In honor of the end (for now 
) of my engagement and relationship of six years, starting off a list of the joys of being single:
No magical appearing dirty dishes…
No children or better still children’s mothers…
Coming home whenever you want…
Never having to fake a headache…
Never having to justify a horse or dog related expense…
Any suggestions??
Behind every good woman lies a trail of men
I’ve been living alone for so many years now, I can barely remember the things that used to pi** me off!
You know when the peanut butter jar is empty, and it’s time to buy more.
You don’t have to shave your legs.
Toilet seats - dry and down, all the time.
No laundry commingling.
You can work outside and wallow in the muck with your hair wadded up on top of your head, and no makeup on, and no one will know how hideous you really look.
The only whining you hear is your own.
(Please tell me I’m not the only person who enjoys these things!)
Eating cereal for dinner !!
What do I know, having been married for 12.5 years. But the things I yearn for:
-a king sized bed all to myself, no hairy legs beside me, no fat Sumo elbows in my face;
-time to do nothing whatsoever, leaving a trail of garbage behind me;
-every once in a while, I muse to myself, ‘god I’ve love to go on a date with someone I’m not related to by marriage’;
-the freedom to decide spontaneously to hop onto a plane (fully valiumed, I’m terrified of flying) to any damn place I want.
I think the easiest way to be married is in separate houses – like Jair and myself. 
we eat cereal for dinner. and whatever we want.
I am looking forward to having my ego stroked by dates who want something more. 
Behind every good woman lies a trail of men
With a really great man??
He doesn’t care if I get fat (i have been there)
As long as i’m healthy.
He doesn’t care if I have makeup on or not
He say’s “he doesn’t love me for my makeup”
When I gave birth to our second child, a boy, and he weighed 10 1/2 pounds, he told me that he never wanted me to go through that again, and HE went and got fixed. Didn’t even consider me doing it as he said I had already done enough! “what a guy”…
He plans his life around my love of horses.
Need I say more?
He’s my fan club for horse shows, my videographer,
my groom, my companion, my lover.
We’ve been married 18 years and have raised our children, and it’s better now than it ever was.
I can’t imagine being single. I would be so lonesome for my best friend.
I know this sounds really corny, but I swear it’s really like this for us!
My horse is the only man in my life who has NEVER lied, stolen, cheated nor broken my heart on me!!! He loves me no matter what, even if I do take him to trail ride at a show and he hates it!!!
Oh muley, make me puke!!!
Just kidding you are truly blessed. I too am married to my best friend. Unfortunately, he doesn’t dote on me like yours does.
But I could do alone, if I had too.
“The older I get, the better I used to be, but who the heck cares!”
I do that and feel incredibly guilty!!! But usually I have a REAL headache
Barb 
my ex-fiance is my best friend. We are actually parting on very good terms, aside from the fact that he is not well (ok, Tammy Wynette I have never been )
He is such a good friend, I’d rather have him around alive than stay with him and have him stroke out or have a heart attack.
Still, if your husband has a brother, I can give you my measurements and favorite things
Behind every good woman lies a trail of men
I couldnt be more thrilled
Hmmmm…I can go to bed after coming home from the barn without showering
No more “But why cant I come???”
6 hour trail rides with no-one to explain “I’m sorry I’m late” to…
Always,
FairWeather
If you ever reach total enlightenment while you’re drinking a beer, I bet it makes beer shoot out your nose. - Jack Handy
Actually, muley, I married at the extraordinarily young age of 23, statistically an age when the odds are stacked against you.
We remain married, we remain the best of friends, he is the absolute perfect partner for me - I tend to the dramatic, occasional hysteria (check out the mumps thread), I perceive issues and people as either black or white. He’s able to reason with me as few people can. I am a better person with him at my side - as he is with me.
What’s always been clear in my mind was, and is, that I didn’t marry to acquire a ‘husband’ and I had no aspirations to be a wife.
It’s also always been clear that I wasn’t ever going to compromise my expectations of honesty, integrity, kindness, intellectual, and other ( 
) stimulation; it also helps that he remains a wonderfully handsome man.
I am a firm believer that we should never settle for anything less than we deserve – especially in a spouse or partner.
I’d still like my own house, though.
In honor of the end (for now ) of my engagement and relationship of six years, starting off a list of the joys of being single:
No magical appearing dirty dishes…
No children or better still children’s mothers…
Coming home whenever you want…
Never having to fake a headache…
Never having to justify a horse or dog related expense…
Any suggestions??
Behind every good woman lies a trail of men
my little Monty dog fills that bill for me too. and they wonder why he is the first one I say hello to when I get home
Heidi - separate housing is DEFINITELY the way to go. There is a reason for the statement absence makes the heart grow fonder!
Behind every good woman lies a trail of men
No expectations. Period.
Certainly none of a clean house!!!
Love it.
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You go girl and enjoy the freedom.
Just remember, marriage is a fine institution…
if you want to live in an institution.
“The older I get, the better I used to be, but who the heck cares!”
Well I kind of have the best of both worlds now that you mention it heidi. I’m single half the time. My husband is out of town every other week. We technically have been married 12 years, but I call it 6. I also say that is WHY we have been married 12 years.
And heidi if I could be so bold as to reply to your list:
1)Go to a hotel by yourself get the king sized suite
2)Trash the hotel room
3)I I I, don’t think I would recommend acting on this one…maybe fantasizing…not acting
4)Just do it!!!
“The older I get, the better I used to be, but who the heck cares!”
who wants to run off to craft shows!
(I promise I’ll drop it tommorrow!)
knowing nobody is going to come looking for me as I’m lying on the ground not knowing if I can get up and watching my horse gallop off into the distance
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