living alone

Personally, I like plenty of elbow room.

Like others have said, it's about perspective, personality and values etc.. I've been single and living alone (except for my son whom I also raised alone) for 16 years and I love it.

If I had a mate I would actually prefer we live in our own cabins with a little space between but near enough too.

I have so enjoyed reading these posts. Thank you all. You have restored my faith in the basic goodness of people, at least for a short while, which is all a person can ask for.

Throughfut my adult like I have spent some years living alone and I have spent some years living with a spouse. My second husband and I divorced five years ago. It was a very painful divorce, and it has taken quite a long time for me to get my head screwed on straight again. But I am sure of one thing: living alone is, for me, much better than living with another person.

I have quite a few friends, and I have a pretty active social life, but I very much enjoy my time alone.

Some people, though, just aren't well suited to a solo life.

The best advice I can give is this: if you find yourself on your own after having lived with somebody for a long time, give yourself time to adjust. Several years at least. In other words, don't panic at the terrible feeling you have when you are on your own. For me, that feeling has faded away - but it took quite awhile for that to happen.

BTW - I have lived on my own in a rural location for the past five years, and I am preparing to move to a location that is even more rural.

Some people are loners, some are social, some are in-between.

I lived alone for 7 years after my divorce, however I did get some social contact at work.

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There was a time I didnt mind being alone. These days however I dont think I would do well with the concept. With my legs getting weaker all the time I worry that I might fall and not be able to reach my drink!

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i like being alone-course, my Hubby was a long-haul trucker, so He was gone most of the time for 21 years--then, when He came home, it took almost 12 years for brain cancer to take him. He was a wonderful man, I've realized it more and more in the 3 1/2 years he has been gone.
I still live here, alone, on the farm, with my 3 dogs, 2 cats (all dumped) and 2 horses.
Joe-Pa, I'm certainly not un-protected-- there is a fire arm within reach everywhere--and I certainly know how to use them.
My children stop by once in a while, but usually, I'm wishing they would hurry up and leave--disrupts my routine. I seldom leave home, maybe one a month to get feed-and groceries.
I expect to spend the rest of my life alone-however long that may be--I.m 78-but my company is just fine, I could never live with someone again.

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