Tag: single

As an afterthought to my previous post on the limitations of Being Single, I think being single also has its own charm. There are many a plus being singe – be it woman or man.

This is like a dossier to those on a constant look for love. Well, wait a minute, catch a breath, not every grass on the side is actually green, even if it appears green. Appreciate the present being, and you would be much happier.

How?

1. Healthier social life

We have all been there when a very good friend has ditched us in favour of the new found girlfriend. Single people have the liberty to meet anyone without any prejudices from the significant other. You are free to catch up with anyone you would like to meet at any time. No Obligation. You automatically become a part of all the guy’s night out playing poker with beer in your hands. No regrets or guilt at all. And no nagging phone calls in the middle of a wonderful hand.

2. Allowed to flirt with anyone

You like that hot girl in red top at a party. Go ahead, flirt with her as you are what they say in Dilli – “Khulla Saand”. All this innocent flirting, in spite of being innocent can lead non-singles to enough heartburn. Singles are in no place to get into such awkward situations. Be what you are wherever you are!

3. Get all the “Me Time”

You want to read the book tonight, or want to watch the entire season 5 of Game of Thrones this Saturday? You can if you are single. You get all the me time and are free to spend it watching mindless TV or sleep all day. Your time, your wish. Nobody interferes.

4. Move geographies

A good career opportunity but you would have to move cities? No problem. You can keep an auto yes mail with your boss. No questions asked, no need to discuss with anyone. It is worth the move, you move. No considerations!

5. Do what you want, when you want

You like being awake all night and sleep all day. Please do. You hate the sight of the mall? You don’t need to go on that road itself. You feel like eating pasta early morning, you shall eat it. Your wish is your command, and no one else’s wishes are into consideration. You do what you want, whenever you want, in the way you want it! That’s it. No questions to be answered.

Looking at it, Being single seems like a great situation to be in.

Well, as they say, every coin has two sides. Whichever relation status describes you presently, that is the best thing that could happen to you. No grass is green, it is all pale. Accept it and move.

p.s.: Maybe, all grass is green. Does not maketh any difference

As a continuation to my earlier post on Marriage Rights in India, let’s see how the single ones fare here.

Talking about single, being Happily Married (a misnomer?) myself might seem contradictory but well, I just got married less than six months back. (Yes, a couple days more for six months, and I just realized this!). Now please, will you? Ignore smaller facts that I was not really single before the marriage too! Let’s move on? Shall we?

Not having a boyfriend/girlfriend these days is such a trouble. Everyone in your peer starts doubting your straight preferences.

People just can’t seem to come to terms with the fact that being single actually rocks! Really.

Well, not really. There are many things like freedom, can-do-anything-anytime, can hit on anyone and the explorer mindset that can be explored if you are a single, but still there are some things where you’d prefer not being one. The fact that all of your friends are not in the single zone anymore adds to the misery.

1. Restaurants – it is no fun ordering the entire Pasta at the newly opened Johnny Rockets all by yourself. It is too huge a portion anyways.

2. Holidaying alone – Who does that? Well, I know backpacking is a wonderful kind of a holiday, and you explore wonderful things, but well, not all the time. There are times when you wished there is someone who could do the planning bit of the trip!

3. Party – Well, pubbing without a partner is just no fun. Many hip pubs do not even allow single entry. Anyways, if drinking alone is the agenda why bother with a pub?

4. A good listener – All of us have sometime been in a mood were we just want to rant off about the irritating colleague, and wished there was a patient ear to take it all. Well, as I had mentioned, friends no longer being single does not help a bit!

5. Coffee? – If you are a single girl, well everyone and his cousin wants to ask you this question. Mostly everyone. And the ratio of jerks to non-jerks is no great in this country, so all the best to you. Guys, it is no fun here either. For once you would want to go to a pub and mind your own business on the dance floor rather than conducting a psychographic analysis of every single female sitting out there.

I could go on with such instances, but the fact of the matter remains – being Single is no Fun.

With these little thoughts to ponder on a beautiful Sunday evening, I am off to my Happy Married life. See you till then.

p.s.: An afterthought tells me, things can be rosy being single too! Does grass always seem greener on the other side?