Queasy, that image is shocking....I can't look at it...
I've been single 15 or so years...I don't live alone, I have an amazing kitty and boxer.

Better? :-)

Another thing I wonder is why medical history forms always want me to check if I'm married/single/divorced/widowed/separated. Why differentiate? I gotta assume it's so that medical staff can evince the proper level of concern relative to what they believe is my sad emotional state of singlehood.

I think this is the first time I've lived alone in my life and I absolutely LOVE IT! I can do what I want, when I want and don't have to compromise or account for anything. It's AWESOME! I could never give it up.

Oh Kate, I divorced over 10 years ago, turned down proposals, adopted an abandoned boxer with whom I have a love affair. Single rocks! I'm finding that close friends and dancing excel dating for being close without strings....have decided not to date. Life is so simply delightful.
Kitty

There are too many Katie, Kitty's and Kathie's now on TOTV, LOL.. I'm getting confused, you know I'm OLD!!!!

I'm one of those weird people who although married for 30 years, I actually lived alone for most of my life. I love living alone, as someone said, do what I want, when I want, and if I don't feel like shutting lights,,, I DON'T HAVE TO.... :a040:

As a career girl living in Manhattan, I didn't have roommates, didn't want roommates and if it meant that I couldn't buy the new pair of shoes, I put newspapers in them rather than have someone sharing my apt with me. Told you I was weird...

Oh yeah, better image...! I live near Bonifay, where flip flops were the theme for the Christmas tree!

I think this article says it all about how living alone affects women v men. I hate to speak in generalities, because it always comes back to bite me in the derriere, but, I'll go out on a limb here and say that this is probably right on for most of us and it's a fun read.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/fa...anted=all&_r=0

I see this said over and over it kind of trashes my dreams of settling down and starting a family.

I think everyone needs their space. It's liberating to watch old movies all night rather than sleep.

put my in the like living alone camp. I always said if I'm lonely then at least there is a reason...but having been lonely while living with someone--that's much worse.
I like to socialize, don't get me wrong, but I like going home to my own place...
nothing like snuggling on my sofa with my dogs snoring next to me....

i happen to be visiting a married couple for a few days and when i awoke this morning i could hear their loving chit chat downstairs and remembered how wonderful it was to have another heartbeat near me, of one i dearly loved....i do love my independence and doing what i want when i want to but i also miss that aspect of a happy marriage. i guess everything in life is a choice but dogs snoring next to me would definitely not make me happy! sorry dear emma! :)

I'm sure it's different if one had happy memories of a marriage...for me, I'll take the dogs

I have memories of a happy marriage, I have memories of a marriage decaying. I have memories of things happening in the divorce total out of my control which effected what I worked for all my life. I remember when I was in my teens my 13 year old dog died, he was my best friend.

Today I would like nothing more than to have a happy marriage and a dog but I can not bare the thought of suffering the sorrow resulting from the loss of either one.

By this age, I've locked my heart away because wearing it on my sleeve didn't work out. Trying to be more open, but it's scary...and I like friends and my animals for now.
Kitty, not dating...