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The Lonely SingleProducts Relating to 'The Lonely Single'

The Lonely Single - Myth or Reality, by Talia Krechuk

You probably heard it before. Individuals who choose to marry live longer and healthier lives.Individuals who choose to remain single are lonely, miserabe or depressed. Lets all get married then. Lets grab the guy or gal who lives next door and beg them to marry them. Sounds ridiculous, right. Well, marrying someone just to avoid being alone is just as ridiculous, if not more. The myth of the lonely single is just that. A myth. I believe that individuals who remain single make that very choise, either consciously or subconsciously.Many are actually happy, or at least a great deal happier than they would have been had they chosen to remain single.

I am in my mid 30s and still single. Trust me, I definitely do not fit the profile of the lonely single. To me, nothing is better that going to sleep late at night, knowing that when I wake up the following morning, the only person I need to feed is myself. I don't have to worry about feeding a man whom I do not really love. If I feel like watching TV, I can do just that. If I don't feel like going to a party, then I don't. If I don't feel like doing my laundry, I have a very simple solution.I don't. You see, I rarely feel lonely because I treasure doing whatever I feel like, whenever I feel like it.

You see, I do not need a male companion to be happy, as I know how to be happy on my own. I am therefore definitely not the lonely single.I quite enjoy being left to immerse in my own thoughts. I quite enjoy not having anyone around 24/7, as it means that I am free to immerse myself in my own thoughts. It also means that I cen be messy if so I choose, and that I can eat whatever I like, whenever I like.

I am not suggesting that I will be single forever, only that I will never fit the profile of the lonely single, as I knwo how to live happily on my own. The key is not necessarily to keep yourself busy, but to just enjoy being you, on your own. It may be difficult for those who enjoy socializing a great deal, but even they can learn. No one needs to be the lonely single. Everyone deserves that special gift of the joy of being confortable their own company.In life, nothing is permanent. A once loving significant other can suddenly turn his or her back on you. Thus, if you know how to be alone happily, you will never be lonely.

You will never be the lonely single.

Article Published: Sunday 15th April 2007