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- I resent comments that people alone are...This is the second time I have seen this video. I am 66 and I loved living alone. No pets, no plants. Alone is not lonely because I would invite folks into my space when necessary. And although at 63 I adopted a one year old beautiful little girl out of foster care (happened to be my niece that I was not aware of), and I was not looking to spend my golden years with a now 5 year old, well sometimes God has plans for us. But even with her unconditional love of me...I also miss my "single" life, going when I wanted without looking for a sitter, dressing for one. And I luv it when I am home alone when she is off with family. I prefer singlehood but I am needed in motherhood.
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- Another reason why there are so many single angry women is the way men notoriously act. Immature, impulsive, lazy and this is many men that I have seen in my life. I have only known a few intelligent, hardworking, monogamist go getters with compassion and they stay married. As I write this I think that I am unrealistic because human nature is the path of least resistance and most don't want to try to control their animal urges and wonder why no one will stay with them.
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- There is not a normal person on earth who wants to be alone. Some prefer it to abuse or being used and sucked dry of everything they have. There is a world of difference in a relationship with someone and being used or abused by others because you are kind and nice and most people suck.
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- I watched the television broadcast and it couldn't have been more sexist. The female was depicted as being happy and well-adjusted living alone, while the male was portrayed as being rejected and lonely. Obviously there are those in both genders that would fit each model, but the networks decision to portray the woman as independent and the male in a state of emotional disarray is no surprise.
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- I have lived alone for over 11 years. Empty Nest. There is a difference between being alone and being lonely. I never get lonely, though admit to sometimes being bored. I do have cats though. They keep me company. I enjoy the outdoors and do gardening. Work full time. See people all day!! By the time I get home from work, I am happy not to talk to another person. I have enjoyed being alone even as a teenager. It seems natural to me.
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- great article. i am 59 in bahamas and have lived alone for the last 16 yrs. i am comfortable alone because i have always been a loner. have grown children in a 5 bedroom hse. would do it again because i just was not made for marriage or living together with someone. like my freedom.
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- "if u want to be happy for the rest of your life never make a pretty woman your wife.. find an ugly girl to marry you"
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- Seems a little unfair and inaccurate to single out Lonely Jeff as the model of male "solo dwelling". Jeff is six months out of a breakup and is "Lonely Jeff" by his own description. Men may struggle more with single life, but 13.9 million of us certainly don't adopt nicknames lamenting our relationship status. I am 1 year into a solo dwelling lifestyle myself, and it's definitely an adjustment from years spent living with family and in student housing situations, but I'm hardly staring at the ceiling all night in misery or tacking up flyers in some desperate cry for companionship. It has its pro's and con's. Family and friends are a phone call away and life is pretty good.
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- by nadelio May 21, 2012 6:22 AM EDT
erasmus111: And I happened, just of all possibilities, to know some couple from Canada who worked here. The wife was a nagging b##ch who eventially ruined her husband financially and left him taking children whom he loved and paid handsomely for.
Yeah, I got thinking about it and it probably hasn't anything to do with the "women". I think it's "America". It would be hard for anyone to survive the major racism, lack of health care, the politics, and all that hatred. People moving to the U.S. would not be able to keep themselves from being contaminated by that hatred. - Reply to this comment
- The women in the country are all frikin nuts.. That may have something to do with it.
I'll give a perfect example. My neighbor worked his butt off 12 hours a day. He would come home, the wife ( with no job) did nothing but watch tv all day, would scream at him that he wasn't talking respectfully at her, or didn't like the way he looked at her. From what I could see, I didn't notice anything wrong. She would not cook. She would not clean. She would constantly hit him up for money to where he was not able to enjoy anything he earned. I think her whole game was to make him feel insecure and always doing something wrong, and to make it right he would give her money. I felt so sorry for the guy, but it was never my place to say anything. There are many, many, many women like that. Ya, lots of people live alone. I wonder why... - Reply to this comment
