Benefit of being single, suddenly realised

Mine is being able to have a converstaion on the phone fo ras long as i like and it not being turned in to a 3 way conversation!!!

also not having to cook, clean, wash, iron, etc etc etc for him! i like being my own person and it just being me and my dd

He pee'd on the toilet seat (what was wrong with his aim in the first place) and then to add insult to injury didn't clean it up?!! ?

Now i dont find random tools all over the house nor do i find breadcrumbs in the bed. nor do i have underpants on my bedroom floor woohooo. also i can arrive early to appointments rather that waiting for him and being late

You can watch exactly what you like in the evenings, with no one talking over it or sighing at what you're watching.

When the kids are in bed, you can order a pizza and trough the lot without having to share or keep an eye on the box in case they take the biggest slice. You don't have to share alcamahol with them either!

One of my exes used to be on his phone constantly - and I mean constantly - you couldn't have a conversation with him.

One used to turn up from work already tanked up before the evening had begun.

Another one used to work shifts, but not do his share of the housework on his "down time" and instead went and played golf 3, maybe 4 days in a row and leave the housework to me at the weekend.

Unfortunately, it's my son who has the dodgy aim at the loo

For me it was the pure and simple joy of cancelling Sky Sports....

The ability to lie diagonally across the bed, spreadeagled. To be fair, my h is a generally helpful, pleasane and non-annoying soul, but I do LOVE having teh bed to myself now. He had this way of turning onto his opposite side whilst asleep, which involved throwing himself up into the air, doing a 180 and then flopping back down onto the bed in almighty crash, usually splintering one of the wooden slats on the frame. Tbh, I can't see me sharnig a bed with anyone ever again as i'm now sooo used ot my own comapny when trying to sleep. It's like heaven.

Not having to worry about having stubbly legs!

I remember 3 things that I instinctively did when I became single;

1. Started watching home & away and Hollyoaks...because I could
2. Had my hair cut in a style that yes, I probably couldn't manage but loved...was also told to take the safe option because <quote> "you're not very good with your hair"
3. Went out and enjoyed myself without having to text/call etc.

I can agree about the phone conversation ones, I'd hate taking calls as I always felt like he was screening my calls.

There are so many benefits of leaving my horrid ex that I can't actually list all of them as I'll be here all day. But I will just say that it is wonderful being able to get whatever food I want in and not have to pander to fussy eaters!

Oh, no snoring, how I love being able to sleep all night and not get woken up by snoring!!!

There are loads more but the snoring thing is great, as is having a whole 6' bed to myself, I have lovely white bedlinen on now and I turn it round after the first week and sleep on the side I haven't yet used! And I have white towels now.

A whole bed to yourself is great, that's one of my favourites! It's so nice to be able to go out, even if it's just to the shops and not have to rush back for someone, phone etc. Oh and being able to have exactly what you want for tea, I had pancakes the other night ? oooh there's loads Sare, take the time to rediscover you ?

Being able to go out for as long as I want without having to 'check in', rush home, explain why I was so long etc.

Being able to stay out as long as I want to on nights out (he used to insist on picking me up at a time set by him).

Less mess.

I can eat beans on toast for dinner if I want, every night of the week if I so chose.

Watching what I want on TV - or better still, not even having the damn thing on!

I could go on.... and on....

Oh yes and I can't remember the last time I shaved my legs. And no one moans at me for my unnattractive yet exceedingly comfy fleecy pj's

Agreed - also realising that the TV could be switched off ?

Too many to mention actually, but I do love it when the kiddies are in bed and I can light a candle and read, in silence. Bliss.

Raven, I completely know what you mean re your last statement. I'm not sure how I'd adapt to living with someone again now especially as I really relish my own space even in a relationship.

1. Not having to wait up/listen for him coming home from the pub

2. No shaving stubble stuck to the inside of the sink

3. No toe nail clippings on the floor

4. Not having to watch him break wind like it was a gift to me from him!

5. Less washing/ironing/cooking/cleaning

6. The remote control is MINE !!

7. Eating what I want when I want

8.Having as many girls nights in as I like without him complaining

9. Not having to listen to or speak with his idiotic friends

10. Not feeling pressured into having SEX ! Woo hoo!!!

Eating a wide range of curry and vegetables whenever I like ?

first kisses with new suitors ?

After i left my ex it was lovely:

to be able to spend a wednesday night with my mum and not at his parents' house cooking my own dinner and all theirs' too! (they also had his bro and SiL living with them so i cooked for 6 people when i was supposed to be a guest!)

being able to watch what i wanted on tv, not bloody pimp my ride, or rubbish movies that either scared me or were just rubbish full stop!

not being pressured into having sex with him which quite frankly was just awful in the end

being able to go out when i wanted, and to see who i wanted without him being jealous of me being friends with other men or in fact even being in the same room as another man!

eating what i wanted without him complaining it was too spicy, too tomatoey, too healthy and adversely too fattening (which always confused me!) etc etc etc

being able to only worry about my own self esteem or how i felt that day rather than constantly telling him no he wasn't fat, no he wasn't wasting his life in a dead end job, no he wasn't being overdramatic because i had left a teaspoon in the sink...

God! he was a real nightmare! so much happier with mr delicious now!

Aww i'm really sad as i'm the opposite i hate living alone, my little ones are tucked up in bed by 7pm and i can't leave the house or do anything, thats when i miss it most but i do agree, watching Holloaks and crap like Girls next door without moaning is fun! x