Have you ever lived alone?

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Contributor: cherryredhead88 cherryredhead88
Quote:
Originally posted by Crystal1
After three years of living by myself, I've discovered that I am now totally unsuited for living with other people. My sister, on the other hand, would rather have just about anyone for a roommate than live on her own. Have you lived alone? Do ... more
I still live with my son, and I absolutely love it. When I first lived by myself a few years back I hated it, but I got used to it quick and I absolutely love it. I will need some time before I end up moving in with someone in a few years. because I just love to have my space. :p
01/30/2011
Contributor: PassionQT PassionQT
Right about now, I wouldn't mind living alone. My 9 year old- who should know better - put some bath soap in his little brothers eye and he is screaming he is blind (he isn't)..Ugh...

I can't imagine life without my crew, but there are times when I really miss the freedom!
01/30/2011
Contributor: Crystal1 Crystal1
I had a pretty much perfect (for me) set-up for about 6 months. I had my own apartment, but one of my good friends lived in the apartment next door. It did up the number of unexpected visits (which I'm not a fan of), but she's a chef so it also seriously increased the number of homemade meals I got! Plus it was great to be able to borrow cat food or something if one of us ran out. That's about as close to having a roommate as I would like, though!
01/31/2011
Contributor: buzz buzz
I really enjoy the privacy of living alone. I come from a big family so having that extra bit of quiet is soooo nice. I also miss the noise too though. Silence isn't golden all the time.
01/31/2011
Contributor: That Guy That Guy
I go a bit mad when left alone for too long. I need other people to keep me sane.
01/31/2011
Contributor: Jobthingy Jobthingy
I have never had a roommate. Always just me and the girl child. That is just how I like it. I like my space
01/31/2011
Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
I like being by myself sometimes, but I don't like knowing that I'm the only one who will be there. I can handle being the only one staying somewhere while other people are out of town, but for the long term, I think it would be bad for me since I'm already a bit of a recluse to begin with, and never having anybody around to talk to or sort of kick me in the butt to come out and do stuff wouldn't help any.
01/31/2011
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
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Quote:
Originally posted by Crystal1
After three years of living by myself, I've discovered that I am now totally unsuited for living with other people. My sister, on the other hand, would rather have just about anyone for a roommate than live on her own. Have you lived alone? Do ... more
I moved straight from my parents house to Sigel's apartment and I really have never wanted to live alone.
01/31/2011
Contributor: Airekah Airekah
I loved living alone. Too bad it was too expensive at the time.
01/31/2011
Contributor: Gunsmoke Gunsmoke
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Originally posted by Redboxbaby
I lived alone, for 2 years, before I met my husband. I chose "other" because I liked living alone as opposed to living with a roommate or my parents.

However,I would never want to live apart from my husband. In that regard, I have ... more
I lived alone for 10 years - but like Redboxbaby once I found my wife I had no problem relinquishing the perks of being 'king of the castle'. Now she just lest me think I'm in charge.
01/31/2011
Contributor: sweet seduction sweet seduction
no and hopefully never will
01/31/2011
Contributor: IndependentlyHappy IndependentlyHappy
I currently live alone in a studio apartment. I personally like having my own space, and no one to bitch me out when I stagger in at 5am.

Sometimes I wish I did have a roommate since it does get a bit lonely at times, but I know I can always go to one of my friends' places and hang out whenever.
02/02/2011
Contributor: LavenderSkies LavenderSkies
No, but I would like to.
02/02/2011
Contributor: Xavier7 Xavier7
Quote:
Originally posted by Crystal1
After three years of living by myself, I've discovered that I am now totally unsuited for living with other people. My sister, on the other hand, would rather have just about anyone for a roommate than live on her own. Have you lived alone? Do ... more
I don't know if I could ever do it.
02/02/2011
Contributor: Cream in the Cupcake Cream in the Cupcake
I dont want to live alone, I enjoy having a boyfriend and 3 dogs for company.
02/27/2011
Contributor: teeny <3 teeny <3
I'm living alone and loving it! I only have one fear/issue and that's losing my phone. I have a really bad habit of setting down my cell phone in a different place everytime and forgetting it. I used to just go ask my roommate to call it for me until I found it, but now I can't. Yesterday I heard my text message chime and spent 20 minutes searching for the source
02/27/2011
Contributor: lezergirl lezergirl
I love living by myself, but I think living with my partner is the best way to be
02/27/2011
Contributor: HoneyHoney HoneyHoney
Quote:
Originally posted by Crystal1
After three years of living by myself, I've discovered that I am now totally unsuited for living with other people. My sister, on the other hand, would rather have just about anyone for a roommate than live on her own. Have you lived alone? Do ... more
I'm moving in a week to live on my own and i'm soooo scared! I'm used to a house full of people.
02/28/2011
Contributor: ❦Angel Of Music❦ ❦Angel Of Music❦
I moved out a while ago to be with my now ex...I might as well been living alone because he was never there and/or we never communicated. I enjoyed the freedom of being on my own, but the stress of our relationship took a toll on me. Needless to say, it didn't work and I had to move home, but I will be moving out on my own soon. At least until I can find a roommate.
02/28/2011
Contributor: Beaners Beaners
I had a single dorm for a few months, and I really liked that, particularly in comparison to the batshit crazy girl who moved in with me 3/4 of the way through the semester. But I will admit, I'm kind of miserable right now though. My boyfriend is out of town for a week, and the guy who was our roommate moved out. I am NOT looking forward to the week by myself.
03/01/2011
Contributor: ellejay ellejay
I've always lived with family or roommates. I would enjoy living alone, but I know I would probably go Full Hermit if I didn't have people around me.
03/01/2011
Contributor: UnknownGirl UnknownGirl
No, and I'd never want to.
03/01/2011
Contributor: Joie de Cherresse Joie de Cherresse
I lived on my own for about six months after I left my ex-husband. I loved it. I wish I wouldn't have rushed into moving in so soon with my current husband so I could have enjoyed it a little longer, but my lease was up and I lost my job so I really didn't have a choice. I loved the independence I had and I miss it.
03/21/2011
Contributor: P'Gell P'Gell
I've never lived alone. I lived with my parents when I was young, in dorms and apartments with roommates when I was in college, and then (UG) back with my mother, but living part time with My Man near the final term of college. I have lived with him since I was in college, and we have kids, so the closest I've had to living alone was when I lived with my mother after her divorce and she wasn't home during the day. But, it sucked.

I really prefer living with people. We have a fairly large house, so I can have a space to myself, if I need it, which is often.

I do like it when the kids are at school and the man is at work and I have the entire house to myself and quiet. (Well, there are always the dogs and the rabbit, but still, they don't talk.)
03/21/2011
Contributor: CSEA CSEA
Quote:
Originally posted by Crystal1
After three years of living by myself, I've discovered that I am now totally unsuited for living with other people. My sister, on the other hand, would rather have just about anyone for a roommate than live on her own. Have you lived alone? Do ... more
I like having someone around, a partner or better yet a big drooling boxer I like company, and sometimes dont feel comfortable at night alone. Parents are not fun to live with, but I wouldn't mind living with the boyfriend having crazy naked dinner dates and bathroom sex
03/21/2011
Contributor: bunny love bunny love
I've never lived alone. I don't necessarily WANT to live alone, but I don't think I would mind it. I enjoy having my alone time. Interacting with other people is kind of draining for me.
03/22/2011
Contributor: Solar Ray Solar Ray
Yes I've lived alone and liked it fine.
03/24/2011
Contributor: El-Jaro El-Jaro
Living alone is a great time to learn about yourself and your habits. I think everyone should live alone at some point in their lives.
03/25/2011
Contributor: REDRUM REDRUM
I really like personal alone time. So if I lived alone, I'd probably love it.
I like to read and just relax in silence sometimes. That's hard to do with room mates no matter how much you like them.
If I met someone I felt completely comfortable with, I would probably movie in with them, but I haven't met anyone like that yet so I'd prefer to live alone.
03/25/2011
Contributor: CPTInsanity CPTInsanity
I lived alone a couple of times. I even lived alone for about a year while I was married. I was at a new post and my wife was finishing her masters back in my hometown. It worked out. My place was always very clean and tidy. I have never had a cleaner house than when I was alone. Once you find friends to go out with and have fun, than you don't notice being alone. I threw more parties when I was alone at my house. We lived off of a river and just down the way from a really nice lake, so I would take my boat out wakeboarding a couple of times a week.
03/25/2011