Do you live alone?

[Bretrick]

What are the benefits and pitfalls of living alone?
Freedom to come and go where and when you please is probably number one reason.
I can decorate my inner space purely with my style of decor. No one to say, "Not there Honey, Put it in the attic"
I have sole control of the remotes, can have MY music as loud as I wish, Go Engelburt Humperdinck.
Do not have to engage in idle "Chit Chat" 24 hours a day. A blessing for sure.
The only drawback being when waking and my hormones telling me I need company

 

[hawkdon]

yep, been alone since 2016 when my love passed away....do
everything for myself by myself, getting harder tho with increasing physical problems....oh well....

 

[Quackers]

Pitfalls - trying to find honest professionals who do a good job.
No-one to make me a brew when I wake up.

Benefits - too many to mention

 

[Born_To_Lose]

Most of the time.

 

[hollydolly]

Yep I live alone.. for the most part I like it..because of all the things you listed Bretrick... no tiptoeing around anyone, no having to have dinner at a certain time whether I'm hungry or not...no having to consider anyone else if I want to go to bed late or get up early in the morning, and make noise.. all those things...

My husband has been gone for 3 years next month...what I miss the most apart from general chit-chat and someone to tell your secrets to who won't blab them to anyone else... is going out as a couple to the pub on the weekend... or going down to the boat.. or just taking a walk along the riverbank..all these these things we did every week... and then there's also no-one to go on holiday with either.. next month I'll be going on my first holiday alone since he's been gone. so we'll see how that turns out

 

[VisualBrian]

Yes, I live alone, and I wouldn't care to change that. When people ask me what I do all day, I tell them...
Most of the time I do whatever I want, sometimes I do what I have to.

 

[mrstime]

No, DH and I just celebrated our 67th anniversary. Then about a month ago our son moved in because he knows we needed the help. So I will never live alone (hopefully).

 

[MarkinPhx]

I have lived alone for a long time now. I guess I have just gotten used to it and don't think about it too much now. Obviously there are somethings I do miss. If I ever do meet someone "special" I think I might be a pain in the ass to live with because I have lived alone for such a long time.

 

[Sciguy]

I’ve been alone for more years than I care to admit.

 

[DebraMae]

I live alone and like it. I can't imagine living with anyone else. I am too old and set in my ways.

 

[Remy]

Since living with other people as a child was hell, I live alone.

The problems will be in my old age, I'll have no help. But I've been alone all my life really so nothing new.

 

[dilettante]

"Not suffering fools gladly" comes to mind.

 

[katlupe]

I have lived alone since 2018. Before that I rarely lived alone. I love it and will never live with anyone again. I am enjoying all the benefits Bretrick mentioned. I especially love not having to make compromises or ask someone else if they would mind if I do or buy something. Another benefit is not having to cook for someone else and to have leftovers for the next day. I could think of many more benefits.

 

[rgp]

Lived alone since my divorce in 1972 . I like it this way, however as some have said, getting older [near 75] makes some things a challenge. I have considered a [facility] but really hope I can go the distance on my own.

 

[moviequeen1]

I've lived alone for most of my adult life,I prefer it this way can go wherever I want,but I'm not a hermit
I socialize with people where I use to live would see my friends on a daily basis,
In my new place here I've met some wonderful people that I enjoy being with

 

[Cornhusker]

I live with an alcoholic who spends more time at her sister's house drinking than she does at home.
Even when she's there, I cook my own meals, wash the dishes and do all the housework.
I could easily live alone as I'm alone 90% of the time anyway.

 

[fuzzybuddy]

I live alone and that means I get the whole bed to sleep in. There's no being 'second' in the shower. Plus, there's no one to get mad at, except for that idiot in the mirror.
There is a problem about living alone. I can't get that 'mirror guy' to mow the lawn

 

[Teacher Terry]

I have lived alone with my 2 Maltese for the past 3 years. I would never live with anyone again. I have found all the benefits that others have mentioned but the drawback is no one to spontaneously talk to when you feel like it.

 

[dilettante]

I have lived alone with my 2 Maltese for the past 3 years. I would never live with anyone again. I have found all the benefits that others have mentioned but the drawback is no one to spontaneously talk to when you feel like it.

Is that a falcon statue or the UK brand of malted milk balls?

 

[Teacher Terry]

Is that a falcon statue or the UK brand of malted milk balls?

They are dogs which I know you dislike since you are always making rude comments about pets.

 

[VisualBrian]

I have found all the benefits that others have mentioned but the drawback is no one to spontaneously talk to when you feel like it.

I have found myself to be a great listener and conversationalist.

 

[Vicky]

I've been married 2x. I lived most of my life with someone. 13 yrs ago, my husband passed away. I lived alone since then.
No doubt about it, there are perks as you all mention about living alone. BUT I find myself lonely. Nothing beats the bond of a good relationship. The touch of someone. Knowing that someone is there to lean on. Enjoying each other's company. Knowing that when my time is up that this someone will be by my side loving me.

 

[David777]

OP's input was much too simple for such a broad subject with enormous differences depending on a vast number of circumstances.

I may have lived alone most of my adult life but would have preferred sharing my life with a compatible woman with similar interests we might have been a team together as. But practically, my life as a peon in this vast world was too complicated, especially given my medical issues after a pseudoaneurysm at age 20 for that path in life to have occurred. So have made the best of what was possible and am comfortable as it has played out without regrets.

 

[KSav]

I just responded to a very similar post, so I'll try not to repeat myself here. I lived with other people my whole life: I went straight from growing up with my family to living with roommates and housemates in college and graduate school, to living with my husband and then our three children, and then just with my kids after my husband left, and after my youngest left for college I lived alone and still do. I can honestly say that I love it.

 

[Ladybj]

What are the benefits and pitfalls of living alone?
Freedom to come and go where and when you please is probably number one reason.
I can decorate my inner space purely with my style of decor. No one to say, "Not there Honey, Put it in the attic"
I have sole control of the remotes, can have MY music as loud as I wish, Go Engelburt Humperdinck.
Do not have to engage in idle "Chit Chat" 24 hours a day. A blessing for sure.
The only drawback being when waking and my hormones telling me I need company

This is my life while I am married. I am beginning to look at it as a blessing.