how many people on here live alone

rottie 11

Just curious

somefeen

Best way to live

Dozer Dave

I share a studio apartment with 47 people.

Macavity.

I live with three others but they're not always around. They're sound and we're friends, but I love having the place to myself.

Filmer Paradise

Never did.

Always lived with family/boarding school/flatshare etc.

Slept in a room on my own for the first time at 17.

Took me months to get used to it.

onethreefive

I live on my own at weekend's and I dont like it. It's nice for maybe a couple of hours on the Friday but then it gets lonely :P

One eyed Jack

rottie 11 wrote: »

Just curious

I don't, how about yourself OP?

DareGod

I lived on my own for 6 months.

The introvert in me loved it.

Sometimes at night I was a bit nervous, though.

Mr. Incognito

Have done it. Its a lonely existence. Live with my gf and my sister has moved in to save for a few months now. Much better.

jobeenfitz

I live with all the other people in my head.

Rabies

One eyed Jack wrote: »

I don't, how about yourself OP?

He wasn't asking himself

PandaPoo

I lived on my own for a few months, I really liked it. I loved lighting scented candles, the house being peaceful and quiet, eating whatever I wanted and not having to clean up.

Now I'm married, have a 5 year old and 7 dogs. The house is never quiet. Sometimes I just want a week on my own at home. My husband will be going to the Rory Gallagher festival at the end of may for 3 days, so I'm looking forward to that I'll make the most of it then.

HalloweenJack

Lived on my own for a year before. It was nice but I found i got into some bad habits. Am living with three other people now and find that I'm much more conscience of the stuff I get up to, which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

strobe

I do. It's great in a lot of ways but you have to watch out for Babadooks... ****, now I've scared myself.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Filmer Paradise wrote: »

Slept in a room on my own for the first time at 17.

Took me months to get used to it.

That's one hell of a long night - North Pole?

RobbingBandit

I do, alone now and forever.

Filmer Paradise

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

That's one hell of a long night - North Pole?

Cold enough at the old Paradise residence alright!

Dodgy central heating.

All said though, sleeping alone in a room at 17 for the first time was pretty scary for me.

Watching Salem's Lot at night didn't help matters much...

efb

I live alone.
Never lived alone until I bought my own house
2.5 years later and I wouldn't live with other people now unless I marry and I'll live with my partner.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cw1ng75KP0

toastedpickles

Dozer Dave wrote: »

I share a studio apartment with 47 people.

Can any of them be seen?

efb

Streets of London just came on the TV...

PandaPoo

PandaPoo wrote: »

My husband will be going to the Rory Gallagher festival at the end of may for 3 days, so I'm looking forward to that

Sorry about this PandaPoo, but I have some rather bad news for your husband that he may find upsetting...:p

Myself, no. Wrong side of 30 now and lived with the family (which eventually dwindled from 7 to just me and my da) until I moved out to live with my then boyfriend who has now become my civil partner. He's not Irish so we were separated for some longer than usual periods, sometimes months, but I still wouldn't class it as "living apart".

endacl

strobe wrote: »

I do. It's great in a lot of ways but you have to watch out for Babadooks... ****, now I've scared myself.

There's one in the corner. There. Just over your left shoulder. Don't move for a bit. It'll go away.

foxy farmer

Living on my own in my own house with last 14 years and that's the way it's going to stay. Was an only child so solitude comes easy to me. People become an irritation if they are in close quarters with me for extended periods. Company is fine just not all the time. I'd probably be brought up for GBH if they really got on my wick. Give me a dog any day.

Wompa1

Lived by myself for almost three years. It's about as uncomplicated as life can get! It was great

edward2222

Before I thought that I'm all alone,
then 1 day I realized,
.......
God is always with me and never left me alone.
I'm living with him right now

NachoBusiness

When I was young, I never needed anyone, and making love was just for fun, those days are gone..

edward2222

NachoBusiness wrote: »

When I was young, I never needed anyone, and making love was just for fun, those days are gone..

LOL... your singing....

Antar Bolaeisk

edward2222 wrote: »

Before I thought that I'm all alone,
then 1 day I realized,
.......
God is always with me and never left me alone.
I'm living with him right now

Which one? Personally I wouldn't mind having Dionysus as a roommate, great lad by all accounts, knows how to throw a good party.

Currently living alone, much prefer my own space.

Novella

I lived on my own for two years and it was bliss. I am a complete neat freak so my apartment was organized to perfection and never a thing out of place. I loved it. I live with my husband and stepson now. My husband is the kind of person who just leaves something down somewhere and that becomes its home. It drives me mental when I go into the kitchen and he'll have carelessly thrown a towel on the countertop and left a cup on top of the dishwasher. Or when I go into the bathroom after he's had a shower - his dirty clothes are in a pile on the floor and the wet towel is tossed over the shower curtain railing. I'm getting annoyed just typing this!

I wouldn't change it for the world though. If only he was a little tidier...

TheBeardedLady

I did for 6 months here and enjoyed it for the first 4 months but got lonely eventually, which really surprised me as I love my own company normally - I discovered I need people more than I thought I did. Moved in with my boyfriend after that and this suits me much more. Wouldn't live with housemates ever again though if I had the choice.

cloud493

I lived with my family, then my child. Never alone.

ardmacha

PandaPoo wrote: »

Now I'm married, have a 5 year old and 7 dogs. The house is never quiet. Sometimes I just want a week on my own at home. My husband will be going to the Rory Gallagher festival at the end of may for 3 days, so I'm looking forward to that I'll make the most of it then.

I hope the dogs and the 5 year old enjoy the concert.

Captain Chaos

Spent 2 years living on my own and loved it. Sharing for the past year and it's crap tbh, I miss my own space and time. Moving back home for 2 years in the hope of being able to afford my own place and not having to share any more.

anto9

Lived alone for 30 years .Was great ,i miss it .

dr.fuzzenstein

strobe wrote: »

I do. It's great in a lot of ways but you have to watch out for Babadooks... ****, now I've scared myself.

I live with a Babadook, but my GF hates it when I call her that.

Lau2976

I live with my dog I went from sharing my bfroom until I was 20 in my parents to living completely alone across the city.

I love it. My home is my workplace though so I have the freedom to branch out from my designated workroom, I wouldn't get that with other people.

PandaPoo

ardmacha wrote: »

I hope the dogs and the 5 year old enjoy the concert.

Ha, they're the quiet ones. It's the husband that annoys me!! :P

Darkglasses

Been living alone for the past four months, suits me perfectly.

magicmushroom

I live alone, in a 2 bedroom house.
I like it, I do get lonely sometimes but the pros outweigh the cons.

Like, the other week I had my living room decorated - I got beautiful lilac and cream wallpaper with birds on it, vintage style white photo frames for the wall, a floor lamp with a big heart on it, fairy lights around the fireplace, there are candles and fluffy cushions everywhere...girly heaven...wouldn't have been able to do that with a man around!

I love sitting in it at night when it's dark with all my candles lit, watching whatever crap I want on the TV, snuggled up with a cup of tea.

I have woken up in the night before and been a bit scared but that rarely happens anymore.

I'm a bit of a loner at heart, like my own company and once I can visit friends or have them over a couple of times a week, then I am generally happy at home by myself.

RobertKK

Over 6 months living on my own.

I like the peace and quiet, have neighbours and relations to visit if I want a chat and they visit me. All the animals give company too, the dog, cats, cattle...
I think one is more aware of their security when they live alone, as they have no back up. A dog is good to have to bark, I have security cameras too, which are handy if someone comes selling inferior gates and who may not understand the word No and you want to avoid them.

Whether living alone or with other people, the same thing remains, once you have your health you are doing ok.

magicmushroom

RobertKK wrote: »

I think one is more aware of their security when they live alone, as they have no back up

Yes I agree - it's also made me far better with money and prioritising bills etc as I have no-one to share them with or lend me a few € until payday anymore (lived with my husband before we separated) so these days I am far better off money wise, despite having half the income coming in!

Living alone definitely makes you more sensible and independent - I wouldn't have even known how to change a light bulb before!

eamonnq

strobe wrote: »

I do. It's great in a lot of ways but you have to watch out for Babadooks... ****, now I've scared myself.

Nevermind the Babadooks...........OP is just seeking out a victim !!! :eek:

RikkFlair

Lived alone in a dusty spooky bedsit for a summer when I was 19, a previous tenant told me there had been a murder in the building and the gaff was haunted.

I played this loudly every evening, good ol' Freddie....he kept the ghouls away.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VgN1qlLpkE

Mint Aero

If I could afford it I would live alone again. Soon my pretties.
Nothing like coming back of a Friday evening, stripping down to boxers, beer in hand and a santy hat on the tv to play drinking games by myself watching the late late.

somefeen

Does anyone else find that they start to have conversations with themselves where they refer to themselves as 'we'?

fleet_admiral

I lived alone for nearly a year, didnt bother me in the slightest

anncoates

Would either live with a partner (as I do now) or alone. Both are great in different ways.

I'd never do shared accommodation again.

sbsquarepants

I lived alone for about a year ( I was between girlfriends:D)
It's ok I suppose but in general I prefer having someone else there, mainly because I'm the sort of gobshíte who rapidly de-evolves towards life of reckless debauchery when left to my own devices.
It takes me about 48 hours to turn into Charlie Sheen, but about 48 days to turn back again - as super powers go, it aint great!

megaten

I'd love to but I don't know if I'd ever be able to afford it.

kylith

I've been living on my own about 7 months now. At first I was expecting to be met by an axe murderer every time I opened a door, but now I love it. I can leave the washing up for tomorrow with no guilt, I can cook what I want when I want. I'd live with a partner again, but I'd hate to have a tenant.

I think having the dog makes it a bit better. I don't feel like I'm alone alone.

sbsquarepants

kylith wrote: »

I think having the dog makes it a bit better. I don't feel like I'm alone alone.

Untill the beast turns it's head in disgust when it walks in on you eating beans from the tin while watching the football in your nude on sunday afternoon.
Dogs can be so damn judgemental!