What is/was your favourite thing about living alone?

[canuk-gal]

HI:

(was) Everythiing.

cheers--Sharon

 

[isaku5]

With all those positives about living alone, why would anyone in their right mind want to share???

I''ve never lived alone as in university, I lived with two or three other girls. After that, I was married....and then ....one baby....two babies. Definitely no peace or quiet during those 21 years. No privacy either with the kiddies.

Now, it''s just DH and me again and he''s out a lot during the day so I have the whole house to myself (and our kitty

). YIPPEE!!

I also LOVE driving our ragtop alone

Down with that top and crank up the tunes!!! Pure Bliss

 

[lisa1.01fvs1]

Ok so I''m biased - used to own a house on 15 acres bordered to nothing but landscape.

Now I''ve got 2 kids to worry about, DH and baby.

However, I pee w/ the door open

He does most of the cooking/laundry.

We watch "bad girls," "Bret Michaels," and "top chef."

I guess he got the raw deal here - hehehehe.

 

[Pandora II]

Date: 5/15/2008 11:25:41 PM
Author: mimzy
walking around in my undies, spending the entire day in a towel, and peeing with the door open.

i'm trying to do these three things as much as possible before my FI becomes my DH and ruins my party.

Um, I do this even living with FI. We have both been known to spend a whole Sunday in pj's or a towel.

Trust me, the inhibitions last all of 6 months...

To be honest, I can't think of anything that really changed except TV programmes - I love documentaries especially if they involve nasty diseases and he is very squeamish. He likes Friends and Scrubs which I completely detest.

I suppose he also wants feeding at set times - I eat when I feel hungry - and I don't paint in bed anymore. That's probably got more to do with not having a studio apartment and no sofa anymore though.

Otherwise, we pretty much do the same as we did before.

I would love to have a cat, which I can't as he's allergic to them - but I never did when I was single.

 

[Dreamer_D]

Date: 5/16/2008 12:25:30 PM
Author: Pandora II

Date: 5/15/2008 11:25:41 PM
Author: mimzy
walking around in my undies, spending the entire day in a towel, and peeing with the door open.

i''m trying to do these three things as much as possible before my FI becomes my DH and ruins my party.

Um, I do this even living with FI. We have both been known to spend a whole Sunday in pj''s or a towel.

Trust me, the inhibitions last all of 6 months...

I was thinking the same thing!

I also miss sleeping in the middle of the bed and stetching out and not having anyone touch me when I sleep... it is the best sleep ever!

I need a king size bed...

 

[Miscka]

Yay, Princesss! How exciting. Remind me, where did you move? Have you started working yet? I LOOOOOVE/D living alone. I live with a roommate now, but we have such separate schedules (she is still in school and I am out working full time) I am alone a lot. But I lived alone for awhile before we moved in together.
Things I loved:
Not having to explain anything to anyone if I wanted to be alone
All the food was mine
All the noise was mine
Music/TV as loud as I wanted
No one to judge my messiness

Coffee maker to myself
There are lots of others. Enjoy this time in your life! It is really special. I think this thread was a great idea, surely there are some things in here you can look forward to!

 

[mimzy]

Date: 5/16/2008 12:42:40 PM
Author: dreamer_dachsie

Date: 5/16/2008 12:25:30 PM

Author: Pandora II

Date: 5/15/2008 11:25:41 PM

Author: mimzy

walking around in my undies, spending the entire day in a towel, and peeing with the door open.


i'm trying to do these three things as much as possible before my FI becomes my DH and ruins my party.

Um, I do this even living with FI. We have both been known to spend a whole Sunday in pj's or a towel.
Trust me, the inhibitions last all of 6 months...

I was thinking the same thing!
I also miss sleeping in the middle of the bed and stetching out and not having anyone touch me when I sleep... it is the best sleep ever!
I need a king size bed...

let me rephrase that: walking around in my undies without getting having to explain 10 times an hour that no, i don't want to mess around right now and spending the whole day in a towel without having someone constantly try to steal it off of me!

but i will never, i repeat NEVER pee with the door open.

 

[JSM]

The one thing I miss about living alone is not having to deal with anyone else''s mess.

It''s different when it''s your own, you know? I never grumbled about cleaning because I knew I made the mess. Now I''m so angry when I clean because (most of the time) I didn''t do it!

 

[ladypirate]

Date: 5/16/2008 4:45:44 PM
Author: mimzy

Date: 5/16/2008 12:42:40 PM
Author: dreamer_dachsie

Date: 5/16/2008 12:25:30 PM

Author: Pandora II

Date: 5/15/2008 11:25:41 PM

Author: mimzy

walking around in my undies, spending the entire day in a towel, and peeing with the door open.


i'm trying to do these three things as much as possible before my FI becomes my DH and ruins my party.

Um, I do this even living with FI. We have both been known to spend a whole Sunday in pj's or a towel.
Trust me, the inhibitions last all of 6 months...

I was thinking the same thing!
I also miss sleeping in the middle of the bed and stetching out and not having anyone touch me when I sleep... it is the best sleep ever!
I need a king size bed...

let me rephrase that: walking around in my undies without having to explain 10 times an hour that no, i don't want to mess around right now and spending the whole day in a towel without having someone constantly try to steal it off of me!

but i will never, i repeat NEVER pee with the door open.

Mimzy, it sounds like your FI and my BF have a lot in common.

 

[HollyS]

The bed. To myself. The whole enchilada. (sigh)


Oh, yeah. Nakedness just because you wanna.

 

[LaurenThePartier]

I loved living alone. Sometimes I miss it so much.

I could experiment with cooking without fear of ruining someone elses''s taste buds.
I could read all the bridal **** I wanted! Any time I wanted!
I could keep it clean! And the laundry done, and hung up - all the time!

 

[jewelerman]

There are benifits to living alone but think of all the adventures you are missing out on by sitting in your apartment all alone.Get out of the Apartment and visit all the new places in your new city.Go shopping or site seeing or to your local church or get on a bus and find out where it takes you!There has to be a hundred cool things about your new city.INTRODUCE YOUR SELF to the people that live on either side of you or across the hall...let the forum hear about your new city!

 

[movie zombie]

sigh.....where to begin?!

movie zombie

 

[monarch64]

I lived by myself twice, once when I was 21 and finishing college and once when I graduated college and was out in the real world finally. I loved, loved, loved it. Aside from very occasional moments of loneliness, I just enjoyed the single life and being able to do whatever I pleased as I saw fit. Living with others, whether it is friends/roommates/SO''s/spouses, the pros and cons seem to cancel each other out, imo. I do remember just loving being able to buy whatever I wanted at the grocery store and not worrying that I wasn''t getting someone else''s favorites, and also that I could spend $10 on groceries in those weeks I had to have some new outfit instead of food!

I am fortunate (well I think I am anyway) to have a husband who travels frequently for work. I''m such an independent person that I actually appreciate it that he travels a lot. Of course I enjoy living with him and all the things that go along with being in a marriage, but when he travels it not only gives me a chance to really miss him, it gives me a chance to let my hair down, so to speak! He''s OOT golfing with friends this weekend, and I have organized a garage sale (my first!) for tomorrow, and if he were here he would be begging me to come to bed and not be understanding of the fact that I am too wound up to sleep even though it''s almost 3 a.m. here!

 

[Dandi]

In a nutshell, doing what I want, when I wanted without having to give a stuff about disturbing/annoying/upsetting anyone else.

Fortunately for me, DH is very laid back

 

[movie zombie]

Date: 5/17/2008 10:34:17 AM
Author: DandiAndi
In a nutshell, doing what I want, when I wanted without having to give a stuff about disturbing/annoying/upsetting anyone else.

Fortunately for me, DH is very laid back

ditto. and my husband is VERY considerate and calls me before he comes home from work so i can .........

movie zombie

 

[Dandi]

Date: 5/18/2008 12:09:46 AM
Author: movie zombie

Date: 5/17/2008 10:34:17 AM
Author: DandiAndi
In a nutshell, doing what I want, when I wanted without having to give a stuff about disturbing/annoying/upsetting anyone else.

Fortunately for me, DH is very laid back

ditto. and my husband is VERY considerate and calls me before he comes home from work so i can .........

movie zombie

HA, that's fantastic!

 

[pjean]

Knowing that treats I''m saving will still be there when I want them. Even my current roommate, who is very considerate in general, will eat the perfectly ripe pear that I''ve been thinking about all day half an hour before I go looking for it. Not that I''m currently bitter or anything.

Also, I second the insomnia thing. I *hate* not being able to get up and do something without having to disturb someone else. It''s worse when I''m with FI - I''m moving in with him in 6 weeks, and that''s going to be a big problem.

Getting to plan a small adventure (and feel adventurous when really I''m just going to a different grocery store or farmer''s market or something). Fun!

 

[carabella]

*Watching whatever I want, when I want on TV
*Having my favorite (on an occasional basis or after a hard day at work) dinner of a few glasses of chardonnay and cereal
*Walking around with the latest beauty cream on my face
*Not having to fold the laundry, do the dishes, etc. right when they come out of the dryer, dishwasher, etc.
*Getting to sleep in the middle of the bed

 

[monarch64]

Date: 5/18/2008 11:04:35 PM
Author: pjean
Knowing that treats I''m saving will still be there when I want them. Even my current roommate, who is very considerate in general, will eat the perfectly ripe pear that I''ve been thinking about all day half an hour before I go looking for it. Not that I''m currently bitter or anything.

Also, I second the insomnia thing. I *hate* not being able to get up and do something without having to disturb someone else. It''s worse when I''m with FI - I''m moving in with him in 6 weeks, and that''s going to be a big problem.

Getting to plan a small adventure (and feel adventurous when really I''m just going to a different grocery store or farmer''s market or something). Fun!

Hilarious, pjean. I am the same way, I do almost all the grocery shopping for our household, and when I pick up something I love but want to make sure it lasts I have to "hide" it from DH! For refrigerated stuff, I know full well that he will not move things around in the fridge, so I hide my treats in the fruit drawer underneath stuff, or I hide them behind the milk and other larger containers, and for packaged things I just hide them in a cabinet he never shuffles through such as the one where I store coffee and tea. Works like a charm. It seems like women will feel free to move things around, so if your roomie is a female you may not be able to use my technique, but if he''s male, it might work! LOL!

 

[princesss]

Wow, ladies, what great lists! I just got back from my first day of work and got my internet installed. I''m pretty excited about being connected again.

To the ladies that asked, I moved from Fredericksburg, VA to Charlotte, NC. Meeting people today was really good, even if training is going to be boring.

So far I''m loving: my kitchen being as adorable as possible and CLEAN. I''m not a neatfreak, but kitchens need to be *clean*.

Being able to say that in a month I can get a cat or a dog. Whichever. So I can research my heart out and have fun with it.

Playing the song that I''m obsessed with over. And over. And over. As many times as I want.

Being able to decide what colour to paint my walls. Or if I even want to.

I''m really liking things. At least right now. It''s been changing pretty frequently, though.