There are two forms of single. There is single before you ever have your first relationship, and there is single after your first relationship. Like a real relationship, not the "we got married on the playground" relationship. Up until I was 17, I was the never-had-a-boyfriend single, and after that relationship sailed into the sunset, then sunk, I've learned an entirely new way of being single. I thought things would go back to how it was before my first relationship, but instead, things were much different. For the better, might I add. Here are the ten most important lessons I have learned so far in my post-relationship singleness.