1. I have much more time to spend with God, doing His work and His calling on my life.
2. I can concentrate on school work much better.
3. It means that I haven't married the wrong person (namely my ex-fiance, Les).
4. I can come home late and not be met with "where have you been" or other complaints.
5. I can relocate, if need be, once I graduate from college without having to worry about finding him a job.
6. If I feel like not going out on Saturday night, I don't have to worry about explaining myself.
7. I don't have to make my schedule around someone else's.
8. I don't have to worry about submitting to anyone but God and my pastor. (That means I don't have to lick anyone's shoes on command! woohoo!!!)
9. I can cook what I like without worrying about whether the other person will like it.
10. I don't have to put up with a constant barage of insults from my "significant other."
11. If I want to eat a bowl of popcorn, I don't have to hear about how fat and lazy I am because I am eating it.
12. I don't have to shell out any money for Valentine's Day.
13. If I want to cut or dye my hair, I don't have to hear about how I shouldn't.
14. I don't have to be financially dependent on anyone - I can take care of myself (courtesy of God!! :) )
15. A bad marriage just won't happen if you never get married.
16. I don't have to endure physical and/or emotional abuse from my boyfriend or husband (yay!!!)
17. I don't have to worry about getting a divorce.
18. I can answer why I'm not married yet with strange yet funny answers.
19. I can do things that may not interest others (like learn sign language or watch a History Channel marathon)
20. I can go out on the town with friends and not be made to feel guilty about it.
21. I have more money to spend on me.
22. I don't have to consult another person and then decide on what I want to do.
23. I can sit in the bathtub and read for two hours without worrying about being disturbed by someone else.
24. I get the entire bed to myself so I can sprawl out like I want.
25. I can paint my bedroom pink and have a flowered bedspread if I want to, without being accused of trying to feminize the man.
26. If I buy some food, I can leave it for a couple of days and know that it won't be eaten.
27. I don't have to worry about wrestling away the remote from someone else.
28. I can sleep as late as I want on Saturdays.
29. I don't have to worry if I wake up looking hideous, no one is there to see me.
30. I can be independent without being made to feel guilty or being told that I'm not being as submissive as I should.
31. I can borrow other people's kids for a day and give them back when I am totally exhausted!
32. I can hand out random pieces of relationship advice to my dating friends without having to follow it myself.
33. The only way the devil can get into my house is if I invite him in.
34. I don't have to bear the heavy responsibilities of making a relationship work.
35. I can take on high-risk activities (like rock climbing or something like that) without having to worry about it affecting the hubby or kids if something should happen to me.
36. If I want to stay up until 2am, there isn't anyone complaining that I should come to bed.
37. I don't have to worry about pleasing the unpleaseable mother-in-law.
38. I can be myself without worrying about who my significant other is comparing me to, wishing I was like, etc.
39. I don't have to worry about going out on Monday morning to find that I have no gas in the tank because someone borrowed the car without permission (I fill up on Thursdays!)
40. I can watch a chick-flick and eat a carton of ice cream without feeling guilty.
41. I don't have to worry about my significant other cheating on me.
42. I don't have to keep the house clean if I don't want to.
43. I don't have to worry about my music being too loud.
44. I can date as many guys as I want without having to make a commitment to any of them!
45. I can dodge my mom's many attempts at setting me up.
46. I can have as many male friends as I want without being accused of cheating.
47. There's no one to lecture me about my eating habits and how I should look a certain way.
48. I get to be called a spinster, old maid, and other nifty names like that.
49. I don't have to make the bed when I get up (I'm just going to mess it up again that night! Why bother?)
50. I have more time to devote towards my sewing.
51. I can go to whichever fastfood place I want to when I want to.
52. I am the only one who can make myself late.
53. I'm free to be me without fear of reprisal or rejection. If you don't like me, who cares? I don't.
54. I can burp and fart as much as I want.
55. Dating won't become predictable and monotonous.
56. When vacation time comes, I can go where I want to go every time.
57. I'm proof that a woman can survive and actually be happy without a man.
58. When I travel, I don't have to worry about buying calling cards and making expensive collect calls to give my significant other all of the details of the trip and to assure him that I'm thinking about him.
59. I don't have to worry about appeasing or puffing up the fragile male ego.
60. Compromise is a little-used word in my dictionary.
61. I get to learn stuff (like changing a tire) that I otherwise would just let a man do.
62. I have more closet space!
63. There's no one to complain that I have too many clothes, shoes, etc.
64. I don't have to listen to someone come home and complain about their bad day at work.
65. I can go out to lunch with a male friend and not worry about what my significant other would think.
66. I can go to the movie theater alone (which means that I can pick the movie to see AND I get all the popcorn to myself!!!)
67. I don't get stuck paying for two meals when out on a date because someone forgot their wallet (yeah, right).
68. If I want to take a nap in the afternoon, I can sleep on the couch without worrying about someone coming in and waking me up.
69. If I gain some weight (which I am NOT, because I am on a diet that is actually working..yay!), I don't have to worry that I won't be found attractive anymore by my significant other (thereby exacerbating my dormant bulimia).
70. I can go around and rain on someone's parade when they say "Men, can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em," by pointing to the obvious fact that life is so much better without a man around to bring you down.
71. I don't have to wait on anyone else when I am ready to leave church, a meeting, a party, etc. When I want to go, I go. And if I want to stay late, then I can without making anyone wait for me.
72. I can sing as loudly and off-key as I want, and no one will complain.
73. I have fewer family meetings, birthday parties, anniversaries, etc to attend.
74. It's one less Christmas present I have to buy (or make).
75. And it's also one less birthday I have to remember (I'm bad about remembering them!)
76. When I wear something, it means that I like it (I used to have to wear ugly things that I didn't like so I wouldn't hurt the man's feelings because he bought me something HORRID!!!).
77. I don't have to be over-involved in church activities to please someone (I used to be in a Wednesday night Bible study, Thursday night choir practice, and going to church two times on Sunday. Talk about burnout!)
78. I can actually stick to my diet without fear of being criticized about my weight and how lazy I am (which doesn't make me want to stick to my diet!).
79. I don't have to mend holes in shirts, pants, or socks, unless they are mine (and I usually just say pitch 'em if they have holes in them!).
80. The only debt that I have is mine...I don't have to take on anyone else's debts as my own.
81. I know that the bills are getting paid on time because I am the one paying them!
82. No lonely nights spent waiting for him to come home, wondering who he was out with THIS time (and praying that I didn't know who she was).
83. If someone physically abuses me, I don't have to take it - I can report it to the police.
84. Since I'm not married, the only person who sees my physical flaws (scars, stretch marks, birth marks, cellulite, etc) is me...once in a while my doctor does.
85. I'll never be a widow, nor leave anyone a widower.
86. What's mine is mine, no forced sharing.
87. I don't have to worry about having kids that look like my ex (poor things...).
88. The only pets that I will have in the house are the ones that I want in the house.
89. I can listen to secular music if I want without being told how sinful I am.
90. I can visit other churches without being told how sinful I am for not going to every service at a certain church.
91. I don't have to be an unpaid secretary for my ex anymore...I can do what I want in my free time without being made to feel guilty that I am not working for him (free of charge, of course).
92. The only bad breath I have to smell is my own.
93. No one is allowed to take their anger out on me just because I am a nearby target.
94. I don't have to worry about my significant other being married to work and ignoring me.
95. I don't have to worry about my significant other locking himself away in the bathroom to "pray up" and being "carnal" until he was prayed up (my ex used to do this all the time!!!).
96. I don't have to worry about him upsetting me so much that I can't concentrate on God, school, or work.
97. I don't have to listen to constant explanations of boring things, like geological terms.
98. I can watch Disney movies without being told that I am carnal for watching them because they support non-Christian enterprises (I love Winnie the Pooh, so sue me!).
99. I don't have to worry about getting into a lot of petty fights because the "other half" is argumentitive.
100. I don't have to worry about my significant other quoting Scripture at me, yet he refuses to apply it to his own life.
101. The only person who can embarrass me is myself.
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