Living alone
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Lived alone briefly for when I was younger but it was stressful moneywise. Right now I'm in a great position to live alone in a fine batchelors pad with all electronic toys I could want, but then there is the fiance who would frown upon such things ...
I'm going to be living alone in a couple weeks and am really looking forward to it.. Finally got my own place! Have lived with various other people since I went to uni at 18 and after 8 years have finally had enough and want a bit of space and cleanliness.. 
I have lived on my own since May this year, i do have people come round but can get a bit lonely sometimes .... however if you've been living with a parent who controls your life beforehand then the freedom of being able to do what you want is awesome 
Did you and your GF both go to uni together and decide to rent together? Or is one working and one uni?
I now live on my own having moved away from my home county for someone else. I find it quite lonely. I don't know many people and there are 100,000 people in Crawley but they are all strangers.
Being able to control your home environment is great, watching tv, eating, socialising etc whenever you want but it depends how much you need people. I am lucky in that I have friends come to stay a lot or I'll go back to my parents for the weekend.
Being able to control your home environment is great, watching tv, eating, socialising etc whenever you want but it depends how much you need people. I am lucky in that I have friends come to stay a lot or I'll go back to my parents for the weekend.
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I live alone in a condo block in Thailand, its the first time Ive lived alone and I actually really enjoy it. Im at work 6 days a week and when I get back its great to have the place to yourself to relax and get some time alone. Easy enough to meet up with friends in the evening for dinner etc if you dont fancy your own company.
I think it depends a lot on what you're used to. At uni, i spent first year mostly alone, didn't socialise with my flatmates. Second year, I still spent the vast majority of my time alone in my room, if I wasn't out somewhere. Third year, I lived alone in a flat over in China, and survived (even without internet 
). This year, I've spent 3 months living with my girlfriend, now she's gone away for the weekend, and I'm not really sure what to do any more. No idea what I used to do with all those evenings alone 
Plenty of bonuses, as outlined above, and I still really appreciate having my own space, but I'm too used to having someone around all the time now, it seems.
). This year, I've spent 3 months living with my girlfriend, now she's gone away for the weekend, and I'm not really sure what to do any more. No idea what I used to do with all those evenings alone Plenty of bonuses, as outlined above, and I still really appreciate having my own space, but I'm too used to having someone around all the time now, it seems.
First year I never socialised much, infact there are people in this flat that never knew I lived here last year, this year I always am around flatmates and other people from the other flats, I always miss home though and sometimes it gets me down, I'm not technically living on my own since I have flatmates, 2 of em are messy buggers, watch out for messy people.
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I did a little over a year living alone and 300 miles from family, you definitely end up going out a bit less often, and there are times when you are bored and alone.
But the freedom rocks.
But the freedom rocks.
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Would love to live by myself, can't financially afford it atm though. House mates just make you conform to social standards. Such as showering when you wake up, putting clothes on, tidying. It means you feel awkward spending a night in your room not wanting to watch what they are watching on tv, and so when you need to walk through the lounge every time you need to go to the toilet you feel out of place.
lived on my own since age of 17, well booted out by parents, father moved down south, dont speak to him, apart from having mates round and on/off girlfriends living on my own seems the norm.
the only thing that really bugs me is people living at home until they are 30+, pay just board, and in that time get to save up as much as they want and then just walk into a nice new house.
Im now 24 and have never had it easy, every where i lived ive had trouble. in a ironic way it made me tougher and more self reliant, i realise i am my own man, i dont need looking after and been smothered from no one - except the bosom of a chick
the only thing that really bugs me is people living at home until they are 30+, pay just board, and in that time get to save up as much as they want and then just walk into a nice new house.
Im now 24 and have never had it easy, every where i lived ive had trouble. in a ironic way it made me tougher and more self reliant, i realise i am my own man, i dont need looking after and been smothered from no one - except the bosom of a chick
What is wrong with that if they are paying board? Possibly buying their own food too, I don't see a problem with it as long as you are not reliant on them, just because you where booted out and had it really hard does not mean everyone should.
Personally I'm going to go to get a BSc so I'll be away from home mostly for this year and next, then I'll move back home, start looking for a job, pay board, try to be as independent as I can be at home, then when I can actually afford to move out, that's when I'll move out.
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why, i hate people who get everything handed on a plate and get it cushy
my cousin doesnt even pay board, he just pays the gas/electric and shopping (which is never much) and he is 31.
a few year back i had to work 65+ hours a week just to pay my rent!
my cousin doesnt even pay board, he just pays the gas/electric and shopping (which is never much) and he is 31.
a few year back i had to work 65+ hours a week just to pay my rent!