The Advantages of Being Single

Being single is one of god's greatest gifts to humankind which ironically happens to be something that a lot of people(almost everyone) want to get rid of.

For all those people who are planning to jump the bandwagon, here is a list of positive reasons to why one need not be engaged in order to lead a blissful life.

1. (a)You turn on the radio and notice that a romantic song is being played. If your love life happened to be blossoming, then you'd stop all your work, sit down and tried to feel that song so that you'll get a divine feeling. You'll try to relate that song's lyrics with your love story and while listening may blush, get lost in another world, smile as if you'd never smiled so much, etc..

(b)If you had troubles in your relationship, then you'll listen to all sorts of sad songs by the likes of Atif Aslam and Himesh Reshammiya and will feel eased by relating yourself with their sad verses.

If you were of the type (a), you won't like the songs that (b) liked and vice-versa. But if you were single, it wouldn't matter much to you what kind of song were you listening to, you'll enjoy a sad song having catchy rhythm as well as a banal romantic song.

2. Just count the amount of money that you'll save. You won't have to go to a multi-cuisine resturant everyday, buy flowers that will lose fragrance in a few days, spend money on things like jewellery and video games that you may consider useless, etc.. All your money will be with you only, and you can do whatever you want to do with it.

3. Your relation with your parents will be affected in a positive way(unless you are a couch potato who spends his entire time at home doing things considered useless by everyone but you) as you'll spend more time with them. We have seen how relations take a drastic turn after someone's daughter runs away from home or someone starts paying more attention to his wife than mother. These things won't happen if you were single.

4. A tension-free life will become a part of your persona. It's a universal fact that married people have more tensions than singles, so this point doesn't warrent any further explanation.

5. As you won't have to devote special time to your someone special, you'll utilize that time in doing productive things. Hence your performance will be affected in a positive way and you'll make a lot of progress, personally as well as professionally.

6. Most important of them all, Freedom. You can do anything you want, there is no restriction from whomsoever. You do not have to change yourself in order to please someone, you can take the decisions you like, etc..

There are so many good things in life, and bachelorhood itself is a boon. So why not make the full use of it?


Please note that I haven't criticised those who are committed or married. Once I myself get involved in a relationship I may write another post entitled "The Disadvantages of Being Single"....