Despite everything you might of heard, believed or digested from pop culture, here are 10 reasons why it's really, truly, absolutely OK that you're single right now:

1. The best is yet to come.

You never know the things you are missing out on if you are taken your whole life. You miss out on the things that are still to come. There's the saying one door closes so another one can open. This may be bad to say when it comes to significant others, but they always use the phrase there's other fish in the see. Well, just think about it, maybe he or she wasn't the best for you. Maybe there is somebody in your life that could be the best and you don't even know it, or better yet you haven't met them yet. The opportunities are endless, but they won't come to you easy you have to chase them.

2. You can do all the things you want to do.

Ever been tied and down and your significant other wasn't into all the same things you were? Well now that you're single you can check those things off your bucket list! You can finally do the things that you have always wanted to do! Go skydiving, eat fondue, buy that little black dress and treat yourself, buy the first plane ticket you see and take a vacation. You're single who cares?!

3. Girl/Guy time.

Let's all be honest. We all have been with somebody who got jealous when we wanted to hang with our friends. If you haven't then you're in the perfect relationship and you should stay with them forever. However, for the rest of us, who gets mad when their significant other won't let them go out with friends? We've all been there. There's no need to worry sometimes we just need a little girl time or bro time. It's normal. Besides space in a relationship is sometimes good. BUT when you're single it's girls/guy time 24/7. No need to feel guilty for hanging out with your friends instead of your significant other.

4. You don't have to share the bed.

If you're like me you like to sprawl out on the bed. You want to get comfy and stay in your space. Add another person and it's a mess! When one person gets comfortable you know the other person is probably squirming around trying to get comfortable themselves. One word, SINGLE. No sharing the bed! Freedom to come home and just collapse onto the entire bed. The whole blanket to yourself. Get yourself a stuffed animal they don't take up as much space.

5. You can wear whatever clothes you want.

Comfy clothes all day. There's two types of single, those who are trying too hard to get a boyfriend/girlfriend and those who don't care about finding one yet. These people are completely different. One overdresses for everything the other is always comfy. This isn't to say they dress like a bum, it just means they dress in the clothes they want to wear rather than what they feel like they have to wear. Clothes can say a lot about a person. Wear what YOU feel!

6. You don't have to share your food.

Sharing food is something most couples do. Well when you're single you don't have to worry about sharing unless you're with your friend who always takes a bite just to try it. Not that sharing your food is a bad thing, but sometimes it's nice to keep your food on your plate.

7. You can spend your money on the things you want.

You don't have to buy gifts for anniversaries, birthdays, Christmas, and so on. You can actually spend your money on yourself. Well some of it anyways. You still have to pay bills and stuff. You get to pick where most of your money goes, which is probably something you're not used to. Especially when you have a significant other who takes sharing to a different level.

8. You can work on yourself.

Heck, even when you're not single you can work on yourself. However, when you're single it is easier because you don't have as much influence from somebody to help dictate your choices, opinions, and so on. You make your own decisions and take the responsibility for your actions. Sometimes, you just have to make some time to think about the life you live and wonder if you are living it the way that you really want to be living it.

9. Forever is a long time.

When you have your first boyfriend do you really think it is going to last forever? I mean sure, I did, but forever is a really long time. Especially to make with one person. I mean you need plenty of support from outside of just a relationship, which is why being single is a perk. You can build up friendships you might not have had if you were with one person. You can get to know people other than having an attraction to them. Friends are what builds up to forever. I mean most relationships start as friendships anyways. Forever is a long time, so being single gives you time to think about if you want forever or who you want forever with.

10. Nobody is really judging you if you're single.

A relationship status should not make or break somebody. I mean after all you had friends before a relationship and you're bound to have friends after it too! My piece of advice is that during any relationship make sure that you have time for your friends, otherwise you won't have any left. This is something a lot of people struggle with. However, just because you re single doesn't make anybody think less of you. They can think about all the positive things about being single instead of all the negatives.

So don't get yourself down about being single. I mean if you are... Think about all the positive outcomes that can happen because you took some time away from the dating scene.