Why Date?”

Being single can be a lonely experience, you may miss out on the closeness of being snuggled up in bed next to a loved one, or just miss the attention from a member of the opposite sex. However, being single and not dating does have it’s good points. Most people concentrate on the bad so they just don’t realize them.

Being single allows you to be your own person. Sometimes, dating someone “morphs” you into a different person and you start adapting your music, movie, dress sense to suit theirs. When you’re alone, you don’t have to put up with listening to music you don’t like to listen to, or having the same old argument whenever you go to the movies or video store. You can do your own thing, watch what you want, listen to what you want and generally be who you want to be.

Admittedly, being lonely isn’t always a good thing, but time to yourself helps you to think. It gives you time to think about the sort of partner you want and the sort of person you would like to be. If you’re really that lonely, get a cat or a dog! You can go out and walk the dog, ease loneliness and get fit at the same time!

Being single is good, because you have no-one to answer to and no-one to impress, if you want to go without shaving for a couple of days, then it’s fine, no one will see it so no one can care. If you want to lounge about in your pajamas all day, you can. There is no pressure to impress when you aren’t dating, and we all know the dating game is a hard one!

Valentines day can be lonely by yourself, as can Christmas and birthdays. However, when you are single, you tend to appreciate your friends more. You could send all your single friends cards on Valentines day and get them to do the same!

Imagine the great nights out you could have with your friends, and not have to choose between them and a partner? Although, I must warn you, smug, attached friends are possibly not the best people to hang around with when you are single and miserable!

At the end of the day, you can join that dating game at any time. Don’t feel pressured into dating just because all of your friends are, and your biological clock is ticking away! There is someone out there for everyone, and one day you will find them. You should never settle for second best, you are worth more than that!

So, take your time, date when you want to date, and enjoy being single and having fun while you still can. If your date is decent enough, he or she will be prepared to wait.

If not, they are simply not the right person for you. Therefore, you should take time out to be who you want to be, and do the things you’ve always wanted to do, and just have fun! Otherwise, you may just regret it!