Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site reed.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!reed!purtell From: purtell@reed.UUCP (Lady Godiva) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: re sex problem Message-ID: <1828@reed.UUCP> Date: Wed, 21-Aug-85 15:50:13 EDT Article-I.D.: reed.1828 Posted: Wed Aug 21 15:50:13 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 17:38:05 EDT References: <1296@hound.UUCP> <5290001@acf4.UUCP> <140@unc.unc.UUCP> <256@gymble.UUCP> Reply-To: purtell@reed.UUCP (Lady Godiva) Organization: Reed College, Portland, Oregon Lines: 34 Summary: In article <256@gymble.UUCP> speaker@gymble.UUCP (Speaker to Animals) writes: > >> (Frank Silbermann) writes: >> >> I think living alone is lonely and unnatural. > >I think living alone is lonely... but not unnatural. Some people do >well living alone. I do very nicely thank you all by myself although >the companionship of an SO is sometimes preferable. Sometimes I have >to be alone. But anyway I think living with someone else is preferable >to spending your entire life as a Maytag Repairman, I know that I posted something about this before, but I'm intrigued. Is the general concensus out there that living alone is unnatural, or at the very least, not preferable? I lived with two men last year (in a three bedroom apt. - nothing kinky). They are both good friends, but I do prefer living alone. I do like people, and I like having people around, but I do prefer to have my own place. What's more, I plan on living alone, barring financial necessity to do otherwise, for a long long time. Does anyone think this is "unnatural"? I mean, does anyone out there think that it is really abnormal to not want to get married, or live with anyone ever? And if so, then why? I don't have any qualms about marriage in general, but why does society seem to view someone who has never married/lived with someone as being possibly, "not emotionally well" or at the very least, deprived? Most of the people that I know want to get married someday. I, on the other hand, would be most happy living alone all the time. Now, sleeping alone all the time is a different story... cheers - elizabeth g. purtell (Lady Godiva)