Anyone out there happy about being single?

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I'm mostly ok with being single, I'd like to be in a relationship, but it's not a big deal that I'm not... if fact, it's probably better that I'm not, I don't see how that would possibly go well.

The only real advice I have is to get a new hobby, something that's fairly time consuming.

I'm very content being single. I never want to be in another relationship in my life; it's one of the worst things someone can do to themselves.

I dont know. I think in a way we dont have a choice about whether single or not. There is nothing you can really do about it, and all you can do is focus on other aspects of life. Of course that can be really hard. I think being single is an opportunity in a way to do interesting things with your life, as you dont have to factor somebody elses wishes in.

I much prefer my own company and have difficulty gelling what I want with what others want. Me enjoying my own company too much is the main thing I think which makes my relationships not work out as I get irratable when with people for more than a day or so.

It can be nice to have a relationship with someone and share things, it makes a wonderful feeling of aliveness and connection when you share special things. However it is also nice to do things ones own way and to do the things one likes.

Over all I think being on my own is best, but I am open to changeing my mind should I encounter the right person.

This is the longest period of time i've been single for 7+ years. There was literally 2 weeks max gap between each relationship i've had in that time.

It's been a great time of self discovery and reflection. I think a relationship right now would ruin the good work i've been doing for the last year. I feel i am in a state of flux were I am changing into a more wiser and mature individual with perhaps an adjusted perspective on life i did not have before.

It's somewhat frightening, its an unknown for me to enter into something like this. But I feel it is for my own good that I allow this process to take place in the mean time other people can venture into my life, but I will not actively seek them to come into it.

Dating, Been there done that, i have much more important and fun things to do right now

maybe later in life i'll bother dating again, when "dating" doesn't mean exactly the same as "sleeping with". I am at that age where dating is supposed to last more than 2 weeks ONLY if the sex is good, so meh

Well, knowing that I would have to be "forced" to get married eventually by my silly Lebanese culture, I'm quite happy being single at the moment. And living in Australia, it's not difficult to be sexually satisfied.

I try to convince myself I'm happy being single, but I'm not really.

I mostly don't mind. I experience the odd pang here and there.

I think I am mostly happy.

I am approaching 30 and I never had a single date. According to another thread I am un-datable anyway. So I really should not bother.

I think we should start a WP undatable club...

hell no.. i'm not happy being single at all. maybe if i had 1 or more friends but atm & for a few years now i've had none. not that a relationship would necessarily make me 100% happy and content, but it would definitely make happier.. :/

I think as well there is a difference between being sad/happy about being single in general and being sad/happy about a particular person rejecting/wanting one. I never understood people who cry because they so want a bf/gf, I can understand crying about a particular person but not just a general wanting a partner. I think too many people think haveing a partner will complete them or make them happy where as in reality relationships are a 'mixed bag' and quite a lot of work and can cause lots of pain. I think people are more likely to find wholeness and happiness through self exploration rather than through a relationship.

Not only am I happy to be single, I also love to go to the movies alone, and I am alone most of the time. I don't like people much anyway. People get on my nerves.

What is scary here are movies like 127 Hours, where the guy had to cut off his own arm because there was no one there who could rescue him. Although I find it hard to believe I'll ever have to cut off my own arm, a lonely person may find himself in a position where a friend or the spouse can help. For example, I am always afraid of leaving my keys inside the apartment. I'd have to wait for my mother to wake up because she has the other copy. Stuff like that.