people who live alone

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I drank whiskey every night and recorded three homemade albums. I'm glad it's over (and so are the people who listened to those three homemade albums.)

i've lived by myself for 10 years now!

five years and counting

Soon.

i couldn't afford to do this even if i wanted to

i'd be happy if i had internet, sports channels and books. i wouldn't even notice i was alone, tbh.

i live with my cat, does that count?

I've never done this. I have no idea what it'd be like.

Emily sez:

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"There's no place like alone."

Rock, you spend a lot of time hoping that someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets.

i could never live with roommates again unless we were like in a huge loft or something.

I don't like living alone. I become a complete slob and forget what my bedtime is.

Living with other people keeps my expectations healthily low, I think. I mean we'll see how I feel in another three months but right now I'm pretty happy in a shitty loft with six other people and one rat. At least you always know where you stand (hopefully not by the rat).

I'm afraid if I lived alone I'd turn into one of those people who gets secretly mad when you move the dish sponge.

i could never live with roommates again unless we were like in a huge loft or something.

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i could never have roommates again unless they were corpses still receiving their ui checks.

I don't like living alone. I become a complete slob and forget what my bedtime is. :D

fixed!

one of those people who gets secretly mad when you move the dish sponge.

yah this is one of many reasons its better for me to live alone - its pretty embarrassing to think of the things ive gotten pissed at roommates for

i wouldn't live with roomates again unless there was a huuuuuge kitchen and 2 bathrooms so i wouldnt have to anxiously wait to cook and pee

i'd be happy if i had internet, sports channels and books. i wouldn't even notice i was alone, tbh.

well, i have these things, and believe me, sometimes you still can't help but notice. Sometimes it's not so easy, 'specially when your only friend...

But overall, I love it. I demand lots and lots (and sometimes lots more) alone time. I have a talent for not wanting to be around other people all that often, and when I am, I have to recharge by myself for a good while afterwards. So, there's always a reliable place for that.

Also, I have moved in with two girlfriends in the past, and I can't help but think that they'd still at least speak to me if we'd never moved in together. I'm a fucking bitch.

I don't like living alone. I become a complete slob and forget what my bedtime is. :D

Haha I was gonna do that.

But so many times I think I'd be into living alone and then N. takes the kids away for a couple of days and I go to (more) useless bits.

demand lots and lots (and sometimes lots more) alone time. I have a talent for not wanting to be around other people all that often, and when I am, I have to recharge by myself for a good while afterwards.

moi aussi

My slobbiness comes in waves that are directly related to my emotional well-being that week. But I love the feeling of cleaning up my messes, doing all my laundry, extracting the cat hair from every surface, scrubbing the toilet, etc etc, and then kicking back and going, "Alright. My space is a good clean space." And then starting over again.

actually, i've changed my mind- being 26 and living with your brother two minutes walk from your girlfriend rocks.

Five years and counting as well. After the utter acrimony that prevailed when my last housemates were almost literally at each other's throats, I couldn't wait to get my own spot. Paying more was still worth it for peace of mind alone.

ya - that's the thing. less money = going out for the sake of being around people hits the wallet that much harder

i also live in a neighbourhood pretty densely packed with my bros and hos. which makes a big difference.

But I love the feeling of cleaning up my messes, doing all my laundry, extracting the cat hair from every surface, scrubbing the toilet, etc etc, and then kicking back and going, "Alright. My space is a good clean space." And then starting over again.

Clean, little Dutch boy.

What s1ocki said -- two very good friends of mine live nearby in their condo, while lots of other folks are within a few miles of the area, and there's a ton of good spots to sit/chat/have a drink/get a meal all within a couple of blocks. Makes things pretty easy!

i have never lived alone. i like living with people tho, as long as i have my own space.

I lived alone in a studio for almost two years and for most of which I had neither internet nor tv. I drank - a lot. I also drunk dialed friends all over the country and ran up ENORMOUS phone bills. That said, living alone was one of the best things I ever did. I wouldn't want to do it now though despite having really really bad roommate experiences in the past. Thankfully my husband is the best roommate I've ever had.

BTW, we live in a studio so it's good thing he is otherwise we'd have probably killed each other already.

But so many times I think I'd be into living alone and then N. takes the kids away for a couple of days and I go to (more) useless bits.

so OTM its untrue ( except in my case L. takes the kids away not N. It'd be wrong for your other half to steal my children)

Clean, little Dutch boy.

Yeah, there's no winning, especially against cat hair. I do try to not let the dyke get to the point where it requires my whole fist, though. You know, like when it's no longer "doing laundry," it's "washing every single piece of clothing you have ever owned in your adult life." Living alone does make it easier to get to that point, I gotta admit. :(

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lolz I am now trying to work out if I know you or not dude

I do try to not let the dyke get to the point where it requires my whole fist, though.

You did this shit on purpose, right?

The only time I've lived alone was when I first got together with my wife and she had to go back to the states to sort out visas and stuff. I'd only just got a job after 18 months unemployed so I was broke and my salary was shit for London, so I got us a tiny studio which I lived in alone for a few months. No TV, but I didn't really mind that cos I had internet and music. I'm happier living with other people though, that's for sure.

i also live in a neighbourhood pretty densely packed with my bros and hos. which makes a big difference.

yah mee too

You did this shit on purpose, right?

Sorry, but I haven't a clue what you must mean.

i love living alone! although it sux that my friends are all spread out over the city/county/metro area. it's not like college where i can just walk down the hall and knock on the door of their dorm room.

laurel otm

just starting my 5th(?) year. I really don't think I can go back. Like ever. I'm not opposed to marriage and kids, but I'm going to strongly suggest we maintain separate residences. Maybe next door or across the street or something.

I'm currently in the process of turning raw attic space into a 2 bed/ 1 bath deal with the intention of getting a house mate to help out with the mortgage. Sometimes when I'm real honest with myself I know I'll never actually do it.

I think it may be only a slight exaggeration to say that I would give up eating before I give up living alone. (Cheaper that way, too!)

people who love alone

I had kind of a hard time living alone because I got weird and because I got afraid I would die of carbon monoxide poisoning or the Mad Gasser or something, which kept me up all night. And I was a huge slob. Now I live with a huge slob, so I get to feel okay I'm not the only one. I do need my own bedroom though.

i loved living alone and in some ways think i kept things cleaner then. it will be some time before i can afford it again, but i dream of it almost daily (nb i have no problems with my roommates at all, i just love having my own place)

people who love alone

it was only a matter of time before someone listed unlimited masturbatory freedom as a perk.

lol at doughnutting the activities around "look for jobs for two hours"

i'm also studiously avoiding audio editing for 2 hours lol

fuck it! it's not too late! i applied for unemployment! now i will chill! i'm doin it all out of order! i don't give a fuck!

It's almost six o' clock, and I'm just now getting to the chores of the day--but it does look like I can get them all done by nine.

I lived alone for 18 months and it was pretty awesome. Of course, I did spend 4 nights a week w/my future wife and then 2 nights playing music, so I was only really "alone" one night a week. I sometimes miss the simplicity of living alone. I occasionally pine for the days when all I had to do when I got home was check the mail and heat up dinner. Now I scurry around like a rat for about 4 hours before I sit down - feeding pets, doing domestic chores, feeding & bathing the baby, etc.

never lived w/ other ppl apart from family

it's....how it is

i mostly blame the internet when i'm not productive, not living alone

i am about to live alone for the first time in 6 years.... can't wait!

Tell us more.

that's really... it.

my sister and i have lived together for 6 years and we both are wanting to live alone now.

i love living alone!
i also love wallace stevens' sundays! even if they hurt my heart sometimes
i like being able to use all the space in my home (which is small) because it is there and it is mine. i like lying on the floor and knowing that it is clean (or dirty but my dirt). i like not having to talk to anyone i don't really want to talk to.
i could live with someone i loved, i am sure. that is different. but would need a studio or a closed-door office in the apartment/house to go work/just be sometimes.

I lived alone for a few years and it was awesome. I'm living with my gf now and it is also awesome.

However, I find living with people who are not family or significant others to be really torturous.

whenever i live alone i pace around the kitchen table while inventing conversations

I am looking forward to living alone within two to three months, now that I am (more) gainfully employed.

will you not feel kinda lonely?

I lived alone, about ten years ago, in Paris for 6 months...it was pretty rad, just don't tell my wife I said this!!

IM SO TELLING

Never have a complete stranger sublet a space in your house, I have one now and it is a disaster. She and her friend are so rude and insulting to my mom! I don't know how to tell them I want them out.

please mittens reduxeo...don't hurt em

I approve of this thread. Lived alone for a couple of years awhile back and am currently doing it again (10 months and counting)

whenever i live alone i pace around the kitchen table while inventing conversations

Do you line up all of your stuffed animals on the table while you do this?

lived alone for 13 of the last 15 years, love it. loneliness & boredom don't come into it really, i've never found myself short of something to occupy the mind.

though it's not something i'd do regularly, i once spent 2 weeks without seeing anyone else when i was between jobs, i don't think i've ever been more relaxed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwfACNbf4Yk

hell is other people iirc

oooooooooh

I love living alone but I think growing up an only child whose parents were always at work has something to do with it

also the internet helps

Except when it hurts.

Would happily live alone if it was at all affordable in this stupid overpriced damn city &*%^$

Srsly considered moving to Perth at one point, ffs.

perth more expensive to rent iirc (darwin too, oddly)

hobart is yr place

Perth is now, ya. Didn't used to be - friends of mine had a 3brm house in a suburb 10 mins out of the CBD for like $290 a week!

pittsburgh is pretty cheap too fyi

Hahaha that sounds like a hint! =)

I expect you could find some cheap places to live in Detroit or Flint these days.

Yes, but theres a reason for that.

i mostly like being able to choose if i'm going to have contact with other people or not after work each day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5fuizV-nes&feature=related

have lived in my apt 2+ years, never had anyone over

(I pretty much don't know anyone in the nabe)

wow

I think we were together for two and a half years before one of us even spoke to the other through the closed bathroom door.

-- Pleasant Plains, Friday, February 1, 2008 1:20 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link

and that was only because i thought you were dead. ive thought you were dead a lot in the last year. only once in the bathroom though.

― sunny successor, Friday, February 1, 2008 1:24 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark

I like living alone. People come over a lot and I usually have stuff to do on weeknights so I don't get lonely. I probably spend one night in by myself a week.

my daily routine:

-wake up
-walk dog
-go to work
-come home
-remove pants
-watch movie

living alone ~~rules~~

I live alone but it's kind of a disingenuous living alone cuz I end up living half the week at my gfs place and I have a couple close friends in my building whose apts. I just kramer into

before this I lived in a 2 bedroom apt. with 7 other dudes and it was complete hell

I'm pretty sure that I'm codependent or something but the shape that my life is in is pretty alright at this moment

my daily routine:

-wake up
-walk dog
-go to work
-come home
-remove pants
-watch movie

living alone ~~rules~~

I do all that, and I don't live alone.

urrgghhh i lived alone for a while and i hated it. just not wired that way i guess.

also: i never drink at home more than maybe once a month

had no idea living alone was a thing. tho by now i wouldn't mind mixing it up a bit

-wake up
-walk dog
-go to work
-come home
-remove pants
-watch movie

but you never put pants on o_O

who said he was removing his own pants?

tru