The Joys of Singlehood

[superconductor]

On another part of this here board, there's a discussion about "when does a guy feel like getting married" (http://www.loveshack.org/forums/t96648). Well, I was asked to list out some of the things I appreciate as a single guy, and thought it was worth a new thread. So, here it is, copied and pasted from the other thread.

• 
  
• Come and go as you please;
  
• Eat what you want, when you want it;
  
• Nobody else using the bathroom;
  
• If the kitchen's a mess, it's your own damn fault;
  
• Complete control of the remote;
  
• No one else responsible for paying the bills, so they actually get paid on time;
  
• Closet space;
  
• Only 1 bar of soap and 1 bottle of shampoo in the shower;
  
• No mind-games or arguments about something I may have said in passing over a year ago;
  
• If I have to work late, I don't have to check-in;
  
• No one snooping through my stuff;
  
• I don't have to watch insipid romantic comedies;
  
• No dealing with impossibly irritable women 1 week out of ever 4;
  
• I can bring home a woman, have wonderful and luscious sex with her without any betrayal and the associated guilt;
  
• No pantyhose or cotton undies damply hanging from the shower curtain rod;
  
• I can - and do - invite my friends over from time to time, bbq a steak, have a few beers and generally enjoy myself without having to wonder if I'm going to pay for it later because she'll think I didn't pay enough attention to her...

Please feel free to add or comment.

[Brittanyjean06]

I used to do this even when having an ex

 

the good thing about being single is you get to live your life for you again and know what you want

[Outcast]

Don't they pretty much add up to just about nothing? I think if you piled them all up and tossed them into one side of a scale and then put 'being a partner and companion of someone whose company you enjoy and who you love' in the other, the 'joys of singlehood' side of the scale would flip up and over and spin in circles way high while the 'companion' side landed on the floor

 

IMHO those are the 'joys of not being with someone you don't like much' and, ideally, you don't go out with people you don't like much.

[P1xie]

Lol...don't make me make a list of the joys of women being able to be single

[superconductor]

Lol...don't make me make a list of the joys of women being able to be single

By all means, the floor is yours, P1x!

[P1xie]

Ok super I will go on the same lines as yours

 

· Come and go as please

· Don’t have to cook when you really don’t feel like it

· Nobody else using the bathroom, peeing on the toliet or leaving the seat up

· Can leave the kitchen a mess without feeling it’s your job to do it

· Complete control of remote

· No more worries if he paid his share of the bills

· More closet space

· More room in shower for my conditioners

· No mind-games or arguments about something I may have said in passing over a year ago

· If I have to work late, I don’t have to check in

· I don’t have to watch teenager horror flicks

· No underware, dirty socks etc. on the bathroom floor

· No more worries that if his friend’s are too friendly with me that I like them more than him

[burning 4 revenge]

Ok super I will go on the same lines as yours

 

· Come and go as please

· Don’t have to cook when you really don’t feel like it

· Nobody else using the bathroom, peeing on the toliet or leaving the seat up

· Can leave the kitchen a mess without feeling it’s your job to do it

· Complete control of remote

· No more worries if he paid his share of the bills

· More closet space

· More room in shower for my conditioners

· No mind-games or arguments about something I may have said in passing over a year ago

· If I have to work late, I don’t have to check in

· I don’t have to watch teenager horror flicks

· No underware, dirty socks etc. on the bathroom floor

· No more worries that if his friend’s are too friendly with me that I like them more than him

You forgot no waving around morning wood when you're trying to sleep

[P1xie]

You forgot no waving around morning wood when you're trying to sleep

Oh yeah put that on number 1 lol

[KittenMoon]

I used to do this even when having an ex

 

the good thing about being single is you get to live your life for you again and know what you want

 

 

Geez yah Brit! I don't get why people seem so put out by not being single- I did all my own stuff (most of the stuff above minus random lucious sex), I did stuff with him too! (though we did have seperate apts)

 

In your relationship, you can CHOOSE to be enslaved in it, or you can CHOOSE to be your own person with someone else.

 

 

Also, just wanna stick in I hate being single. I miss the intimacy of many shared years.

[Tony T]

Ok super I will go on the same lines as yours

 

· Come and go as please

· Don’t have to cook when you really don’t feel like it

· Nobody else using the bathroom, peeing on the toliet or leaving the seat up

· Can leave the kitchen a mess without feeling it’s your job to do it

· Complete control of remote

· No more worries if he paid his share of the bills

· More closet space

· More room in shower for my conditioners

· No mind-games or arguments about something I may have said in passing over a year ago

· If I have to work late, I don’t have to check in

· I don’t have to watch teenager horror flicks

· No underware, dirty socks etc. on the bathroom floor

· No more worries that if his friend’s are too friendly with me that I like them more than him

 

Putting it like this...and it seems quite realistic...why do so many women bust their butts to get married??? Is that instinctual reproductive thing THAT strong?

[Outcast]

Running your own show isn't all it's cracked up to be. So you call to tell someone you'll be late from work. It means someone cares and someone will be there to come to the hospital if a truck hits you on your way home.

 

A better deal, I figure.

[UnknowingOW]

• I take off on weekend trips to anywhere I want
  
• I buy the makeup and clothes I like and don't care about the cost
  
• My home is always clean
  
• I expanded the size of my closet and made it a functional area of my home
  
• I expanded the size of my master and turned it into a suite
  
• My dog and cat sleep with me
  
• I can dance naked and no one knows but the dog and cat...lol
  
• I can eat Thai food in bed watching HBO on Sunday
  
• I never worry if my bills are late because I know they are paid via bill pay
  
• I love to entertain my friends with great dinners or BBQ
  
• I can float in my pool with a pina colda all day and not worry about a thing
  
• I can send my niece and nephew home when I want free time
  
• I can pick up my niece and nephew when I want to spoil them rotten
  
• I take my dog to Home Depot and sometimes on my trips to my clients in other states
  
• I can chase my dog (yes the one in the pic) around the house and laugh like crazy because he's so silly.
  
• I have tampons in every bathroom of my home
  
• When I'm feeling lonely I call my friends and go out to dinner with them
  
• When I'm feeling sad about being single, I call my friends with children and remember why I never had them...lol
  
• My parents and ex F still make me "check-in" with them when I am traveling
  
• I can have as many dates as I want
  
• I can ignore my friends terrible children
  
• I listen to what I want in my car and home
  
• When I don't want to talk on the phone I shut my ringer off.
  
• When I want to cry, my friends and family are always there.

Wow, that was pretty good...I do have it good!!!! :) :bunny:

[Alexandra-Girl]

I think the women have forgotten to add these:

 

- No more pizza boxes left on the coffee tables

- No more hearing elephant steps

- Less farting and belching noises

- Not having to vacuum every friggin two days because of the sh*t he tracks in

- No more fast food runs when he doesn't want to make himself dinner when you already ate because you worked late

- No more obnoxious voicemails from his friends on the answering machine

- Beer bottles aren't left all over the counter from him and his friends

- His clothing isn't laying on the ground for you to trip over when you have to get up to go pee in the middle of the night

- No more fighting for the computer to check crap

- No more guilt trips about watching the romance movies when we are stuck watching some stupid karate movies

- Back to one remote instead of eight

- Television speakers are fine, we don't require surround sound and it being at a deciple level of 10

- No more shoes laying in the middle of the room

- No more little face hairs on the bathroom sink

- Towels being hung up instead of wound like a basketball in the corner of the bathroom

- No more dribbles of shaving cream in the sink

- No more open milk cartons in the fridge

- Finally a mixture of foods other than steak

- And the number one reason: not having to deal with HIS girlie PMS moments.

[Ripples]

Running your own show isn't all it's cracked up to be. So you call to tell someone you'll be late from work. It means someone cares and someone will be there to come to the hospital if a truck hits you on your way home.

 

A better deal, I figure.

 

I really like that

[the_alchemyst]

On another part of this here board, there's a discussion about "when does a guy feel like getting married" (http://www.loveshack.org/forums/t96648). Well, I was asked to list out some of the things I appreciate as a single guy, and thought it was worth a new thread. So, here it is, copied and pasted from the other thread.

• 
  
• Come and go as you please;
  
• Eat what you want, when you want it;
  
• Nobody else using the bathroom;
  
• If the kitchen's a mess, it's your own damn fault;
  
• Complete control of the remote;
  
• No one else responsible for paying the bills, so they actually get paid on time;
  
• Closet space;
  
• Only 1 bar of soap and 1 bottle of shampoo in the shower;
  
• No mind-games or arguments about something I may have said in passing over a year ago;
  
• If I have to work late, I don't have to check-in;
  
• No one snooping through my stuff;
  
• I don't have to watch insipid romantic comedies;
  
• No dealing with impossibly irritable women 1 week out of ever 4;
  
• I can bring home a woman, have wonderful and luscious sex with her without any betrayal and the associated guilt;
  
• No pantyhose or cotton undies damply hanging from the shower curtain rod;
  
• I can - and do - invite my friends over from time to time, bbq a steak, have a few beers and generally enjoy myself without having to wonder if I'm going to pay for it later because she'll think I didn't pay enough attention to her...

Please feel free to add or comment.

 

 

What loneliness.

[dgiirl]

I think it all comes down to having to compromise vs not having to compromise.

 

Of course, I think it's better to have people in your life, BUT if it's the wrong person, than being single isnt too bad. Atleast I dont have to compromise, which is nice.

[Tenorman]

· Nobody else using the bathroom, peeing on the toliet or leaving the seat up

The eternal complaint. I always forget to ask the complainer to explain it so I guess here is my chance.

 

I can see why leaving the seat up is somewhat annoying for the next person but is it truly inconsiderate? Does not the fact that the the guy was thoughtful enough to raise it in the first place show true consideration for another?

 

And the exertion required to flip back down the seat is a lot less than flipping it up.

 

I've always thought guys get an unfair wrap on that one.

[stoopid_guy]

And the exertion required to flip back down the seat is a lot less than flipping it up.

So, you stumble into the bathroom in the middle of the night or first thing in the morning, still half asleep...

 

Trust me on this: Your reaction if you sit down with the seat up will be much stronger that your reaction if you're standing to take a leak with the seat down.

[Tenorman]

Trust me on this: Your reaction if you sit down with the seat up will be much stronger that your reaction if you're standing to take a leak with the seat down.

 

Yes, life is full of dangers sometimes self-inflicted. Another example which I really hate is when you are BUSTING for a piss, you whip it out, and in in your desperation you flip up the seat too aggressively so it bounces back down only to hit your stream causing an unholy mess...

[Outcast]

Toilet seats: best put seat AND LID down every time. If you've even once seen what goes flying OUT of the toilet when you flush, you, too, would put both down every time. Or keep your toothbrush in another room entirely

 

I'm still only seeing posts about why it's better not to have a jerk/witch in your life rather that a joy of being 'single' per se. Remedy to the former: choose better partners.

[DeeBrod83]

Look, you guys get the priviledge of standing to pee, we do not. And with priviledges come responsiblity and you're responsibility is simple, put the seat AND lid up and down. How hard is it really? Do you want pee water all over YOUR toothbrush b/c I certainly don't! And who wants to walk into a nice bathroom and see a nasty toilet bowl!? No thank you! I think this is one place a guy can get easy bonus points: girls complain, but they also praise! I love a guy who's considerate enough to put the seat down!

[SmoochieFace]

Toilet seats: best put seat AND LID down every time. If you've even once seen what goes flying OUT of the toilet when you flush, you, too, would put both down every time. Or keep your toothbrush in another room entirely

 

Exactly.

 

I read somewhere that consistently using a toothbrush that is 'infected' in that way can lead to gum disease.

[a4a]

Toilet seats: best put seat AND LID down every time. If you've even once seen what goes flying OUT of the toilet when you flush, you, too, would put both down every time. Or keep your toothbrush in another room entirely

.

 

first thing I did when I moved in this place was remove the wall mounted soap dish and toothbrush holder What idiot came up with the toothbrush display idea?

 

If you have pets the toilet seat is always put back down.

 

My H's cat upon arrival visited with him(h) while he was peeing in the toilet......the cat decided that his urine stream was a toy to paw at....... At least the cat did not take a swipe at the source of the stream.

[a4a]

Look, you guys get the priviledge of standing to pee, we do not. And with priviledges come responsiblity and you're responsibility is simple, put the seat AND lid up and down. How hard is it really? Do you want pee water all over YOUR toothbrush b/c I certainly don't! And who wants to walk into a nice bathroom and see a nasty toilet bowl!? No thank you! I think this is one place a guy can get easy bonus points: girls complain, but they also praise! I love a guy who's considerate enough to put the seat down!

 

 

YEAH!!!

 

They have a lid so use it!

 

Besides it hide any turtles that may remain in the bowl after a insufficient flushing.

 

My H said he wants a urinal in his private man bath when we add onto the house Says it is easier and no stream splash back like a reg toilet.

[Tenorman]

Thanks for the responses to the aside. Now that I've heard it, your logic for putting the seat back down is actually very persuasive and I am finding it hard to justify previous practices. Yet I find myself on an instinctual and primitive level resisting putting the toilet seat back down, as if by doing so I am giving away far too much ground, why why why?!