# Good things about living alone! What's your favorite aloneness self indulgence? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 30, 2003, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-things-about-living-alone-whats-your-favorite-aloneness-self-indulgence/204586 "2003-09-30T00:28:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-things-about-living-alone-whats-your-favorite-aloneness-self-indulgence/204586/1 "2003-09-30T00:28:43Z")
I have now played the break from Mauro Picotto’s Komodo about 20 times in a row at window shaking volume, and I’ll do it again because there’s no here to bug me about making noise or sneer at me for being a 45 year old professional who’s also a secret techno geek. One more time…! > [@](#): > > Save our soul, save it now for a better life > Time to break because time is flying on and on > But if you want to believe in a better life > Find a way, try now, come together with a smile Aloneness can be lonely _and_ lovely. Alone dopers, what’s your favorite aloneness indulgence? ---
**Author:** ![BethCro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cdc98d/32.png) [@BethCro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BethCro)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-things-about-living-alone-whats-your-favorite-aloneness-self-indulgence/204586/2 "2003-09-30T00:33:51Z")
Oh, just the thought of aloneness indulgences! _whimper_ My flatmate is going home to Maastricht for 2 months and I can’t wait to spoil myself. Long baths, what I want to eat when I want to eat, control of the remote, my choice of music, internet access when I want … an entire new world is going to open itself up to me and I’m just so excited. ---
**Author:** ![Melandry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Melandry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melandry)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-things-about-living-alone-whats-your-favorite-aloneness-self-indulgence/204586/3 "2003-09-30T00:36:06Z")
When I am alone I can spend a whole Saturday lying on my bed, drinking tea and reading. When I try to do this while visiting my boyfriend, he gets all pouty and says I’m ignoring him. I guess he has a point. But what better way to spend a lazy, overcast Saturday? ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-things-about-living-alone-whats-your-favorite-aloneness-self-indulgence/204586/4 "2003-09-30T00:48:36Z")
I’ve gotten used to living alone, With nobody’s taste to consider but my own. The sink’s full of dishes, there’s clothes on the floor, The cap’s off the toothpaste and I just adore Living alone. ---
**Author:** ![ShadiRoxan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@ShadiRoxan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadiRoxan)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-things-about-living-alone-whats-your-favorite-aloneness-self-indulgence/204586/5 "2003-09-30T00:54:05Z")
I’ve been living alone for a year now. I love being able to walk around naked, making a mess where ever I please. I don’t have to answer calls for any one else or worry about not getting my messages. No worrying about leaving enough hot water for some one else to shower in the morning. The downside to it though is I’m the only one here to clean all the messes. Some how those dishes pile up quick. ---
**Author:** ![Baggins111](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@Baggins111](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baggins111)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-things-about-living-alone-whats-your-favorite-aloneness-self-indulgence/204586/6 "2003-09-30T00:59:07Z")
Watching movies as loud as I want and whenever I want (I live in the country - no neighbors, either) Playing my PS2 as loud as I want and whenever I want. Playing my music as loud as I want and whenever I want. Getting online whenever I want. Doing whatever I want whenever I want. If I’d like to, I can prance around naked listening to Wagner. Knowing that when I get home, the house will be just like I left it. Nobody has moved my stuff. The best part? Knowing that beer that I left in the fridge will still be there. Waiting. Faithfully. For me. _ONLY_ me. Yeah, I was a single child. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-things-about-living-alone-whats-your-favorite-aloneness-self-indulgence/204586/7 "2003-09-30T01:14:02Z")
Going out to see a movie on the spur of the moment. Eating leftover pizza for breakfast if I feel like it (and I feel like it). ---
**Author:** ![Daowajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-things-about-living-alone-whats-your-favorite-aloneness-self-indulgence/204586/8 "2003-09-30T01:14:22Z")
Indulging in very weird inside jokes over the phone (“No! They suddenly caught the hantavirus and turned UGLY!” “Hi? You suck, Plop!”) and not wondering how weirded out my roommate will be if they overhear. It’s SWEET. ---
**Author:** ![Xanthas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a5b964/32.png) [@Xanthas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xanthas)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-things-about-living-alone-whats-your-favorite-aloneness-self-indulgence/204586/9 "2003-09-30T02:11:22Z")
While living alone and working from home, I can indulge in my odd sleeping schedule without bothering anyone. I generally sleep for about 8 hours, then stay up for about 20, so my sleep times rotate around the clock. That’s probably not the healthiest thing in the world, but it’s what I fall into when I’ve got nothing to keep me on a more regular schedule. ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-things-about-living-alone-whats-your-favorite-aloneness-self-indulgence/204586/10 "2003-09-30T02:53:39Z")
Singing along to musicals. And dancing around the living room. Possibly naked. Yep, naked Oscar & Hammerstein. Dip me, Gene! ---
**Author:** ![Vlad\_Dracul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/50afbb/32.png) [@Vlad\_Dracul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vlad_Dracul)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-things-about-living-alone-whats-your-favorite-aloneness-self-indulgence/204586/11 "2003-09-30T05:40:15Z")
Monopolizing the computer, phone, TV, and stereo, all at the same time. Never having to put anything away. Using the living room as a gym. Answering the phone with “Homicide Division”, without upsetting anybody. I’m surprised nobody has mentioned this: any guests I want–anytime, and none that I don’t want. ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-things-about-living-alone-whats-your-favorite-aloneness-self-indulgence/204586/12 "2003-09-30T06:00:03Z")
Taking showers with the bathroom door open. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-things-about-living-alone-whats-your-favorite-aloneness-self-indulgence/204586/13 "2003-09-30T06:11:10Z")
Sitting around naked with the heat turned up to the temperature I like, or at least mostly clothed so I’m not freezing. (It’s NOT too hot in here damn it!!!) Not being told when I should go to sleep (Yes ‘daddy’ :rolleyes: stupid roomie) or having to tiptoe around when I want to stay up later then they do. Not listening through thin walls roomie and his gf… ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-things-about-living-alone-whats-your-favorite-aloneness-self-indulgence/204586/14 "2003-09-30T07:32:08Z")
I work late and live alone. I can come home and watch TV and screw around on the computer until 4 am if I want, and no one cares. Plus, ditto what everyone else said. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-things-about-living-alone-whats-your-favorite-aloneness-self-indulgence/204586/15 "2003-09-30T07:34:17Z")
I can blabble and act like a total lunatic and nobody notices. ---
**Author:** ![Purple\_Scottie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@Purple\_Scottie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purple_Scottie)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-things-about-living-alone-whats-your-favorite-aloneness-self-indulgence/204586/16 "2003-09-30T10:44:03Z")
I can’t pick out just one but a few of my favorites are being able to wear pajamas all day if I want to, not having anyone fuss if I decide to veg and watch bad lifetime movies, getting all the hot water to myself, and being able to get up at 3 a.m. and make as much noise as I want to or going to bed at 6 p.m. if I’m tired. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-things-about-living-alone-whats-your-favorite-aloneness-self-indulgence/204586/17 "2003-09-30T13:08:13Z")
Excessive masturbation. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-things-about-living-alone-whats-your-favorite-aloneness-self-indulgence/204586/18 "2003-09-30T13:11:03Z")
I _love_ living alone. Curled up in bed with a cup of tea, a cat sleeping at my feet, a good book in my hands and another on the bedside table—_bliss!_ ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-things-about-living-alone-whats-your-favorite-aloneness-self-indulgence/204586/19 "2003-09-30T13:34:18Z")
Staying up all night and sleeping all day. OR going to bed at 7 in the evening and getting up at 3 in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-things-about-living-alone-whats-your-favorite-aloneness-self-indulgence/204586/20 "2003-09-30T13:48:54Z")
I can’t believe nobody has mentioned the farting thing yet. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-things-about-living-alone-whats-your-favorite-aloneness-self-indulgence/204586.md?page=2)