any thoughts of living alone?

last SG · 2008-06-22T18:26:38+00:00

living with family is so noisy and sometimes irrating, but happy and warm overall.maybe i'm a mummy's boy, but living alone? nah, i'll die of lonelinessfamil...

Lorry` SG

can cohabit ma. not exactly alone.

i'd find at least a friend to share

the_fallen SG

I'm trying to avoid that.

You finish work, come home, eat alone.

When you have a bad day at work, no one to relate your biggest grouse.

When you have a particularly good one, there's no one be jealoused of you.

If you call your friends, they're all having dinner with their own family. No one is free enough to entertain you 24/7.

You live alone, sleep alone, eat alone, wake up alone. If you forget your house keys, that's it. No one to do your laundry, boil the water, get coffee/toothpaste/asprin when you're out of supply. No one to wake you up when you miss the alarm.

Fall down at home also no one will know. There are no pros. Only cons. And so goes everyone else I know of who lives alone. They are constantly calling friends up to have dinner together, to hang out together, inviting people to go to their house, but not everyone is free everyday. Weekdays are the worst.

It's a sickening situation everybody avoids.

well, at least by staying alone, it shows that the person can really take care of himself/herself if the place is neat and tidy rite?

with the fact that living alone is a sign of financially independent isn't is?

the only thing which i feel is that gotta do all the housework ourself..but it's a preparation for family in future isn't it?

Lorry` SG

wah so old. -_-"

ya lor. like wtf right. 35

but you can ask somebody (eg. parents) to buy for you under their names, then you live.

i think is like that

Lorry` SG

well, at least by staying alone, it shows that the person can really take care of himself/herself if the place is neat and tidy rite?

with the fact that living alone is a sign of financially independent isn't is?

the only thing which i feel is that gotta do all the housework ourself..but it's a preparation for family in future isn't it?

hey, thats what i've thought. hehe

good in a way, bad in a way..................... depends how one looks at it.
I think more good than bad.

wonderamazement SG

me... get a small city apartment... nice decor.

Deino SG

at times yes...

toyota-corolla SG

Yes, I love to live alone. But something it gets too lonely.

Deino SG

I wish to have my own apartment and butler...

or have a good fren be my driver cum assistant...

Miss Tiny SG

Got good and bad la... Good thing is that u can have all the freedom and space u want. I also thought of staying alone sometimes, when I can live in peace.

Bad thing is u have to settle everything for urself - food, housework, bills etc etc. Living alone is never easy I think.

I would wanna get a pet dog to welcome me home after I came back from work. Haha.

Detached SG

The ideal scenario: sharing a roof with a loved one - but considering reality is far from ideal and that I... can live all by myself... self-sufficient kinda..

Still, staying alone is a neat idea I'd appreciate the quiet..

soleachip SG

well, at least by staying alone, it shows that the person can really take care of himself/herself if the place is neat and tidy rite?

with the fact that living alone is a sign of financially independent isn't is?

the only thing which i feel is that gotta do all the housework ourself..but it's a preparation for family in future isn't it?

when you cannot find a belt, forget where you left your jeans, socks or misplace a cell phone, no one else will know, no one you can blame, no one can help call to find it.

the minor inconvenience and chores add up. weekdays are spent working. if you work late, kopitiams are closed. when you come home, all you want is home cooked food waiting on the table. but since you live alone and you have no maid, there is no food. so LL order mc donalds or eat bread or maggie mee.

by friday night you've worked so hard, relished in so much bad food and silence, you just want to catch up with friends so you go out late into the night, come home, crash. wake up on saturday.

dedicate saturday mornings to running errands, to banks etc. afternoons to cleaning up your place, car, dishes, laundry. if you're lucky you'll finish everything in 7 hours.

as for sundays, if disciplined enough, then will stock up on things like toiletries and maggi mee, groceries, shampoo. open up all your bills, letter, clear all necessary paperwork.

this kind of independence, the later it arrives the better. it's grown up responsibilities, no one likes them.

with a house pet, additional responsibilities, more time consuming.

why would anybody want to show that they can take care of themselves? hehehe... cleaning the toilet and dust from the fan is not as glam as it seems leh.

won't be long before you start feeling haggard and wonder whether you've officially become an uncle or auntie, worst if you start behaving like your own parents.

you hate it, resent it, and want to join your friends at the beach on sunday... so suddenly, all you want is have your mom or dad do everything for ya the way it used to be!

playboy_1985 SG

i like to live alone. but the thought of washing ur clothes, do housework on ur own.. hire a personal maid lor

Detached SG

when you cannot find a belt, forget where you left your jeans, socks or misplace a cell phone, no one else will know, no one you can blame, no one can help call to find it.

by friday night you've worked so hard, relished in so much bad food and silence, you just want to catch up with friends so you go out late into the night, come home, crash. wake up on saturday.

dedicate saturday mornings to running errands, to banks etc. afternoons to cleaning up your place, car, dishes, laundry. if you're lucky you'll finish everything in 7 hours.

as for sundays, if disciplined enough, then will stock up on things like toiletries and maggi mee, groceries, shampoo. open up all your bills, letter, clear all necessary paperwork.

this kind of independence, the later it arrives the better. it's grown up responsibilities, no one likes them.

with a house pet, additional responsibilities, more time consuming.

why would anybody want to show that they can take care of themselves? hehehe... cleaning the toilet and dust from the fan is not as glam as it seems leh.

That's the reason why I'm thankful that I'm quite a chef and I've often enjoyed the silence

I think what you've expounded is the miserable outlook of living alone, be more optimistic!

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Now imagine...

When you cannot find a sock or your favorite pair of jeans, and you search high and low for it. Only to find it under the bed and you chuckle, thinking how silly you were.

And every night after work, you come home to your quiet solace - it might be a drag trying to tidy things up but you know you're happy. Almost 7pm and you're still fixing your own dinner, simple pasta with meatballs... Nothing extravagant but still very palatable!

Friday night is nights out with your pals... After some merry making, you return to a place you can call your own, sit by the window with a glass of port with soft music in the background and singing a toast to the nighttime skies!

Saturday might be a little hectic with the errands! Bank, supermarketing and probably drop by your folks to spend time a little. Saturday evening, you can choose to hang out with pals.. Recieve guests or just coop up at home before the tube!

Sun... Rest and relax! Some housework, maybe! :P

wonderamazement SG

i like to live alone. but the thought of washing ur clothes, do housework on ur own.. hire a personal maid lor

like Iron Man eh.

soleachip SG

That's the reason why I'm thankful that I'm quite a chef and I've often enjoyed the silence

I think what you've expounded is the miserable outlook of living alone, be more optimistic!

I'm being optimistic, simply by knowing it's much less miserable living under one roof with others!

Detached SG

I'm being optimistic, simply by knowing it's much less miserable living under one roof with others!

Have you tried living alone?

Read my edited post

Lorry` SG

The ideal scenario: sharing a roof with a loved one - but considering reality is far from ideal and that I... can live all by myself... self-sufficient kinda..

hmm.... livin with a loved one not really ideal what.... can be achievable.... hehe

i prefer to live with somebody, not exactly alone

soleachip SG

When you cannot find a sock or your favorite pair of jeans, and you search high and low for it. Only to find it under the bed and you chuckle, thinking how silly you were.

Chuckle and think, good, spend the last 30 minutes searching for this pair of jeans, now late for work by 30mins. 4 colleagues waiting for you. arrive late. arrive feeling shitty.

And every night after work, you come home to your quiet solace - it might be a drag trying to tidy things up but you know you're happy.

why would you be happy knowing you have still have to work (tidy up the place) after work itself?

it's 8pm, not 7pm. at 7pm you're still stuck in a traffic jam because some mofo caused a chain accident on the right lane.

Almost 7pm and you're still fixing your own dinner, simple pasta with meatballs... Nothing extravagant but still very palatable!

so technically speaking, you start fixing dinner at 8.15pm. boil the water, 5 minutes. Make meatballs, another 15minutes. by the time you sit down with food, it's 9pm, just in time for the 9pm drama serial. simple meal, but all that cream and tomato sauce on the pan needs cleaning. so you dump it at the sink overnight and think, great, accumulating more housework.

piesay, you live in a private apartment with singapore skyline har?

after dinner by the time you meet up with friends will be 10pm.

after the merry making you go home, seduction process is 30minutes.

by now you have been out for more than 14 hours, haven't showered for more than 14 hours. so you sit by the window with stale smelling pits, drink some whiskey, listen to soft music still thinking life is wonderful but all you want is shower first and chop chop fulfil your friday night schedule. by the time you're done, 3am. so your gf sleeps over. next morning she is still sleeping over. but no one is going to do the dishes for you. then LL have to send her home. waste even more time.

when you drop by and visit your folks, they start nagging, fetch them here, there, it's going to take up at least 6 hours. errands 9am to 12pm. parents 12-6pm. receive guests? what guests? you going to cook for guests again and repeat the process? but no one cleaned the frying pan from last night yet dude.

Sun... Rest and relax! Some housework, maybe! :P

sunday just switch off your cell phone and sleep all day. pretend there is no housework to do. but that's just living in denial.

heh, either that or you're a yuppie living the hi life. in which case, different lah.

Maith SG