What have you enjoyed the most about living alone?

Oh god I have been living alone for about 6 years now and I could never live with another person again ,unless if it was to help out ofc. I love coming home from work and being able to nap in absolute darkness and quietness. I love being able to keep it as warm as I want , as loud as I want, as clean as I want. People come when I want and its people I want. I love being able to watch whatever I want ,listen to whatever I want, shower and dry my hair at 3 am if I want etc. I love that it smells like the things I like ,I cook the things I want , I have the things I want. After being married for many years too ,I just know being alone is freedom

I live alone now and like you will never share a home again. Sharing life is nice as long as its on equal terms. I was married for 25 years. My wife was beautiful and a very easy person to live with. A few years after i had a relationship that i used to do 200 mile round trips for and that made me crave this peace i have now. I love decent people but no. Never could live with anyone again. I think youve made a wise choice if thats what suits you

I have been divorced and single for 18 years, and I chose not to date the past 11 plus years, and only recently decided I wanted to date again. But like you I love my pets and independence and free will to do as I please when I please.

I know going into the dating world again will be weird and different for me. But there are set rules I have for the woman I may meet to build a relationship with. Number one is if she does not want me as Willa then she does not deserve me as William. If she does, then we have something to build upon. I have had my career and retired to where and how I love to live my life, and it would take an exceptionally special woman to get me to invite her into it.

Yes..My wife went into dememtia care in January. I was in shock for a while. Totally cast adrift in a big house. And I wont pretend it was fun dealing with her decline over about 10 years. But I am seeing the light at the end of the tunnel and it isnt an oncoming train. Getting a couple of long postponed health and maintainance issues worked out and I will extend my range and go see a few things we never did..My wifes reality means she doesnt miss me any more or less if I visit every day or once a month. (Which I know because right now I walk with a frame and cant drive)..😷

I have lived alone since September of 2009, when my husband died. I loved living with him because although we spent a lot of time together, we were not joined at the hip. We had our own lives and friends and hobbies.

Now that he’s been gone more than 16 years, I have no interest in a housemate.

The longest I ever lived with a single person, in a relationship, is about two years - and that's back when I was 18 to 20.

It was also a professional relationship, so we spent an awful lot of time together.

The relationship didn't end well, but it did give me a good start on my career path.

I have never lived alone, except when the wife and youngest son go on a cruise to the South Pacific

I get peace and quiet but I do miss them, as I see have a cat and dog for company

I've been living alone for about 4 years now & I will never ever have it any other way! The peace & absence of stress & drama is just unbelievable! I play by my own rules & I answer to nobody. I pay my own bills, I do my own thing. It's wonderful!!!

Living alone is the best. I have never had roommates. I lived across the hall from my older brother as a child in the attic of our house. That was enough roommates for me for a life time!

For me, not having to deal with someone else's problems or emotional instability.


If you can avoid sharing it, that is best. Room mates WILL eventually drive you cr4zy. They might bring their pets with fleas, or try to bring their own room mates, or they are extremely messy and of course blame it on their depression or autism, maybe they act gr0ss and think it is hilarious,

Or they lose their job, their car breaks down, they have no income and are too lazy to go on food stamps, BUT they have plenty of time to spend on dating sites.

Of course once you kick them out, they act like YOU are the bad guy.

I really like living alone. It does get lonely sometimes, but seclusion offers a lot of healing potential. Also, having all this space to myself allows me to do whatever I want, whenever I want. There's no one to disturb, and no one to disturb me. I'm free in my own space.

Growing up in foster care, i constantly lived with strangers, no privacy ,other foster kids ,bio kids .living alone is freedom for the first time in my life

My mother is 82 now, and shes not lived alone since she was in her 40s and loves it! The idea of having to care for or consider other person updates her; will never ever happen.

I like that when I put something in a corner it will stay there for years. Even collect dust if I let it.

My parents visited once, to care for me for a few weeks after some surgeries, and stuff started moving around!

I like being able to wear what I want, do the housework and laundry when I feel like it, go out and eat—or not, on my schedule. Watch tv, go to bed early or stay up all night, when I feel like it. I take so much for granted now that if I did have a roommate (or remarried), it would be a real adjustment.

I haven't lived alone like forever, I've always been married most of adult life.

I always have kids running around, even in my older years

Everything. But I don't truly live alone as I have my cat..

In a way I'm still not alone. I'll probably make sure I follow certain routines that were developed over the decades like leaving the toilet seat down, never drinking milk out of the carton, having the TV volume set low because whatever... on and on and on...

Sounds great

This.

Everything lol 😂

Space, privacy, nudity, the "quiet" (my neighbors sometimes are loud) etc

Peace and contentment....

I have learned I can do things on my own because I have to.
But I mostly hate it

nothing

The peace and quiet

The space

FREEDOM, BABY!!! 😂

Autonomy. Free will.

Doing things the way I want.

Peace

Coffee in the middle of the night.

I like living with my husband when he's not having mad grumpy fits 😅

Pooping on the floor

do and cook as i please,make anykind a noise i want,runna around naked and drunk,invite who i please,its nice😊