I’m a married man, that equates to never being alone except whilst at work. However, my wife and I are respectful of each other, our offices in the home were too close so I built a tree office in our yard…
So guess where I am alone most of the time? In her office of course, as she likes the nookiness of the tree.
I knew that would happen.
As for the OP - when I’m walking in the back woods, listening to the trees, and watching the forest unfold it’s story to me while I walk. I think I’ll start a thread about the beauties of the wood.
I love living single, and I’m never going back to live-in coupledom!!
No eye-rolling when I want to watch ‘Teen Titans’ at ten O’clock at night. No groaning when I cook something delightfully smelly. No clearing my browser history instinctively at the end of the session. No tights drying like octopus tendrils from my shower rod. No suspicious looks when I open a bottle of wine on a weeknight. No worring about the reaction I’ll get if I spend too much money on some expensive doohicky I really, really want. The closet space – all mine, baby! No grief if I forget to clean my whiskers out of the sink.
Yep, I’m thirty and playing with a Gameboy, my Sandman comics are prominently displayed in my bookshelf next to my Harry Potter books, and that music? Pure 80’s rubbish, and I’m not ashamed of any of it anymore! Hooray!
Ya know, maybe it’s because I’ve lived alone since Junior Year in college, but I take all the above stuff for granted - they’re not indulgences, it’s normal life. I love living alone, of course - I get edgy if visits go on too long. God help me if I get married - about 5 days after the honeymoon, I’d be asking him “Don’t you want to go home now???”
I can’t wait to get my own apartment. When I lived in the dorm I had my own room so I could sleep until one on the weekends or stay up all night if I wanted. Living at home, my parents complain if I don’t get up by 11 or if I’m up past 2:30.
I’m used to sleepin’ all by myself,
Don’t fight for the covers with anybody else.
I can eat crackers in bed if I please,
I can have onions and Limburger cheese,
Livin’ alone.