I really wish I had an opportunity to live alone but alas I always lived with family until I moved in with Mr. Bee.
Did you ever live alone? Did you love it?
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I lived alone for a few months in college! I loved it at first, but it got boring and lonely pretty fast!
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Nope never.
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Yes! I lived alone for 4 years from 26-30! Loved it!
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I lived alone for 7 months before I met DH. It was fantastic. Everything was always so clean and smelled great. The only negative was that I love to cook and I would make things and they would last 3 or 4 days, because I could never figure out how to scale back, since I always cooked for lots of people.
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I lived alone for my first year of grad school, and then DH and I moved in together. It was ok...I tend to be an introvert so I think it enhanced that quality and made me more of a homebody!
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Loved living alone!
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I loved living alone! Lived alone for a good.. 7 years?
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Not really.. I moved out at 19, but I moved in with the family I nannyed for.
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I did during college. I didn't mind it, but I didn't have someone else to pick up after which was good!
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Yes, I technically lived alone for the 10 months before I got married. I moved into a townhouse in the suburbs that my parents owned to save some money (I was previously renting with a roommate in the city). I say "technically" alone because DH came and stayed over about half the week... unbeknownst to my parents.
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I did in college. I did love it. I thought is never want to live with anyone ever again and was surprised by how much I liked living with du after that.
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I have, twice and didn't love it! It was only for about a 6 month stint both times, though--the first time I bought out of my lease early to move to a better place with a friend, and the second time I got married and DH moved in.
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Loved it!
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I did for a couple of years and didn't really love it. I prefer to have someone around to talk to, although there were some perks.
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Nope. I went from my family to roommates to DH. I never had any urge to live alone...I feel like I'd be too lonely.
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I did for 2 years and loved it!
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nope. i went from family to being homeless/sleeping outside to roommates to DH. In my city the rent is just too high.
I guess if you count sleeping outside as technically being alone?
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I lived alone for a couple of years and LOVED it!
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Nope. I don't think I would've like it. I am super paranoid and get freaked out being home alone. I don't think I could handle that 24/7.
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Yep. For six months and then I moved in with Dh.
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I did for a couple years... it wasn't my favorite. I got so lonely!!
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Yes, for 5 years. It was nice!
I did have a pug, Bogey as a roomate though.
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I lived alone and loved it. I was surprised at how much I felt like it helped me to be a more independent adult. It felt so good to have a place that was mine, and that I was solely responsible for – I dunno, it gave me a sense of pride I guess that was totally different from living with family, a boyfriend or roommates. It’s definitely something I will strongly, strongly advise LO to do before she gets married.
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Yep. I had a single in college my second year. Then, I lived alone after college in Savannah and again in Connecticut before moving in with a roommate. Then I lived alone in NY for a while. After that, I moved home with Mom and Dad, then moved in with my husband.
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The only year I had a one bedroom apartment was the year I met my husband and I spent all my time at his house!
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I had my own studio for a couple months before my husband moved in. He constantly complained about how small it was--um it was perfect for just me before someone decided to move in!
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I lived alone for about 4 years during my 20s. I loved it! I think everyone should have some time to live alone.
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@bebefly: You slept outside? For how long? In what season? That sounds pretty awful actually.
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Yep, loved it! I lived by myself for a couple years while DH was deployed and stationed far away. I think it's a great experience and I will heavily encourage my children to do it; it's great for independence.
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Not really, I had single apartments my last 2 years in college but I'm not sure that counts. I lived with my family and then my husband. I don't regret not really living on my own. I liked being with my family.
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Yes, I lived alone for about 3.5 years and loved it!
Plus, you find things out like...it IS you who leaves the toast crumbs on the counter and sometimes forgets to rinse the toothpaste out of the sink...
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i lived alone for about 4 years and generally loved it. i feel like it was a very meaningful time for my personal growth--although that could have happened living with or without someone.
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Yep, for a year and then moved in with DH. Honestly, I LOVED it.
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@MrBee: alas!
Nope, I moved out of my parents house into an apartment with DH!
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Nope I never have! I lived at home and then with roommates in college before I moved in with DH.
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I lived alone for about 4 years and I loved it. I had just moved from my college dorm that I shared with 3 other girls so it was awesome having all the space to myself and not seeing everyone else's mess everywhere.
There are downsides though, like it's a lot more lonely. If my friends weren't around one weekend, I would literally spend the entire time alone only leaving to run errands. That got old pretty fast for sure. It's also scarier living alone, I feel safer if someone else is there.
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I lived alone for almost 7 years before DH and I got married. Overall it wasn't bad but it was often lonely, mainly because I was far away from family. I lived one year completely on my own and then got a cat so it was a little better.
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Technically I have never lived alone. My first year of university I lived in the basement suite of an elderly couple's house, but I avoided them like crazy. That was probably the closest I've been to living alone.
After that I lived with roommates for a year, then my now-hubs and I moved in together at 20 (we shocked our parents for sure!)
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@pastemoo: for about a year ? or so ? I started just after Thanksgiving (October) and went until the following September. It wasn't too too bad. *shrug* I was also 18-19, so that may have helped a little.
I did have a pug, Bogey as a roomate though.
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