girlfriend for the past year or so, and she went away for a weekend, and i hated being alone.

the privacy of alone time is great, but i think i would die of boredom

decides2dream

i've fantasized about it at times. haha.

in all seriousness...yes and no. i have lived alone, but i had a BF who was practically over all the time....or i had roommates....so never 100% always on my own. i have had periods of living alone...hubby away for 2 months probably the most similar to your situation, altho i knew he was coming back. haha. anyhoo....i think like anything else, it's just an adjustment. i bet in time you will grow to enjoy it. sure, still want to be with people...but relish in your alone time too.


for us, i'ts just *us*....and most of my family/friends when they do come over, which is rare....we go out to socialize more than have people in.....all comment how *quiet* it is. yes, we have dogs and a cat, but certainly not the noise level of children/family members. we love it...and sure, do make noice, ha, but yes.....it's all different life circumstances.


i hope you enjoy your alone time! you may miss it one day!

civ_eng_girl

i love living alone... like others have mentioned, you can watch what you want, clean when you want, do laundry when you want, no one is ever in the bathroom when you need it....

my favorite thing is not ever having to go grocery shopping if i don't want to... currently in my fridge there is a half an onion, a bottle of gin, a jar of pickles, some parmesan cheese, and some perrier. tonight, i'm probably ordering pizza.

londonwpr

I love living alone! I highly recommend it. I am moving in with my fiance next month and will thus end living on my own. I am quite excited about moving in with her though. But, if you're single and love your independence (and can afford it) living on your own is the best...

jamainiac

civ_eng_girl wrote:

i love living alone... like others have mentioned, you can watch what you want, clean when you want, do laundry when you want, no one is ever in the bathroom when you need it....

my favorite thing is not ever having to go grocery shopping if i don't want to... currently in my fridge there is a half an onion, a bottle of gin, a jar of pickles, some parmesan cheese, and some perrier. tonight, i'm probably ordering pizza.

If you had a bottle of tonic and a lime in there... I say you had it made

soulsinging

civ_eng_girl wrote:

i love living alone... like others have mentioned, you can watch what you want, clean when you want, do laundry when you want, no one is ever in the bathroom when you need it....

my favorite thing is not ever having to go grocery shopping if i don't want to... currently in my fridge there is a half an onion, a bottle of gin, a jar of pickles, some parmesan cheese, and some perrier. tonight, i'm probably ordering pizza.

that sounds about like my fridge when i was alone. i rarely had more than milk and water. sometimes lunch meat for work sandwiches, hehe.

jamainiac

soulsinging wrote:

that sounds about like my fridge when i was alone. i rarely had more than milk and water. sometimes lunch meat for work sandwiches, hehe.

When I lived alone...

My girlfriends used to look in my fridge and say I always had enough food on hand for a family of 4...

The look in the booze cupboard and say I was stocked well enough to open a club

lksammkt

soulsinging wrote:

that sounds about like my fridge when i was alone. i rarely had more than milk and water. sometimes lunch meat for work sandwiches, hehe.

yep thats me - but I have more beer than milk in the fridge. I fear these single gal tendencies will eventually scare the snot out of my next relationship. But hootie who! I am lovin it!

soulsinging

lksammkt wrote:

yep thats me - but I have more beer than milk in the fridge. I fear these single gal tendencies will eventually scare the snot out of my next relationship. But hootie who! I am lovin it!

hehe, my beer never stuck around fast enough to sit in the fridge

mammasan

I have been living alone since November, well only during the week. Every other weekend, and once during the week, I have my kids and the weekends I don't the girlfriend is usually over. It's nice to have people around but sometimes I do love those quiet evenings home alone.

Spunkie

I've been living alone for the last 3 springs and summers and falls...

soulsinging

tish wrote:

I've been living alone for the last 3 springs and summers and falls...

so what happens in winter?

mammasan

soulsinging wrote:

so what happens in winter?

Hibernation.

bookmuse

soulsinging wrote:

so what happens in winter?

That's a great catch You made me laugh.


During the past 21 years, I lived alone for 9 of them (save for the past 5, I've been living with a little male who demands lots of attention - but I'm referring to other adults about the 9). During 11 of those years I lived with two different men and for 1 year I had a female roommate. I do not like having a roommate and I'm with Jeanie - next time it needs to balance out more, I do not want to be a maid/mother/chef. I really like my space but lately I am feeling restless.

civ_eng_girl

jamainiac wrote:

If you had a bottle of tonic and a lime in there... I say you had it made

haha... there is vermouth, but i'm out of olives...

they way i'm feeling right now though, i'd be happy to skip the olives... yep... i'm diving in to the drinks.... it's been that kind of day.

another good thing about living alone is that you can be as grumpy as you want without bringing someone else down... lol...

lanners

i've been living alone for a couple of years now and i love it. i doubt i'll ever live with anyone again...unless it's a cat.

when i started getting lonely and the silence was starting to get to me, i adopted an adult cat and it totally changed everything.

the only downfalls to living alone, as mentioned previously, is the cost. for me also, i can't watch horror movies anymore--i get spooked too easily now.

Jennytree

I'd love to live alone, but I can't in this overly priced city Which is why I bought a car instead and spend as much time on my own driving in it as possible

DS1119

I live alone right now. I prefer living with someone though...preferably female. I wouldn't want to live with another guy just to live with someone. I'd rather be alone at that point.