― Ste, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 09:25 (seventeen years ago) link
― the next grozart, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 10:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dr.C, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 10:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 13:44 (seventeen years ago) link
On living alone and What It All Means.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 10 April 2012 16:38 (twelve years ago) link
That Eric Klinenberg book is getting a lot of play and discussion around the moment. I should probably read it.
― Popcorn Supergay Receiver (Masonic Boom), Tuesday, 10 April 2012 18:01 (twelve years ago) link
there was an article about it in my college alumni magazine - one of its findings is that being single/living alone is often really painful for women in their late 30s/early 40s. :/
― sarahell, Tuesday, 10 April 2012 18:11 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, dudes, stay out of relationships in case you can't walk away from a shit one? Good theory.
The ideal is to be with someone for the right reason.[1] However, it is better to be alone for the right reason, than with someone for the wrong reason.
[1] NB: My romantic history and relationship skills are so bad that I can't personally verify that being with the right person for the right reason is a Good Thing.
― Seraphim? I don't even know him! (j.lu), Tuesday, 10 April 2012 21:45 (twelve years ago) link
if i could afford to live alone, i would do so in a heartbeat. i think it makes total sense that more people are doing it.
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Tuesday, 10 April 2012 23:06 (twelve years ago) link
Is that actually in the Klinenberg book, or in the discussion about it?
I'm in that gender and age bracket and I can no longer even contemplate the idea of living with a partner.
What makes life painful or not is having friends to hang out with should we choose to, not having some stinking man taking up space in my flat.
― White Chocolate Cheesecake, Tuesday, 10 April 2012 23:12 (twelve years ago) link
i don't have to share my onion rings with anyone.
downside, there's no one to share my onion rings with.― chicago kevin, Thursday, 1 March 2007 14:27 (8 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this thread makes me want to VOMIT!― blueski, Thursday, 1 March 2007 14:28 (8 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
That'll be the onion rings, then. ― Forest Pines, Thursday, 1 March 2007 14:31 (8 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol
― post you had fecund thoughts about (darraghmac), Wednesday, 4 March 2015 01:57 (nine years ago) link
One FANTASTIC thing about being single is that when you make up your mind, you can move forward and act. No protracted discussions, compromises, sudden dramas, impasses, miscommunications, or other folderol. You decide and *bang* you're good to go.
^ Spoken as a man whose 30th wedding anniversary recently came and went.
― Aimless, Wednesday, 4 March 2015 02:14 (nine years ago) link