Let me start off by saying that this is not going to be an essay on bitterness, it is going to be about the truth. It is going to be about why I hate being single, but why I also love being single.
I have never been in a relationship. My longest relationship was in eighth grade and it lasted for two days (s/o to Caileigh), so you can say that I am a professional single person. My friends in high school can't say the same. My friend group in high school consisted of about 20 people, and at its peak 18 were in relationships. I am the only person in my friend group who has always been single. It sucks, but at the same time it's really so much better.
It really sucks being single. It just is not the greatest thing in the world to be surrounded by love and relationships when you're the most single. This is when I developed my love for something no one could ever compete with, and that is Pinot Grigio. Yes, me and the white wine have had a very steady and strong relationship since my high school days. Whether it's from a bottle or a box, wine is always there. Why spend my time whining when I could just be drinking it?
Also, being in college is the worst time to be single. Everyone in your life looks at you as if you are boar if you are not in a relationship. Trust me, family, I have tried, it just has not worked out.
However, it is so much fun being single. I don't really have to worry about someone else all the time. I just can think about me, which is all that I can really handle at the moment. I think having someone else to worry about would be the worst thing for me. My life is complicated enough as it is (it's not that complicated) that I don't think I would want someone in my life with that much influence.
I also really like being alone, it's better for me. I like watching Netflix alone, and I like doing things by myself. I don't want someone to slow me down and hold me back as I make my way through life. It is also really good for me that I'm surrounded by couples because now I know how I would act when I'm in a relationship.
I'm not dissing people in relationships, but it just sounds like way too much effort to be in one. I mean, you're constantly with that person, and are always thinking about them. Who has that kind of time? I can barely think about myself for an extended period of time without going insane. Also what do you talk about for so long? My life is just not that interesting.
Being single is not something that defines me, it is just something that I am at the moment. I am proud to be single because I am a strong, independent person who doesn't need nobody else. I just need wine.
