I don't think it is. Maybe for a little bit, but I think after a while if you're single you start to get less happy. Cuz it's like human nature to want companshipship. But I'm young so maybe I don't know. So do you think it's possible to be 100% happy and single for a long period of time?
2007-10-15 08:58:22 · 21 answers · asked by Moxie! 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Interesting question! I'm inclined to say, yes it is possible - but if I'm being completely honest, I don't personally know anyone who is. On the other hand, I don't know that it's possible to be "TOTALLY happy..." even if you have someone. That sounds very jaded, but I'm really not trying to be. Just honest... I mean, I love my husband and I'm happy with him, but there are things that I don't like - sometimes for example, we bicker about ridiculous things and heaven knows he cannot load a dishwasher properly :O) but I still think I'd rather be married than single.
So if the question is actually - Do you think it's possible to be happier as a single person than as someone who has a significant other - I think the answer would be yes for some people.
2007-10-15 09:07:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I doubt you can find anyone that is 100% happy. I have been single for 16 years now and am happy most of the time and satisfied with my life all of the time. I have not felt the need to have my existence validated by a partner except possibly for a short time when I was very young. I enjoy my freedom and my own company. I have a few great friends and three wonderful grown children and a grandchild. My life is more satisfying and happy than most couples I have met. Until you are at peace with yourself and God, no partner can make you happy. Think about it; how silly is it to expect another person to make you happy for the rest of your life? Your happiness is 100% up to you; another person can not do it for you.
2007-10-15 09:17:11 · answer #2 · answered by Tamara S 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course it is. It might depend on the individual. I know some people who are perfectly happy single. I can't speak for long periods of singleness, but when I'm single I'm generally just as happy (if not happier in some situations) as when I'm in a relationship. I'm perfectly happy with myself, I don't need to be in a relationship to change that.
2007-10-15 09:01:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I do not think you can be absolutely happy 100% of the time being single or even when you are in a relationship. Part of life is about experiencing sadness.
2007-10-15 09:02:46 · answer #4 · answered by Brooklyn Avenue 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think it is. It depends on your definition of being single. You can be single and have great friends and family to give you conpanionship. You can be single and date many wonderful, and some not so wonderful, men (if your definition of being single means not married). Some people never want to get married or even live with a man. They are a pain in the butt, wouldn't you agree?
2007-10-15 09:03:19 · answer #5 · answered by MJ 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I've been single and happy for over a year now. Sometimes you have a bad day, and you think 'man, it would be awesome to have somebody,' but once you realize that you don't need anyone to be yourself and live your life, it isn't a big deal. It's actually easier to be happy when you're single sometimes, because you don't have to worry about anybody but you. :P
2007-10-15 09:02:15 · answer #6 · answered by gilgamesh 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
thats a good question. for a while i was happy being single.
but then again, for that while i had good friends that were around. a lot have gone to college, a couple are getting married, so i see my friends less and less.
and i think that loss of companionship there is increasing my desire to seek it elsewhere.
in all reality, i would do fine with just a kid. dont really care to go find a gf/wife.
then there are those who seek for companionship in animals. *shrug* i guess it depends on the person.
2007-10-15 09:03:00 · answer #7 · answered by Chippy v1.0.0.3b 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is. It has to do with a little something called "self-esteem". As it happens, I'm in a long-term relationship. But if I weren't, so what? I'm not the clingy, needful, co-dependent type who believes in all that nonsense about needing someone to "complete" me. I'm quite content with my own company. If one can't be happy while single, something's wrong.
2007-10-15 09:17:46 · answer #8 · answered by solarius 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For one person it may be, and for another it might not be. It depends totally on the person, in my opinion. For me, I wouldn't be able to be happy forever as single. But for someone that God has chosen to be single, if that person really pours him/herself into God, I think true happiness can be achieved. But a person like that is far and few between.
2007-10-15 09:03:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have never felt it takes another person to complete me and define my happiness, I am a complete and happy person on my own... Companionship doesn't mean being part of a couple companionship can mean friends and aquaintances..
If a person is not happy within their own skin a relationship is not going to make them a happy person...
I look at people as paintings the individual brush strokes are experiences that fit together to make the whole painting (the person).. When my husband and I met our individual paintings didn't meld together to make one complete our individual complete paintings complimented each other.. We are still complete individual paintings on our own ...
2007-10-15 09:12:27 · answer #10 · answered by Diane (PFLAG) 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋