A lot of my truths have been expressed above re the single life.

I make my own choices, like sitting around in this hot weather in my petticoat & singlet, then of course I make the choice to put on my Japanese kimono when my neighbour visits. He knows to step carefully as the originally neat piles of books & other things on the floor have spread - he lives alone, too & I step around his possessions when I visit him.

Living alone I am responsible for my life - I don't have someone else to consider if I want to sleep in, stay out late, stay at work long after they stop paying me (my work PC wins hands down over my very own laptop for making posters for the folk club & keeping records & writing minutes for my committees, etc).

There are some disadvantages in living alone, or going somewhere on my own. I can't immediately share something I've seen/heard/read.

On the while I prefer living by myself, having grown up in an unhealthy family & seen many a strange relationship since - sisters living together, partners, other families, group households ... I have also seen some wonderful families & partnerships & groups.

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