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Freedom. I can go and come as I please and no one is around to haggle me about it. Pet Peeves I don't have to live with anyone else's bad habits My stuff I know where it is...no one else around to break anything, etc. Food I can have the same thing for dinner 3 nights in a row if that is what I want; I guess this goes back to freedom... Criticism I criticise myself enough...I don't need someone else to add in theirs! $$$ - what I earn is mine...I don't have to share :-P
Bad points
Being Alone not that I mind...but sometimes you look ridiculous being alone; like when you go to the movies or a concert alone (I do both). Also, I think it is tacky to call up a guy just so that you can have a 'date' to a company dinner or something. But still...its awkward. Conversation I have very little to talk about with others my age (30s). They talk too much about their kids and spouses...their lives are pretty much consumed by it. The outside world passes them by. I have no 'family stories' of my own to offer Family I think they think there is something wrong with me. Also, if I do need someone for anything...I have to call either my parents, my grandparents, or my sisters (i.e. someone to wait at the house why my furniture gets delivered...I went through this hellish situation when I moved). I know they think "My G-d, she's 30, isn't she EVER going to leave us alone?" That type of thing. The Biological Clock (self explanatory) Making New Friends it is so tough to meet new friends. If I meet an interesting guy, he is already in a relationship, and he is usually reluctant to open up the doors to friendship. With women, it can go either way, but some are insecure about having a single friend 'around their man' and others feel there is not enough common ground between you. I find myself having better luck among 20-somethings in the friendship area...but being around them at length makes me feel old! Physical needs (again self explanatory) $$$ - in regards to financial status, I lag behind my peers who are part of two-income households as compared to my one.
The Good: 100% freedom, no trade offs or compromises, watching every sports game and playing vid games without any guilt/harrasment from a gf. Just being able to do what I want when I want. One night stands, drunken make out sessions, chasing girls, basically being a bachelor in general.
The Bad: Striking out with girls, waking up alone, not having a +1 for weddings and other events where everyone becomes aware of your singleness. First Dates. Expenses used on trying to meet girls (bar/dinner tabs, etc) The constant questioning of "when are you going to find a girl to settle down/ bring home to mom/etc".
The Ugly: Having to, quite literally, take matters into my own hands... but at least porn is free
Good : No one checking up on you, calling to see where you are, worrying about what you are doing
Bad : Sometimes you wish someone would call to see where you are, worry about what you are doing
No worries, you can ask him to buy it for you instead .
Nothing new to know that in a relationship women are in the receiving end. So actually, a relationship is kind of nice for women. Have a guy take you out, dine you, wine you, send you flowers, buy you stuff, help you fix your car, take you out on vacation, help you carry your stuff or home improvement, protect you, be a gentleman, later on propose marriage, give you that ring, ask for your hand, etc. Hey! If things don't do well in the relationship you can just ask for a divorce and get to keep it all. You don't even need to be married to be able to break up and still keep everything. So all in all, how can you go wrong? Relationships pretty much focus on women, don't miss out . You don't need a career, a job, your own transportation, money, etc. A guy will still be interested in you. Go for it .
Wierd, because right now, I am very low on money and at best I have a bike and I have women running at me trying to hook up. I suppose I do have a career, but my job is paying very low. I'm not very good looking either although, I believe I do have potential. A lot of women act like they're interested in me.
Or maybe that could be it. They are acting. Some people have way too much time on their hands.
When you're in one sometimes you wanna get out. When you're not in one sometimes you want to be in one.
I know that particular feeling. It usually hits when I get invited to a nightclub and I feel like the odd man out. In that case, my thinking is "if I had a girlfriend, I wouldn't be here right now". Other times it comes when I am at some other public place and I am there alone.
I think relationships suck if you are just with the wrong person or if the person you were with, or you, starts to change which can be an endless list of reasons why.
That is why I rather take my time to be her friend first taking small steps at a time to know each other more and more and then finally talk about it and make our relationship more formal. It's a fun process getting there. The whole "does she like me or not?" .
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. You don't need a career, a job, your own transportation, money, etc. A guy will still be interested in you. Go for it 
