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Do you live alone whats the best/worst thing about it

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  • LindsayO
    LindsayO Posts: 398 Forumite
    best thing: not being shouted at
    worst thing: can't think of any
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  • Errata
    Errata Posts: 38,230 Forumite
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    moonrakerz wrote: »
    Having a table to yourself in a restaurant,which actually gives the waiter room to put everything down without having to re-arrange everything that is already there !

    Eating on my own in a restaurant would be an absolute downside for me. Don't do it, and lucky enough not to have to do it.
    .................:)....I'm smiling because I have no idea what's going on ...:)
  • A.J._3-2
    A.J._3-2 Posts: 121 Forumite
    i love eating in restaurants alone, no raised eyebrows or comments when i order the biggest goey dessert possible, especially after huge meal with chips. i also holiday alone (no moaning when i visit 5th country house in a week or go shooping ddaily to look for bargains. but dont go to pub alone although not a pub person so does not bother me.
    i hate the sympathy invites you get from friends/relative/work peeps when they find out you are spending major holiday alone. i love xmas on own, sleep/get up when i want dress or stay in pjs and eat whatever i want at whatever time i want. i also hate having to pay all the bills myself and like other poster two for ones annoy me, have been known to split costs for shoes on 2 for 1 with strangers behind me waiting to be served!
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  • EdInvestor
    EdInvestor Posts: 15,749 Forumite
    There's not a lot not to like about singledom, but at the top of my list is the pernicious practice of slapping on single supplements on holidays. :mad:
    Trying to keep it simple...;)
  • Errata
    Errata Posts: 38,230 Forumite
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    ...........and no self-catering properties in the UK for one person !
    .................:)....I'm smiling because I have no idea what's going on ...:)
  • EdInvestor
    EdInvestor Posts: 15,749 Forumite
    Errata wrote: »
    ...........and no self-catering properties in the UK for one person !

    There are some studios about I've noticed, but tend to be in beach resorts, not much in the country,I agree.
    Trying to keep it simple...;)
  • I wonder how many people are looking across the dining table at their spouses and thinking about how to get rid :rotfl:

    You all make it sound Bliss.
  • Errata
    Errata Posts: 38,230 Forumite
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    There are benefits and drawbacks to being single, and benefits and drawbacks to being a couple. Steady with the hemlock ;)
    .................:)....I'm smiling because I have no idea what's going on ...:)
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