11 Reasons Being Single Is Way Underrated

If you think being single is all about being sad and alone, think again. You're living your life the best way there is, and you didn't even know it.

1. Dinner Decisions

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You don’t have to take anyone else’s dinner requests into consideration. No “I don’t know, where do YOU want to eat?” here - you can eat wherever you want or cook whatever you want, every single day.

2. Single and Mingling

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No boring sex life for you! You can hook up with whoever you want (as long as all parties give consent!), whenever you want, no constraints or judgement. Sex is never repetitive or boring, and when it is, you can just move on from it.

3. Responsibility for a significant other

Babysitting a plus-one at your office party or parent’s anniversary is out of the question. If you show up alone, there’s no one you need to be responsible for! Them getting too drunk, saying something inappropriate, or wearing the worst sweater known to mankind is not your problem, because they don't exist. Enjoy the party, you single pringle.

4. Unpredictability

Literally anything can happen to your life at any time, and that anticipation is a feeling worth appreciating.

5. Only you are in charge of you!

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If you want to make a change - move cities, change your job, take a trip - there’s not a single soul you have to consult about it. You stopped doing what your parents told you to do once you moved out, so why would you let someone else tell you what to do? Any change you make is for you, and no one can stop you, or make you feel guilty.

6. No more hiding in the bathroom during dinners

You don’t have to hang out with their friends that you hate, or on that note, their family that you hate. There's no one's feelings to hurt when you don't want to catch a drink with their hometown friends, or have to explain for the thousandth time why you don't like their mom asking when you'll be ready to have kids.

7. Budgeting Arguments

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There’s no one to defend purchases to or fight about money with when there’s no one there. If you want to buy something, you go for it!

8. Netflix, Netflix, and more Netflix.

You have time to spend on whatever you’d like. You can hang out with friends daily, advance your career without interruptions, or just take a lot of naps with no one bothering you.

9. Bedtime

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Speaking of sleeping, spending the night alone is WAY underrated. No one is waking you up earlier than necessary with an alarm (or snoozing it multiple times!), no one is stealing the covers, and no one is talking when you’re trying to sleep. Just you and your dreams, left alone. Ahhh..take it in.

10. Holiday Spending

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You don’t have to spend money on anyone else. Birthday presents, Christmas presents, Valentine’s day gifts - throw all of that out the window. Those $50 you’d be dropping for someone else (who probably won’t enjoy or appreciate as much as you’d like them to) can be spent on anything you want.

11. Self-Love

Last but certainly not least, you really learn to love yourself and spend time alone. You realize how fulfilling your relationship with yourself is, and how much you have to offer the world. The most important relationship you'll ever be in is your relationship with yourself, so cherish it while you can.