Living Alone

LegacyUser · 01-12-2002 8:44pm #1

Is there any of you whose ambition is to live ALONE? Are there any of you who are currently living alone, and if so what are your views and experiences of the situation? Are you enjoying it or have you found you'd rather be living with other people?

Gordon · 01-12-2002 9:28pm

I much prefer living alone. Most times I think that I'd be far happier alone in the future than with someone, sometimes I don't but at the end of the day I am very happy alone.

Victor · 01-12-2002 9:32pm

I think its a matter of persepective - how many people does one interact with everyday? If you work somewhere wher eyou are surrounded with people, home by yourself can be quite welcome. Likewise with college or other situations. However,if you interact with very few people (say less than 3 per day), then that is going too far.

Placebo · 01-12-2002 9:36pm

P R I V A C Y . P E A C E .

passive · 01-12-2002 11:34pm

excellent point from an excellent band...

the way i see it...people are very annoying. Therefore: living alone is good.... though it might get horribly depressing as you get older and begin making fewer friends or seeing people less....so it really depends on your own opinion,
obviously, if you want to try living alone, then it doesn't bother you,
...so give it a shot?

Shinji · 02-12-2002 12:13am

Depends what the alternative is. I've lived in situations I didn't enjoy at all and wished I was living alone; on the other hand I've been lucky enough to have some great housemates too, and that's frankly a lot of fun. Living with people who simply know when to give you personal space but who share your interests and passions is a great experience.

thedrowner · 02-12-2002 3:13am

yeah i agree with u there shinji even though ive not much experinece with it other than holidays

living alone is definately somehitng i want to try

as is living with cool people

living with a partner

think ill try giving the flatmates from hell scenario a miss.....maybe i'll try and invent some sort of device that lets you know what exactly youre letting youself in for when you pick flatmates. i have friends who've ended up with 'eddie from friends' type people. scary.

Yurmasyurda · 02-12-2002 9:17am

It's nice to have the option not to as well, I like living alone but sometimes I would like someone there with me. Depends on the mood spose.

Borzoi · 02-12-2002 10:40am

Never really tried long term living alone, as just a week alone used to drive me scatty, even though I like my own space.

Lived with 3-4 other that I got with, was ok but it was just as well that we were very good mates beforehand.

Now I share with one other person. Ideal. Bit of privacy, bit of company.

Tazz T · 02-12-2002 2:48pm

I've lived alone for the past four years now and it's suits me just fine. I think it depends a lot on your personality. I had a 'nightmare flatmates' situation about 10 years ago that I have no intention of repeating. I've also lived with several girls which is great when the relationship is fine, but hell on earth when it ain't.

Still waiting for the right one, I suppose. Until then, coming home when I like, sleeping, when I like, getting up when I like, tidying when I feel like it and watching/listening to whatever I like suits me just fine.

Although it's bloody expensive living on your tod - no one to share the rent or the bills eats into your entertainment money so you have to stay at home alone longer than otherwise.

Gordon · 02-12-2002 2:53pm

Originally posted by Tazz T
Although it's bloody expensive living on your tod - no one to share the rent or the bills eats into your entertainment money so you have to stay at home alone longer than otherwise.

Absolutely, it is a lot more expensive living on your own. The rent is much higher as relative living space is more therefore higher rent. Electricity and heating will generally be only slightly more if you are staying with someone.

/me pulls away a few moths from rusty pockets

sutty · 02-12-2002 3:08pm

Originally posted by Shinji
Living with people who simply know when to give you personal space but who share your interests and passions is a great experience.

Ah now leave poor mills out of this

I have to say I wouldn't mind it for a while, but I couldn't do it on a lifetime basses

Graemo · 02-12-2002 3:09pm

When you live on your own you can sit around furiously wa*king yourself blind to the best porn the internet has to offer without fear of interuption.
Or mayby your giving it to your girlfriend from behind over the back of the couch, the last thing you need is to be interupted by your flatmate.
Live alone if you can afford it.

BEAT · 02-12-2002 5:22pm

I lived alone for 7 yrs as soon as I graduated and now for the last year have lived in 4 different places with 1 or more house mates...it's not so bad but I do miss my quiet time and privacy...My own space and freedom. I like the company of others..maybe just not all the time so

Life is full of changes though and I welcome the new experiences, everything is temporary to a point so just try and be happy where you are knowing that next year everything you know could change

Typedef · 02-12-2002 7:36pm

When you live on your own you can sit around furiously wa*king yourself blind to the best porn the internet has to offer without fear of interuption.

Spoken like a true virgn, thanks for that.

Anyway. If I had the cash, I'd most certainly live on my own. Mostly I hate 'other' people's mess. I can just about handle my own mess, because it's mine and I know what it is and how it got there. But when I have to start sweeping the floor, hoovering the floor, buying washingup liquid and utensils (and being the only one who does it), I have to draw the line.

Unfortunately, the slave drivers who laughably proport to pay my wage, haven't seen fit to endow me with sufficient financial remuneration, such that I may extricate myself from my current circumstances and endow myself with a domicile of my own.

Bastards.

LegacyUser · 02-12-2002 9:56pm

Originally posted by Unreg0112
Is there any of you whose ambition is to live ALONE? Are there any of you who are currently living alone, and if so what are your views and experiences of the situation? Are you enjoying it or have you found you'd rather be living with other people?

Slightly OT, but why do you use the term ambition there's somethign odd about it.

Like I'd be ambitious about landing a major deal, or getting a specific job/salary. Living alone is just a choice. (o:

Slightly more Onn Topic. Just try it out and see.

- Kevin

McGinty · 03-12-2002 8:22am

Depends on the situation and the people. I currently live alone, have done for nearly five years, although in a sense I am not living alone as I have a young child. However I work from home and I am beginning to get a little tired of my own company now and I need to stop being a hermit and get out there.

Having said that I would HATE to share a house with flatmates, I have done that and it drives me insane, you have to tolerate their mess, food, etc. I'd rather have less money but more peace and quiet, plus be queen of the remote control, play music if I want all night, do what ever.

I've also been married and lived with another partner before, I did like living together in a romantic sense and hopefully in a few weeks time I am going to be living with my current boyfriend. I am looking forward to that, I like the idea of having someone there at night to talk to, annoy, ignore, mess, play, etc.

Living alone has its benefits but it has its downsides, like Christmas and New Years, I have spent them alone and its hell, so weigh the pros with the cons.

hedgetrimmer · 03-12-2002 10:09am

I don;t think there is a hard and fast rule applicable to this one. I live with my girflriend, and am happy like that, although sometimes would prefer to live alone! :-) I always envisaged myself solo in an apartment, but sure who knows what life is gonna throw at you.

If you're happy alone, great! But be open to allowing someone else in. But I think living alone has great inherent value

The Corinthian · 03-12-2002 10:21am

As a rule I would tend to prefer living alone. Simple reality though is if one intends to live where they want (in my case in a top floor art deco bachelor pad off Fitzwilliam Square

), then sharing with others is often necessary.

Given this, the size of the place you’re sharing (for the number sharing it). The issue is one of personal space, after all, and one could have radically different experiences sharing with the same person/people depending on whether they’re in a large house with multiple bathrooms or sharing a bed-sit.

And then, of course, the people you’re sharing with are important.

And in both regards above I currently consider myself quite fortunate.

Kolodny · 04-12-2002 11:07pm

I'm lucky that I share with 3 other people that I get on well with but given the choice (if i could afford to anyway) I would live on my own. I would be a lot more messy of course but I would prefer not having to 'tiptoe' around other people.

Turner · 05-12-2002 1:06am

Even though i live at home (with family) i do prefer times at home on my own. Its so quiet and peaceful. No noise nothing to think about. Just laze about on the couch or have a game of cs with no interruptions.

hedgetrimmer · 05-12-2002 12:48pm

Wonder, then, is this a sypmtom of people wanting time out and quiet time away from the hectic-ness of communication and people being people at you...

TacT · 05-12-2002 10:14pm

Have enjoyed living alone in the past and wouldn't mind it at all again in the future but my paycheque is inadequate atm

memphis · 06-12-2002 2:00pm

Originally posted by Chief---
Even though i live at home (with family) i do prefer times at home on my own. Its so quiet and peaceful. No noise nothing to think about. Just laze about on the couch or have a game of cs with no interruptions.

I totally agree with ya Chief.
I'm also leaving at home, but I really love it when I have the house to myself, even if it is only for a short while.

There's nothing more peaceful. Ya can do want ya want, just laze about watching tv, or whatever with nobody to bother ya.

Its pure blitz!!!!!!!!

The Corinthian · 08-12-2002 5:36am

Originally posted by memphis
There's nothing more peaceful. Ya can do want ya want, just laze about watching tv, or whatever with nobody to bother ya.

Its pure blitz!!!!!!!!

True. But I assume you've never had to clean up after your own pure blitz.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 08-12-2002 1:54pm

I'm sure I could manage living alone, but it would be seriously bad for me

I have few enough friends as it is, if I lived alone I'd just spend all day on boards, and well.. you people are freaks

i wouldn't mind a cool roomate though, 6 foot, blonde, large breasted, female (i just want to be clear here:) )

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