I wish I were single

@yanzalong (18988)
Indonesia
December 21, 2012 1:40am CST
After I've got married for years, I sometimes think that being single is nicer in terms of freedom to do what you want to do. No one forbids you from doing anything. This does not mean that I regret having had a family of my own. I love my children. Of course I love my wife, too. I just love making comparison between being married and being single. I suggest you should not rush in making a decission about getting married. As long as you are still young, you can stay single to fee how nice it is to be single. You can go out with anyone you want. I am sure that there are also people who intend to stay single all their lives. There must be something that makes them prefer being single.
4 people like this
6 responses
@cessybear (223)
• Philippines
21 Dec 12
I've heard so many people saying these things to our youth group. Thanks for your advice! I will never rush onto it, just because I have a mad crush on someone. I trust God that He'll take care of my love life.
2 people like this
@yanzalong (18988)
• Indonesia
23 Dec 12
Yes, many people found themselves sorry for having married someone who turned out to be the one they are no longer in love with in the end. However, there are also too careful people who remain single for the rest of their lives.
• Philippines
24 Dec 12
I don't want to be single my whole life! Those people cannot enjoy life. And maybe, cannot be completed, because God certainly want us to build our own family.
@yanzalong (18988)
• Indonesia
25 Dec 12
I wouldn't be either. I have undergone both situations. Although, you cannot do all you want, being married gives me a feeling I won't get when I was single, right?
@Nursefrai06 (2498)
• Penrith, Australia
21 Jan 13
Based on experience, well, I think everyone would like to be in a relationship, but none of them would like to give up their single ways. The grass is always greener on the single side, but then, on your side, you can get naked, not wear make-up and fart and your side won't even mind. :)
1 person likes this
@yanzalong (18988)
• Indonesia
22 Jan 13
I guess everyone would express the same when they are quarreling with their partners. Some say it out, some others keep it inside their heart.
@rosekiss (30414)
• Eugene, Oregon
21 Jan 13
being single is not something, that I asked for, as it was thrust upon me, when my husband at the time, said we weren't compatible, and that we should divorce. I was devastated at the time, as we had been married for 35 years, going on 36, and I just wasn't ready to be alone. I have been alone for six years ow, and it is still hard at time to be on my own, but I have learned to deal with it, as we aren't getting back together,and that is fine by me. I have my independence and don't have to account to anyone for what I do or where I go, and I like that part of it. It did take me awhile to deal with the situation, but I realize now, that he did me a favor by not wanting to be with me anymore. I am having wa to much fun to feel otherwise. Take care, and have a great day.
@yanzalong (18988)
• Indonesia
22 Jan 13
Well, "I wish I were single" expectation does not dominate me much though. Only when I had a hard time with her did it urge me to wish I was single. She might have had the same feeling.
@AdalieM (1134)
• United States
29 Dec 12
I guess there are some people out there who like to be single forever because they fear commitment and they also like every girl/boy they see. My brother is the type of person that falls in love--(or so he says)-- with every women he meets. As for me, I am single and I am looking for somebody to share my life with. I don't want to rush things because I am still young, but my life will be better if I have somebody to be there for me, or perhaps I just need a friend. When you don't know what you want, you can't find it.
1 person likes this
@yanzalong (18988)
• Indonesia
29 Dec 12
Well, since you are still single and young, I am afraid you cannot compare being single with being married. You have to experience the marriage life first. Anyway, thank for your thought.I am sure you will find someone to be with.
@sjvg1976 (41281)
• Delhi, India
24 Dec 12
I agree with you Yan!. But its sort of pleasure feeling when you have your own kids and you have someone who is going to wait for you to reach home from office. I know there is lot of freedom when you are not married as one has least responsibility unlike when you get married but there are certain other things which unmarried people would get only when they get married.
1 person likes this
@yanzalong (18988)
• Indonesia
25 Dec 12
Yes, there are pluses and minuses of either being married or single, I think. I talked to people who said to me that they yearned the situations only experienced by married people. Since I am married, sometimes I feel burdened. When that happens I often wish I were single. That's life, isn't it?
@roshigo58 (4859)
• Pune, India
28 Dec 12
It is something like comparison between a service and a business. In both the cases people are happy and sad, earning and not earning or less earning. In business profit is entirely yours no body else to share it but at the same time nobody to share losses too. In service the salary is limited but permanent and every month you get it. Again there are ups and downs in both the cases. Due to some mishap industries may have to close down and then no salary and not profit. Likewise there are good things and bad things in single and married. It's a matter of debate after all. Anyway i don't want to break my head. I am married and i don't think i have lost my freedom and i have taken a wrong decision.
1 person likes this
@yanzalong (18988)
• Indonesia
29 Dec 12
Thank for sharing your thought about it. The same to me here; I don't think I have taken the wrong decision to get married. I am just trying to make some kind of difference between being married and being single. Both have pluses and minuses. The thought that being single is better comes to me when I have, for example, a row with my wife. But when I and my wife are in good terms, I would say being married is better than being single. You see what I mean. Happy mylotting.