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On The Scale: Being Single Vs. Being In A Relationship

​We all have those annoying friends who are always in a relationship while the rest of us are single and “bitter.”

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On The Scale: Being Single Vs. Being In A Relationship
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We all know how it happens, you're happily in a relationship one day and then the next day your world comes crashing down because you don't know who you are anymore and you've lost your "world."

For those of you who enjoy being in a relationship or have just gotten out of one, here are some of the best reasons to enjoy being single:

1. Going shopping/out to eat:

When you’re single and you head to the mall, you can TREAT YO SELF, and not your significant other. Your money is your money and you can spend it on whatever you want (after bills of course). If you’re out to eat and want to burp at the table with your friends, GO FOR IT. You also won’t have to share your food (always a huge perk).

2. Spending the day in your bed:

You don’t have to shower after a long night out, because it’s Netflix minus the chill. You get to watch what YOU want to on TV, and we all know how males like to control the remote. There's no guilt in working around someone else's schedule to watch Netflix all day.

3. Freedom:

You can do whatever you want whenever you want. You never have to worry about not seeing your friends or family because of your significant other. You can go through life at your own pace and not have to worry about being blown off.

4. Your growth:

You will never need to keep yourself from trying to better yourself or grow because of another person getting in the way of it. You can simply be who you want to be and not who your significant other wants you to be. You can live out whatever dreams you want to accomplish without anyone giving you issues about it.

5. Compromising:

You’ll never have to give up something you want in life to make someone else happy. You can live with having Chinese food every single night instead of pizza if you want to because you have no one to say, “I don’t feel like Chinese tonight.”

6. Your Netflix queue:

You only have one and it's full of only the things YOU want to watch.

7. Washing dishes, what's that?

You wanna use the takeout box as a plate, you do just that! And who needs cups when you have the whole bottle to drink out of?

8. Bathroom privacy:

No need to hide your needs when duty calls here.

9. Sleep:

You can go to sleep and wake up whenever you want to. No need to worry about waking someone up, or being told you're going to bed "too early".

10. Holidays:

No need to argue over who's parents house you're going to first for Christmas dinner because you don't have to compromise with anyone except for you. You also get to save money on Valentine's day. Why spend your money on cheesy stuff for someone else when you can get 1/2 off candy the day after??

11. Commitment:

You only have to commit to the one person you know will always be there: YOU.

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