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16 Great Things About Being Single

Who wants to share, anyway?

Darien Jones

Feb 06, 2017

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Sometimes being single can be tough, especially when you're constantly surrounded by happy couples. I'm basically the only single person in my friend group and believe me, it can suck being the odd one out. However, even though being single has its drawbacks, there are still tons of reasons why riding solo is great. So whether you just got out of a relationship and you're fairly new to this single game, you've been a one-man show for a long time, or you're currently in a miserable relationship and wanting more reasons to leave it...listen up, because here are some reasons and reminders of why the single life is the way to go.

1. You can watch Netflix freely without arguing with someone over what to watch.

2. You can eat an entire pizza by yourself without having to share it with anyone.

3. You have more time for your friends.

4. You can check other people out as much as you want.

5. You have more money to spend on yourself.

6. You don't have to pretend you like any significant other's friends.

7. You don't have to figure out who's family you're spending a holiday with.

8. You have the entire bed to yourself.

9. You don't have to listen to anyone snoring in your ear the entire night.

10. You can hang out and talk to whoever you want without a significant other getting mad.

11. You don't have to offer anyone the last slice of cake because it's all yours.

12. You don't have to worry about looking good for anyone but yourself.

13. You have more free time to go to the gym.

14. You have more free time to nap.

15. You have more free time to basically do whatever the heck you want.

16. You can focus on yourself and figure out who you are so that when the right person comes along and changes all of this, you'll be ready.

Embrace the single life. It's all about you. Enjoy being on your own and worry about having a partner when the time is right.

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Who wants to share, anyway?

1. You can watch Netflix freely without arguing with someone over what to watch.

2. You can eat an entire pizza by yourself without having to share it with anyone.

3. You have more time for your friends.

4. You can check other people out as much as you want.

5. You have more money to spend on yourself.

6. You don't have to pretend you like any significant other's friends.

7. You don't have to figure out who's family you're spending a holiday with.

8. You have the entire bed to yourself.

9. You don't have to listen to anyone snoring in your ear the entire night.

10. You can hang out and talk to whoever you want without a significant other getting mad.

11. You don't have to offer anyone the last slice of cake because it's all yours.

12. You don't have to worry about looking good for anyone but yourself.

13. You have more free time to go to the gym.

14. You have more free time to nap.

15. You have more free time to basically do whatever the heck you want.

16. You can focus on yourself and figure out who you are so that when the right person comes along and changes all of this, you'll be ready.

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1. When course schedules are released and you have a conflict between two required classes.

2. When there is only one section of a popular course.

3. Receiving the 18,000 emails reminding you to register ASAP.

4. When you need to see an advisor, but they are too busy/unresponsive.

5. Trying not to dress like a bum for your appointments with your advisors/department heads.

6. When you have a perfectly planned out schedule, and one class ruins it.

7. Carefully moving things around to accommodate a different class/section.

8. Waking up at 6:00 a.m. for your enrollment time.

9. Concocting a new schedule at your enrollment time after your original plan gets changed.

10. Getting into a class and filling the last available seat.

11. When all of your classes finally go through.

12. Realizing that you forgot a class that was a pre-requisite for everything else.

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1. When you have to provide an "interesting fact" for your first day ice-breaker.

2. When your professor is babbling on and on in his lecture.

3. When you edit your friend's paper and they get an A.

4. When it's 2 AM and you remember you have a test tomorrow.

5. When you finish taking the test and you're pretty sure you failed...

6. ...but then you get the test back and somehow passed.

7. When you've been up for 12 hours straight writing a paper.

8. And then you manage to stay awake in class the next day.

9. When you have to butter up your professor for an extra credit opportunity.

10. When you're assigned a group project.

11. And your group-mates are trying to chat about life instead of the assignment.

12. When it's your last class of the day and you're about to go home.

13. But then you remember rent is due tonight and the anger comes back.

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