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Ah, cool - do you still live there? One of the things I will hand being single is that I could decide to move to a foreign country and provided that I can get visas and work sorted, I can just go.
I don’t live there anymore but I visit often. Yes, as a single, you can have more flexibility to do that. If you come back home after your trip from Japan and feel you want to move back, why not?
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Oh, hell yeah. I have an uncle who lived in Wakayama for awhile for some construction project and would like to get out that way after seeing his pictures - Mt. Koya is Wakayama Prefecture, so I figure it'll happen. I definitely have to see Kyoto and Osaka; I'd also like to get to Okinawa, if possible (I have a military ID and can get on base to take advantage of cheap hotel rates).
I lived in Chiba and Osaka before. Visited some military bases because my host father was a helicopter pilot for the Army. Awesome experience. You’re single, go wherever the wind takes you. Enjoy!
I don’t live there anymore but I visit often. Yes, as a single, you can have more flexibility to do that.
Being single might give you flexibility, but it doesn't necessarily give you money to jet off on international trips whenever you feel like it. I'm single, but I can't travel as much as I'd like because of my income (and most of my available $$ goes into my house.) Having a partner to share expenses is helpful.
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Being single might give you flexibility, but it doesn't necessarily give you money to jet off on international trips whenever you feel like it. I'm single, but I can't travel as much as I'd like because of my income. Having a partner to share expenses is helpful.
As long as you both have jobs with a decent discretionary income!
If you're having a hard time doing it solo, and so is the person you're with, you'll both have a hard time paying for a trip! And if you use both your guys' discretionary income to take a trip, well... my ex went to Belize like three times on my dime because she fell in love with it, and that's part of why she's my ex. She did it without asking.
Being single might give you flexibility, but it doesn't necessarily give you money to jet off on international trips whenever you feel like it. I'm single, but I can't travel as much as I'd like because of my income (and most of my available $$ goes into my house.) Having a partner to share expenses is helpful.
You’re right. Sharing expenses with the husband/wife can make it easier but then the flexibility won’t be the same. There are some singles out there not only with the flexibility but also the means to do it which they might not have any more or at least not AS MUCH if they got married as there are other responsibilities to take care of rather than just themselves.
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If you're having a hard time doing it solo, and so is the person you're with, you'll both have a hard time paying for a trip! And if you use both your guys' discretionary income to take a trip, well... my ex went to Belize like three times on my dime because she fell in love with it, and that's part of why she's my ex. She did it without asking.
Maybe some people consider it your job as a man and gentleman to provide for your wife and not complain about it but personally I would also find it wrong for my wife to just take off like that if there are expenses to take care of first. Was considering Belize a month or two ago but went to Nicaragua instead. Awesome place. Might check out Cayman Islands next month or some other island in the Caribbean, we’ll see.
- I can stay a few hours late at work to get everything done so I can actually, totally unplug on my days off
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- The dating scene. It sucks. And it's expensive, to the point that it's probably cheaper to either be abstinate (no thanks) or in a serious committed relationship (ideal, but I'm not one to jump in)
- Cooking for one is such a waste of effort, and there's no one to give you an honest opinion of how it turned out
- Going to a nice restaurant alone is boring and looks kind of sad
- Promiscuous sex gets old after awhile (seriously)
- No one to take a vacation with to a cool place
- No bundling up and walking under an umbrella together to see a movie that looks really cool
- No one to have a really deep-seated, intimate chat about your feelings, be they positive or negative, with
Agreed on all of the above. Yes, dating is expensive and time-consuming.
A lot of the bad points on this thread can be solved with friends, you don't need a significant other.
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