You don’t need to decide whose family you get to see for each holiday. Planning on seeing every family member is already hectic enough, especially if you have divorced parents who are both re-married that’s already four different families that would like for you to bless them with your presence every holiday and to add a boyfriend/girlfriends family in the equation, I can’t even begin to fathom the thought.

When relatives ask you about your “love life” the conversation will be short lived due to a simple two-word answer. “I’m Single." If you’d like you can even add “I’m not talking to anyone either.”

You can participate in no shave November, guilt free.

One less Christmas present to buy, which means more money for wine. The stress that comes with Christmas is trying to figure out what to give everyone, mom, dad, sister, brother, crazy uncle Jerrod, and boyfriend/girlfriend.

You don’t have to share your hot chocolate. If you’re a chocolate lover, like myself, you get to keep the hot chocolate all to yourself without the worry of your significant other taking the last packet of instant hot chocolate.