Who else is happy to be single?

[Dee]

Originally Posted by Lynnie_pitch nee Leigh

As for Valentine's day, it's a load of bollocks!! I don't need one day a year to show Davey how much I love him. It's just a normal Sunday for us

This

Although, me and Daz did go and see a potential wedding venue, then went for a carvery. T'was a very, very different Sunday than what we are used to

[IainB]

Hmm....hapy to be single? Yes and No!
Yes....I can do my own thing, when I want and for how long I want, my mess is my mess...yadda yadda yadda.
No....I miss the cuddles and the other stuff
As for Valentines day, I think going forward it will be a normal day, as you should treat someone like that every day - not just on special occasions.
(yes....splitting from the wife has changed me, its made me a better person..if a little too late!)

[Kitten]

Valentine's Day is most fun when you're single, and you get to send/receive all those cards. Has an air of mystery & fun to it! That's who it was aimed at originally anyway.

Originally Posted by IainB

(yes....splitting from the wife has changed me, its made me a better person..if a little too late!)

Nah, is not usually too late. Take the new 'better' you and get out there. No time like the present

[Justsomebloke]

Can't remember the last time I was without Pasty.

Ninja.

[Dymetrie]

I'm happy with single cream, but double cream is so much better!

P.s: breakfast of pancakes with strawberries, cream and champagne rocked!

What was the question?

[Kitten]

I don't like champagne or strawberries and I can take or leave cream. Glad you liked it though

I got scrambled eggs, mushrooms, beans and bacon. NOM!

[Mark]

I do like champagne and strawberries, but not for breakfast, so the eggs, bacon etc. would have suited me fine. Only me to make it though.

[Kitten]

Originally Posted by Stan_Lite

I've been single for nearly 15 years now and I've never been happier. It's hard to explain without sounding selfish and self-centred but I like having the freedom to do pretty much what I want, when I want and not have to consider how it affects a partner. Having a flatmate does mean that certain behaviour is restricted in the interests of common decency but, for the most part, I can do whatever I want without having to explain myself. Most importantly, I can be the person I want to be rather than be the person I should be to keep someone else happy.

Sometimes, I just feel like getting up and going for a walk or have a drink or got to my play room and do stuff or just be alone without explanation. No matter how understanding your partner is, they don't always understand when you want to do things like this and feel vexed or hurt if you feel the need to do stuff without them.

See this is the kind of thing that I think is important in a relationship. Being 'the person I should be to keep someone else happy' would kill me, and I'd HATE to think someone else was doing that. With a relationship, you accept the person warts and all, you shouldn't try to mould them into something that fits within your expectations. Within your post you haven't really said anything that we as a couple can't or don't do and I do wonder if it's more down to the people that you've chosen as significant others in the past and the way those relationships have made you feel, rather than actually choosing to be single because you want to be.

I know that is going to sound patronizing but it's really not meant to be.

If you met someone, and could still do all the things you mention, wouldn't that be just perfect?

I think far too many people (and I'm not aiming this at you Stan, just in general) stay in relationships that aren't right, or that they aren't happy in, and then they end up judging all future & potential relationships according to that experience - when it just doesn't have to be like that.

[Joe 90]

I'm a big fan of the simplicity surrounding single life.

Today, as with almost each term-time Sunday was a day for football. We beat Manchester 60-0 and for the first time I played out the whole game. And then I went for a few beers with the boys afterwards. Well all the boys bar those with girlfriends, who obviously had other duties to tend to. Now I think the only thing that could of made today better would have been to have picked up some Ben & Jerrys with my Chinese!

[Tiggy]

What was I saying earlier? Oh yeah, my mantra from now on, 'I'm content being single'.

Bloody valentines day he chooses to dump me!

I'm about to go and drown my sorrows with a single female friend.