# The Single People Comfort Zone **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 5, 2003, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-people-comfort-zone/159234 "2003-03-05T14:08:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Einmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Einmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einmon)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-people-comfort-zone/159234/61 "2003-03-06T01:19:55Z")
Lsura: Step right in, I think we have plenty of food left over. And yeah, we’re planning on lots of 'splosions. Right after that grueling game of Hearts. ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-people-comfort-zone/159234/62 "2003-03-06T01:21:03Z")
🆒 I liked _Daredevil._ Being single is having total peace. I especially enjoy not having to consult with anyone when I make travel plans. ---
**Author:** ![Horrifying\_Howler\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Horrifying\_Howler\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horrifying_Howler_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-people-comfort-zone/159234/63 "2003-03-06T01:23:37Z")
_I_ want an arranged marriage. That would make life so much less complicated. And I have brought pasta. Fettuccini alfredo and garlic bread. I never make it for myself, as I only have one of those mini-fridges, and there isn’t enough room for leftovers. So eat, eat! ---
**Author:** ![Winsling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Winsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winsling)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-people-comfort-zone/159234/64 "2003-03-06T01:41:16Z")
Thanks a lot **slortar**. I just had the most awkward conversation possible with my parents. The good news is I left my text-to-speech running by accident Hi Mom, hi Dad. I’ve got some news; I’m married. Yeah, well, it’s to another guy. I think his name is **Homeboy** , or **Homebody**. Something like that anyways. No, mom, I’m not gay. What? No, I can’t break up with him, he’ll think I’m a bigot! No, mom. I’m not out of the closet. No, wait, I’m… There are no closets involved! I’m sorry. I’m sorry. Yeah, I think he’s nice. I haven’t actually met him. No, dad, I’m not on drugs. Dad… Dad… Uh-huh. Look, I gotta go, love you both. I need a drink. ---
**Author:** ![jack\_ss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c77e96/32.png) [@jack\_ss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jack_ss)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-people-comfort-zone/159234/65 "2003-03-06T01:59:01Z")
I’m here! I brought a couple cheesecakes (the recipe on the cream cheese wrapper) if anyone’s interested. Got some topping I made with the strawberries & raspberries from my garden too. another good thing about being single: I can eat whatever I want. If I get into the high protein &working out phase, or if I make a pot of blackeyse & hamhocks, the dog doesn’t complain about the way I smell. ---
**Author:** ![Convict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Convict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Convict)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-people-comfort-zone/159234/66 "2003-03-06T01:59:02Z")
Where did all the beer go? WE’RE OUT? Y’all drink like a bunch of fish in here. I’m going on a beer run. Anyone need anything? ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-people-comfort-zone/159234/67 "2003-03-06T02:05:26Z")
_Knock, knock._ Is there still room for one more? I brought some of my homemade truffles! (Like some of you other singles here, I also love to cook. I like to work chocolate, too, but making bonbons or bark or chocolate paste or mousse or what-have-you for no-one but yourself is even worse than cooking just for yourself.) Oh, and here’s a half-bottle of truly excellent Dominican rum that I’d be happy to share with you guys. Drinking alone is even worse than making chocobits for one. Anyone have any vanilla Coke? Preferably the stuff from Canada? ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-people-comfort-zone/159234/68 "2003-03-06T03:04:52Z")
Vanilla Coke from Canada? You got it, **Scribble**. Do you want that in a Slurpee, or just plain? 🙂 Sorry I’m late, but I really haven’t been paying too much attention to this thing lately. I was going to stop by before, but got busy with other websites. I’ve brought a whole bunch of music, but I’m not sure if it’ll be all right for this party… > [@](#): > > AC/DC: Live! \<2 CDs\> > Aerosmith: A Little South of Sanity \<2 CDs\> > Aerosmith: Big Ones > Better Than Ezra: Friction, Baby > Big Sugar: Brothers & Sisters, Are You Ready? > Big Sugar: Heated > Big Sugar: Hemi-Vision > Big Wreck: In Loving Memory Of… > Black Crowes: Greatest Hits 1990-1999 > Blind Melon: Blind Melon > Blues Traveler: Live From The Fall \<2 CDs\> > Bootsauce – Bootism: The Bootsauce Collection > Bush: Golden State > By Divine Right: Bless This Mess > The Byrds: The Very Best Of The Byrds > Cake: Comfort Eagle > The Cars: Greatest Hits > Collective Soul: Collective Soul > Creed: My Own Prison > Creedence Clearwater Revival – Chronicle: 20 Greatest Hits > The Cult: Beyond Good And Evil > The Cure: Bloodflowers > The Cure – Galore: The Singles 1987-1997 > The Cure – Staring at the Sea: The Singles > The Cure: Wild Mood Swings > Carol Cymbala: He’s Been Faithful > Depeche Mode: Exciter > Brian Doerksen – You Shine: Live From Dublin > The Doors: The Best Of The Doors \<2 CDs\> > Duran Duran: Greatest > Eagles: Live \<2 CDs\> > Econoline Crush: The Devil You Know > Edwin: Another Spin Around The Sun > Everclear: So Much For The Afterglow > Everclear-- Songs From An American Movie, Vol. One: Learning How to Smile > Everclear-- Songs From An American Movie, Vol. Two: Good Time For A Bad Attitude > Everclear: Sparkle and Fade > 54-40: Casual Viewin’ > Finger Eleven: The Greyest Of Blue Skies > Peter Gabriel – Shaking The Tree: 16 Golden Greats > Gin Blossoms – Outside Looking In: The Best of the Gin Blossoms > Gob: The World According To Gob > Great Big Sea: Great Big Sea > Green Day: Dookie > Green Day: Nimrod > Billy Idol: Greatest Hits > Jesus Jones: Doubt > Killjoys: Gimme Five > Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin > Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin II > Led Zeppelin: Led Zepplin III > Led Zeppelin: Zoso > Led Zeppelin: Physical Graffiti \<2 CDs\> > Linkin Park: Hybrid Theory > matchbox twenty: Mad Season > Matthew Good Band: Beautiful Midnight > Matthew Good Band: Last of the Ghetto Astronauts > Matthew Good Band: Loser Anthems, B-Sides, and Rarities > Matthew Good Band: Raygun EP > Matthew Good Band: The Audio of Being > Matthew Good Band: Underdogs > John Mellencamp – The Best That I Could Do: 1978-1988 > Van Morrison: Moondance > Van Morrison: The Philosopher’s Stone \<2 CDs\> > Shawn Mullins: Soul’s Core > Nada Surf: High/Low > New Order: The Best Of New Order > Nirvana: Nevermind > Odds: Nest > Our Lady Peace: Clumsy > Our Lady Peace: Happiness…Is Not A Fish You Can Catch > Our Lady Peace: Naveed > Our Lady Peace: Spiritual Machines > Pearl Jam: Riot Act > P.O.D.: Satellite > Police – Every Breath You Take: The Classics > Presidents of the United States of America: Presidents of the United States of America > Prozzäk: Hot Show > Pulp: Different Class > Queen: Classic Queen > Queen: Greatest Hits > Radiohead: Kid A > Radiohead: OK Computer > Radiohead: Pablo Honey > Radiohead: The Bends > Rage Against The Machine: Battle Of Los Angeles > Santana: Supernatural > Silverchair: The Best of - Volume 1 \<2 CDs\> > Simple Plan: No Pads, No Helmets… Just Balls > Soul Asylum – Black Gold: The Best of Soul Asylum > Steve Miller Band: Greatest Hits 1974-78 > Stone Temple Pilots: Shangri-La-Dee Da > Strokes: Is This It > Tea Party: The Edges of Twilight > Third Eye Blind: Third Eye Blind > George Thorogood & The Destroyers: Anthology \<2 CDs\> > Tragically Hip: Phantom Power > Train: Drops of Jupiter > Travis: The Man Who > Treblecharger: Wide Awake Bored > U2: Achtung Baby > U2: Joshua Tree > U2: The Best Of 1980-1990 > Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble: Greatest Hits > Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground & Nico > Rufus Wainwright: Rufus Wainwright > War – Grooves & Messages: The Greatest Hits \<2 CDs\> > Weezer: Weezer > 1999: The Year of the Fox > Big Shiny Tunes 2 > Eric Clapton: Crossroads \ > The Clash: Clash On Broadway \ F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-people-comfort-zone/159234/69 "2003-03-06T03:28:45Z")
::boggle:: Good Lord, **Flamsterette\_X** , you got a 200-gig hard drive in that thing or what? I was just gonna hook my MD player to the amp&speakers… I’ve got happy-hardcore, classic electronic, eighties music, sixties stuff from vinyl, and, oddly, the _Gattaca_ soundtrack. You rock, **F\_X**. 🙂 Yeah, I thought _Daredevil_ was quite good. That shimmery effect of seeing by sound was neat, the story construction was pretty good, and the two main characters seemed less cardboard than usual. I’d put it next to _Spider-Man_, for sure. …Hey! _Hey!_ Who said you could use _other dimensions_ in this hearts game!? I don’t remember agreeing to that!! [sub]Maybe they won’t notice I have _no idea_ what I’m doing…[/sub] Um… anyone for more chai? ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-people-comfort-zone/159234/70 "2003-03-06T04:06:42Z")
All right, I have some soymilk and grumpiness available for this zone. **slortar** , can I send good vibes to your arranged marriages? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![FranticMad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c68b51/32.png) [@FranticMad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FranticMad)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-people-comfort-zone/159234/71 "2003-03-06T04:19:22Z")
**Flamsterette\_X** , toss this Smiths CD into the mix. It is a singles zone here. ---
**Author:** ![curly\_chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@curly\_chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curly_chick)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-people-comfort-zone/159234/72 "2003-03-06T09:20:55Z")
Good Grief! I turn my back for a minute and now I am married! Yikes! Ususally when I turn my back, I am single again!! So, **Tiburon** , now we are married, shouldn’t we wave all these sad, lonely singletons goodbye and go home to our nice warm bed and remind each other how lucky we are to have found each other? (Damn, the smug married syndrome sets in pretty damn quick!) ---
**Author:** ![Einmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Einmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einmon)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-people-comfort-zone/159234/73 "2003-03-06T10:33:03Z")
**Flamsterette\_X** , I like your selection of music! May I additionally suggest some Coldplay (for those mellow after-Hearts-hours)? I’ll also pry my Zwan CD from the CD player for your enjoyment. And remember, guys, we can always sing along reeeeal loud…who’s going to complain? ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-people-comfort-zone/159234/74 "2003-03-06T12:43:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lel \* > \*\*All right, I have some soymilk and grumpiness available for this zone. > > **slortar** , can I send good vibes to your arranged marriages? 🙂 \*\* Certainly. Og smiles upon his arranged marriages. Well, technically, Og does not smash them. This is how I know these marriages will work out. I arrange, Og doesn’t smash. Everybody happy. Congratulations, **Magayuk**. I am sure you and **Lsura** will be very happy together. 😃 ( **Lsura** , take it as penance for spiting the name of Og and his newfound traditional of random, indiscriminate marriages. Og, does, indeed, smash. He is a petulant, yet spicy, god.) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-people-comfort-zone/159234/75 "2003-03-06T12:49:53Z")
(…and **winsling** , your post made me spray RC Cola across my monitor last night when I checked the boards. I’m glad your parents are so understanding. :D) ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-people-comfort-zone/159234/76 "2003-03-06T13:09:15Z")
Actually, **slotar** according to my job, I’m already married, so as much of a nice guy as **Amp** seems to be, I’m afraid my marriage to him just can’t be. Sorry there, guy, didn’t mean to break your heart. So, who likes sausage (man, was that a wierd transition)? I make some kick ass sausage sandwiches. Nothing special, just some good ol’ fashioned spicey sausage, some red and greed bellpeppers, some grilled onions, possibly some tomatoes if your into that kinda thing, and some nice ciabatta bread. A little spicey mustard if you feel the need as well. As soon as **convict** gets back with the beer, we’ll have everything we need for a nice nutricious breakfast. And personally, if we’re talking action films, might I suggest some John Woo? **The Killer** and **Hard Boiled** are two of the best (if not THE best) action films ever made. Body counts so high that if we took a drink for each kill, we’d all die from alcohol poisoning before the films were halfway over. Guy really knows his stuff. So, just out of curiosity, who are the lovely ladies of the group? Just because I seem to be lacking in the “getting into it full swing” phase, doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with a little senseless flirting. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-people-comfort-zone/159234/77 "2003-03-06T13:16:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by El Elvis Rojo \* > \*\*Actually, **slotar** according to my job, I’m already married, so as much of a nice guy as **Amp** seems to be, I’m afraid my marriage to him just can’t be. > > Sorry there, guy, didn’t mean to break your heart. \*\* Thats just as well. I hog the covers anyway. We would have broken up in a few weeks because of it. Now, how about some sauage? ---
**Author:** ![Tiburon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e36b37/32.png) [@Tiburon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiburon)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-people-comfort-zone/159234/78 "2003-03-06T13:22:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by curly chick \* > So, **Tiburon** , now we are married, shouldn’t we wave all these sad, lonely singletons goodbye and go home to our nice warm bed and remind each other how lucky we are to have found each other? > > (Damn, the smug married syndrome sets in pretty damn quick!) \*\* **Curly Chick** , I’m all about that. It did, however, occur to me that you may not know that I’m female. I don’t know if that is bad news to you. But if it is, the good news is that we can’t possibly (here in Illinois) be married. And if it isn’t, more good news is that we can still have sex! WOO!! 😃 To warm you all up, I’m gonna sit down here at my black grand piano and play a few tunes for you. Feel free to make requests - as long as they aren’t _Memory or Send in the Clowns._ Jazz is my forte. Tibs. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-people-comfort-zone/159234/79 "2003-03-06T13:27:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tiburon \* > \*\ ***Curly Chick** , I’m all about that. It did, however, occur to me that you may not know that I’m female. I don’t know if that is bad news to you. But if it is, the good news is that we can’t possibly (here in Illinois) be married. And if it isn’t, more good news is that we can still have sex! WOO!! 😃 \*\* Man this is great. Good food, music, good eats, and now live lesbian sex. Can it get any better than this? ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-people-comfort-zone/159234/80 "2003-03-06T13:34:17Z")
> [@](#): > > Congratulations, **Magayuk**. I am sure you and **Lsura** will be very happy together. 😃 Well…since it looks like we’re stuck together **Magayuk** , can I at least know if you’re male or female? Oh, and you don’t mind that I’m broke, a grad student and have a huge crush on someone else, right? And I want to go to Scotland for the honeymoon…arrange that, would ya? 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-people-comfort-zone/159234.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-people-comfort-zone/159234.md?page=5)