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To be quite honest, I been single all my life and i'm 17 now and deep down I'm not fussed.
When I see my mates with theirs I get a little envious but not too much.
One thing I am happy about is the fact that when I go to uni I don't have to worry about losing any girlfriends due to long distances or meeting new people, as opposed to my pals.
Plus like I said in a previous thread there are much more important things in life than preventing urself from being single.
Trying to go out with a friend is also futile - been there and done that too many times before.
Like Punto, i'm also an only child, so it can be lonely. "The grass is always greener" comment is also so true!
(a) Two's a company, three's a crowd. It's difficult to make friends with people who are in relationships. I'm aware that if I'm single by the time I'm middle-aged I will be getting left on my own a bit.
(b) Feeling inexperienced and less grown-up than people in relationships (I see this as a weakness). There seems to be this cosensus that relationships are something you're supposed to grow into rather than something you have if you're lucky. There's a lot of pressure.
Apart from this, I don't care about being single.
admittedly these are all very selfish things. but hey, we live in a selfish society, look after #1.:)
the only time i don't like being single is when hungover, on a lonely sunday evening. other than that it's the best state to be in.
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I feel exactly the same. It sucks.
So while being in a relationship is great most of the time, there are more responsibilities that follow (thinking of more than yourself) and there are emotional rollercoasters to cope with. Being single is also good in that you have nobody to please but yourself, but on the flipside there is a part of you that wants a 'somebody special'.
It seems like a balancing act to me and whatever you have, you will always want or at least wonder what the alternative is.