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The benefits of being single

Being a single person for most of my life, I have come to realize that it does have its benefits. This is provided that being single is treated seriously and maturely. I have seen single people that never understood or grasped the freedom and liberation of being single. Instead, they have sulked about not having a boyfriend or a girlfriend. I was always curious on why they were mainly focused on fighting "someone."




One ex-friend told me that his first priority was getting a girlfriend. I was curious on why he was wasting his time. He told me that he wanted a girlfriend mainly for the sex. I simply told him to just have a bunch of one-night stands or friends with benefits. But no, he strictly told me that he should get a girlfriend. Also, he was egging me to get a girlfriend.
But, I did not relent. He on the other hand continued to put getting a girlfriend as his first priority.




Plus, he came to me for advice. I would give him advice. But, he would throw it back into my face. Yet, he could come back at me with all these rants. I could not bear to deal with that stuff. So, I had to stop talking to him. Plus, I heard he stooped to new lows the following year.
Apparently, his number one priority continued to find a girlfriend. He had resorted buying women's worn panties off of eBay. This was what he resorted to.




Me on the other hand, I relished being single. When I look at it, being single has a whole ton of benefits. It would seem that they outweigh the benefits of being in a relationship.




Here are some of the benefits I discovered of being single:




Money:




Depending on pace of the relationship, it is unknown how much money you be spending on your significant other. I have heard about friends buying their significant others a whole bunch of expensive gifts. I remember back in my freshman year of high school, a classmate who was dating a friend of a friend bought her a pair of shoes that cost over one hundred dollars.




Remember, not all relationships end up in marriage. Most relationships end without marriage. Over time, both partners may separate and go their own ways. Before that, it is unknown how much money they spent on one another. The amount of money spent could range between hundreds to thousands of dollars.




Relationships are expensive.
Remember, not all relationships do work out.




When I look at it, not being in a relationship saves me a lot of money. Instead of spending money on a significant other, I can use that money for other things.




I can invest in stocks, funds,


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