The Pros & Cons of being single

[Corinthian™]

Pros on why you should be single and why it's great.

pro - you can go out with ANYONE
pro - you don't have to answer to ANYONE
pro - you can hang out with your friends and not be nagged at
pro - you don't have to hang out with her annoying friends
pro - you don't have to impress anyone's parents
pro - you don't have to be force or guilted into going places you hate
pro - your friends won't ever bring up "kids" or "family"
pro - you don't have to worry about getting her pregnant
pro - you don't have to hear about everytime she gets jealous
pro - PMS
pro - shopping

I have all of them pros you have and I have a girlfriend


well.. just.. the shopping... Good Lord!

 

[The Runaway]

Pros- You can go out with as many women/men as you want
Cons- No casual sex (unless you get booty calls)

i'm single and i have casual sex all the time...and their usually not booty calls.

 

[tzarinna]

ok...so I want to answer this


here goes...I'm taking a break form dating...it was just getting so messy and I need to take to time to focus on school and finances.

the con is the family and friends wonderitng when I'll get married and knocked up. I can't sit still(unless I;m on the Hype) I love to travel and I need a man that can drive...stop being an ass and pay attention to what your doing and others and around you


I need to go to sleep......

 

[Abaddon]

Pros:
-Not having to worry about getting her something for Valentine's Day.
-One less person's birthday you have to remember.

Cons:
-Constantly being asked why you havent found that special "someone'
-Getting that uncomfortable feeling when you see couples together(especially during a dry spell).

 

[Alpha and Omega]

Very simple:

Pros:
1) freedom
2) peace
3) sanity

Cons:
1) Going out to a restaurant / club w/ friends and appearing to be the 'odd man out.'
2) female friends who try to send you on blind dates or hint at problems w/ 'living single.'
3) Having nosy extended family ask you why you're not currently dating or w/ someone.
4) the subject comes up at the most unexpected times - very awkward and unneccessary

I broke up w/ my last gf around last fall and I've been single ever since; honestly, I grew to despise the clingy attachmental fiasco that it developed into, and there was a somewhat mutual agreement to end it.

From my current stand point, staying single is great, and I'm loving it.

 

[ObakeTora]

bah I know what you mean. I broke it off with my last fling because shes too clingy. I havent spoken to her after that. but every now and then shell get drunk at a party, and call me to justify her one night stands with many strangers. I should make a sound clip of some of the desperate things she says....

 

[Immortalfire]

It only takes me 3 minutes to shop. I have no desire to take longer

I took about that long at Ingles last night.

 

[twylight]

There are cons to being single?

I'm happy being single, and I'm not worried right now with anyone. I can devote my time and energies to my family and friends as well as various activities I enjoy.

 

[Addendum]

My family has asked me once why I haven't found that "someone". I responded with "Why the hell am I supposed to be looking for this unknown person?"

They've never asked again. The look on their faces was worth it.

Another plus to being single

 

[ObakeTora]

heres another con. People who think they know you automatically assume you have no game whatsoever because your looking for Ms. Right not Ms. Right now

 

[8Ball2/JanG5]

i
* Funny looks from happy couples. Why?!

Because the situation often puts couples on a superiority high.

 

[JLBats]

When you are single, you can be:

Fitter, happier, more productive,
comfortable,
not drinking too much,
regular exercise at the gym
(3 days a week),
getting on better with your associate employee contemporaries,
at ease,
eating well
(no more microwave dinners and saturated fats),
a patient better driver,
a safer car
(baby smiling in back seat),
sleeping well
(no bad dreams),
no paranoia,
careful to all animals
(never washing spiders down the plughole),
keep in contact with old friends
(enjoy a drink now and then),
will frequently check credit at (moral) bank (hole in the wall),
favors for favors,
fond but not in love,
charity standing orders,
on Sundays ring road supermarket
(no killing moths or putting boiling water on the ants),
car wash
(also on Sundays),
no longer afraid of the dark or midday shadows
nothing so ridiculously teenage and desperate,
nothing so childish - at a better pace,
slower and more calculated,
no chance of escape,
now self-employed,
concerned (but powerless),
an empowered and informed member of society
(pragmatism not idealism),
will not cry in public,
less chance of illness,
tires that grip in the wet
(shot of baby strapped in back seat),
a good memory,
still cries at a good film,
still kisses with saliva,
no longer empty and frantic like a cat tied to a stick,
that's driven into frozen winter ****
(the ability to laugh at weakness),
calm,
fitter,
healthier and more productive
a pig in a cage on antibiotics.

 

[ObakeTora]

and lets not forget fewer if any holes in the wall.

 

[Abaddon]

Because the situation often puts couples on a superiority high.

Exactly. And then some like to assume that you're unhappy being alone.

 

[The Storm]

Why do couples feel the need to express their love around single people?! We get in all the time in work, I don't give a f*** and I don't need people slobbering all over my work place!

 

[Superman79]

Why do couples feel the need to express their love around single people?! We get in all the time in work, I don't give a f*** and I don't need people slobbering all over my work place!

"F-in 'A', Cotton, F-in 'A'"

 

[Master Chief]

There were these two people eating each other's tongues on the bus once. I told them something along the lines of, "Hey, you guys look like I do right now, f**king disgusting," And then said something about renting out a motel room and buying a video camera with tripod stand. It really was disgusting because the dude had bad acne and the chick was kinda... bleh.

newayz, the only con I can think of for me is people keep questioning my sexuality.

"Do you have a girlfriend?"

No.

"Do you want a girlfriend?"

Not really.

"Are you gay?"

It pisses me off...