"You're so pretty, how do you not have a boyfriend?" Is not a compliment.

I choose not to have a boyfriend, and I am perfectly content being alone. Your twenties, some of the best, thrilling, and adventurous years of your life. Your twenties are also the years when people start getting engaged, getting married, and having kids.

I'll graduate college when I'm twenty three, and then I'll go to graduate school for my masters degree until I'm 24. My life is starting to come together, soon enough I'll be on my own with my own career.

Yes, it would be nice if I am able to find someone to spend the rest of my life with but, that is not my first priority. My grades, my job(s), and a non-stressful social life are my three priorities.

I am my own person, I do what I want, I go where I want, I eat what I want, without having to check in with anyone to see if it's alright, besides my parents of course. I am not about to sit at home because my partner tells me no? I am my own person, if I'm not cheating, why tell me I can't go out? I sit around here and I see how controlling some partners are, why would I want to be controlled? Why would I want someone blowing up my phone, if I don't answer a text within a minute? It's actually insane how many people I see be controlled by a partner, or can't go out because their partner "won't like that" or that their partner has to come with us. Uh hello no, I invited you to do something, not you and your partner.

I don't want to be held back, I want to enjoy my twenties while I still can. So many people around me are in miserable relationships and I just don't understand why they don't break it off. When it comes to dating in your twenties, you either marry that person or you break up. I am not going to date just anyone, I'm a serious person therefore I want a serious relationship with no bullshit attached.

If the right person comes along, I won't turn them down. If I am able to have a nice, happy relationship where we don't fight every single day (obviously there will be a small fight here and there, no relationship is perfect), then hell yeah I'll be with them. I don't necessarily have a type, I just have to have a connection with them, and have things in common. I'm exploring my options, there are some guys that have potential, just taking my time to make the right decision.

So, yes I'm single, and I'm perfectly content. I'll enjoy doing my own thing without being told no, and starting a fight. I'll sit back, relax, and watch people fight with their partners and just make mental notes on what I DON'T want in a partner.