Being alone

I do prefer to be in a relationship as long as it is the right person. I know a lot of people who stay in a marriage or relationship because they are afraid of being alone even if their partners no longer love them. I have never been afraid of being alone and my current partner for me is a blessing because we both have the same goals in life. But in case that this relationship doesn't last forever, I have no problems being alone and single again.

I'm actually single now with one daughter with me. I've been single for almost 3 years now. It's nice to be single after suffering from lots of pain for almost 15 years after being a single. I love to be in a relationship but for the right man. Sometimes I missed so much things being a wife. I'm still hoping to right person for me. I must enjoy my single life for now.

It took me 39 years to find someone that I actually WANTED to spend time with. I was married before but I didn't even really like him very much. Jim works nights and I work days so we don't spend as much time together as we'd like , but it isn't a clingy relationship either. We've struck the right balance. I've gone on vacations, or spent the night on a mini trip, but this has been the longest time with a lover that I'm completely at peace. I absolutely hated spending the night alone, night after night, for more than seven years. I guess it's a good thing that we're planning to be married in the near future!

Not me sweet pea. Give me my own space, my own bed, my own everything every time. I take care of me, my animals, my home and my garden just the way I like. I come and go as I please. I have peace, tranquillity and harmony in my life. There is no other person I have to look out for or care about or talk to or make allowances for. No one whose smell and farting I have to tolerate, no one to cook for and clean up after, no one I have to work for while he lies around watching telly or generally doing his own thing, no one whose lies I have to listen to. I truly miss hugs and cuddles and holding hands but the price you pay for those is not worth it.

I have been single for a long time now and I kinda miss being in a realtionship. Actually I forgot how it feels to be in a relationship. But it's so strange, it's like I have no one to be in a relationship now. It feels so weird and I don't have any romantic feelings for anyone O.O but I seriously wish I had a bf right now :(

This is a good question, missybear. It all depends on the person. A person who has been cheated on and has had several bad relationships may wish to be single forever whereas a person with successful relationships will want to be in one forever. Getting into a relationship is a strange phase. But according to what you said in your post, it looks like you're yearning to get into a relationship or already in a good one!! Basically, it depends on the mood, situation and finally, the person. Hope this helps :)

I don't mind being alone. I had time to myself and was able to do things in my time and not worry about anything else. But at the same time I like to roll over in bed and wrap my arms around my boyfriend and hug him tightly.

I've been single for a while & I just enjoyed it now as I just learned to be happy without depending on anyone.However,I'd still look for someone to hold me & say "I love you" to me.

When I was young, I didn't like living alone or even with a female roommate. At that time, women were paid as little as they could get by with, kI didn't have the money even for just a show. Eating in a restrurant was out of the question. The only thing I liked about living alone was that I didn't have my father telling me what to do. It is now nearly 6 decades later. I really can't say for sure whether I like living alone or with someone. It's a nuscience having someone interrupting you all the time but without someone to talk to (whether he listens or not) would be lonesome. I like to bounce ideas off my husband, but he always wants to "fix" them. At times I'd like some alone time, but I wouldn't want that time to go on forever.

Hiya missybear, Over the past few months I have really welcomed being alone as I have had to live in very cramped conditions but that is easing off now thank goodness. When you are not used to being with so many People and crowded together it makes for a lot of stress till you learn how to handle it. Which I have actually done got better but I prefer to be alone and I actually welcome taking my Dog out for a Walk when no one is there to bother all the time. I need to be on my own at least an hour a Day as I am so used to being able to do things my way for just a little while. However I would not really fancy being single but I treasure my solitude as well.xxx

I have lived alone and with someone, and I prefer to be alone. I feel more comfortable and can do whatever I want when I want. It is nice to have someone around sometimes, as long as they leave. I guess I feel the opposite of you.

hi, actually i lived most being alone,i had an ex partner but not to the last,i mean we've been only at 2 years being together,and now i am alone / single again.i think i am happy now to be a single now a days.and i am enjoying it now.

I am married for 15 years with 2 daughters and I couldn't think of my life being alone. I hate even to think of it, it would be a disaster. I just feel good about myself that there are 2 yound children who needs my care, affection and attention. And to have a husband who is my strength the past two years of my life where I felt the biggest trials. Sometimes, I am thinking to leave them for better life, but I don't have the courage to do it. I fear for the realities in life of a family where one has to live for greener pasture, but in the end they just broke away. One of the family head will meet and live with another person and the children straying away. It would be a waste of all my effort if that would happen to my family. Maybe, we all have to be contented with the little we have.

From the time I turned 19 years, I have always been in relationship but even though, sometiems, I would spend time just alone in my house since some of those days, I felt that I wanted to be alone. Nowadays, I have a son who is very lively that even if my husband has gone for a business trip, I still have someone to give me company and to make me laugh.

I spent several months living alone when I was between relationships and found it very comfortable. At first it felt a little lonely, but then I seemed to prefer it that way. When I met somebody it was rather strange having someone in the house, but since then I wouldn't have it any other way. _Derek

Well, I have been married for nearly 22 years and I was engaged to him for 4 years before we got married. Before that I pretty much had boyfriends all the time. I did spend about 4 months completely single and I didn't really like it. I kind of liked it at first and I spent a lot of time with my friends at that time. I didn't really like it after a while though. I have to say when my husband goes out of town for a few days I kind of like it though. After that I start to miss him.

I am ok with being alone relationship wise but it's not really a preference. I like having someone to be with and share with. I can be alone..I have before..but it is pleasant to have someone that you can count on.

Yup! I agree with because me too I love to be alone. When I was student I don't want to be with someone else but alone in my room to study. I don't want to be distracted by anyone because I feel upset if anything I can't finish with my homework

I've never been alone. I met my husband when I was sixteen and he was twenty-one, and when we married four years later I moved directly from my parent's house to a house we'd bought together. I can definitely say, though, that being in a relationship (preferably a marriage) is extremely important to me. It's important to me to have such a beautiful connection with someone that they can rely on me and I on them. Like you said, just the fact that I can turn over in bed and see him there, simply content and happy to be sleeping beside me...that's an amazing feeling. My husband also cannot handle being alone. He fears it with a passion because he's been abandoned by everyone he had ever trusted before me. His mom and her boyfriend left him in an abandoned house when he was sixteen to move elsewhere, and he didn't eat until he found employment and could go buy food after his first paycheck. The person he found to live with after that kicked him out one night, and thankfully a manager at his new job allowed him to move into an extra room of her house. His father finally stepped up to help when he was twenty-one, finding him an apartment and taking him there to sign the lease. Needless to say, my husband is ecstatic with our relationship just when he comes home from work and finds me here. He's often said he fears coming home to an empty bed (he works third shift and comes home in the morning when I'm still sleeping). Every night he works, he usually calls me at least twice before I go to bed. He feels safe with me, and I know if something happened to me he'd have a harder time than most. His greatest fear is being alone, and mine is losing him. I guess that the long story short is that if you're in a great relationship, you want to keep it no matter the cost.

Connections and relationships are essential factors for life with satisfaction. I love loneliness, but to enjoy loneliness I should have sufficient friends and relationships. Giving sometime's gap to my connections I rely on loneliness for sometime and enjoy that situations. Without friends and relationships life would make me suffocated.