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The grass ain’t always greener

Aug 18, 2009

The weather’s gorgeous and you wish there was someone special in your life to take to those BBQ’s. Well, until that Mr. or Ms. Right comes along, remember why being single can really be fantastic, too — maybe even preferable with so many enviable freedoms!

The grass ain’t always greener on the married side, after all.

Here are 10 Reasons to Be Glad You’re Single This Summer (and beyond!):

1. You get to go wherever you want and do whatever you want on vacation. You get to meet who you want, when you want and if you want. If you hate cold weather, you don’t have to risk losing toes to frostbite just because your sweetie is a ski buff. And once you get wherever you’re going, if you decide to stay in the hotel room all weekend with room service and an on-site masseuse while ignoring the historic blah blah blahs? No problem… Nobody’s gonna know!

2. You get to sing out loud — badly, without embarrassment — to your iTunes whenever you’re home.

3. The remote control is all yours, all the time. And you don’t have to worry about anyone else making fun of you because it’s switched to Lifetime or hours of ESPN.

4. You can comfortably put up that Star Wars poster you’ve had since you were a kid or paint the bathroom walls petal-pink—after all, decorating isn’t a team sport.

5. Your friends all instinctively make you their “…and guest” when they go to an event. You get prime invites to concerts (especially popular during the summer), weddings (ditto) and other ticketed events every time someone’s significant other has to bail.

6. You get to indulge all of your interests, no matter how bizarre, without negotiating. That means you can hole up with piles of true-crime books, eat like a slob in front of the tv with nothing on but your favorite pair of skivvies… or drive an hour to the local casino without ever having to explain yourself.

7. What you want for dinner is what you eat for dinner. Or breakfast. Or snack at midnight.

8. You never, ever have to look over your shoulder before drinking straight from the milk carton. In fact, being single means you can leave the toilet seat up, the toothpaste cap off and your dirty undies on the bathroom floor. Let your inner laziness run free!

9. You get to go to parties and barbecues without worrying that the person you lugged with you is bored or annoyed. (And you get to flirt with every hot prospect there!)

10. Nobody ever hogs your side of the bed, steals your covers, wakes you up with freezer-toes or flops his or her sweaty night-bod on you. And every single night…you nod off knowing that you’re in the company of someone who really loves you.

The grass ain’t always greener

Aug 18, 2009

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