Fun & Famous

7 X WHY IT'S NICE TO BE SINGLE

When I tell people that I've been ‘taken’ since I was fourteen, most of them are shocked. “So long? Pffff, condolences,” I heard recently. “Uh, thanks.”

No, I am not single – not for almost ten years now. Yes, I have often fantasized about what it would be like if. No, I wouldn't trade it for anything. Yes, Sander, I still love you, don't worry. But please click away for your own peace of mind. Because sometimes it really seems wonderful to go through life friendless.

And for the following reasons:

1. The old-fashioned girls' night out is completely back in business without having to consider anyone else. Wonderful.

2. You can lie diagonally in bed. Just completely: arms in one corner, legs in the other. And snore, drool on your pillow, that kind of misery without anyone laughing at you.

“Snoring, drooling on your pillow, that kind of misery without anyone laughing at you”

3. Hello: being single means double the closet space. Jackpot.

4. If you don't feel like shaving your legs or your bush, you can just put it off for a week (or two).

5. Your flirting techniques will be greatly improved. And that's also quite exciting.

6. Kissing with the first person you meet in the bar? It can just happen. And you're probably going to have sex with more people than just one, so you'll find out in bed what works and what doesn't.

7. The TV is yours again. Bye, football. Bye-bye.