Apart from the fact that it's a crash course in the joys and responsibilities of adulthood, there are two other things:
1. You get to spend some time with your true, uncensored self. There's no one else around to impress or accomodate.
2. You can keep almost any aspect of your life secret from almost everyone.
It really teaches you a lot about yourself and your priorities to have complete freedom in your private actions, and complete control over who finds out about them.
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I have always been so grateful that I was able to live alone, in between roommates and life partner. In NYC, that's not usually financially feasible. I had very little money, but I had a special deal, and lived alone for 1.5 years.
Of course I still enjoy living alone for snippets of time when one of us is away without the other.
Anyway, I agree with you. You learn a lot.
Living alone is great. It is one of lifes simple pleasures. There is one subject where living alone excels: dating. There is nothing like being able to bring home someone at any time, leave to 'get some' at any time, or just go out on the prowl.
There are disadvantages too, but if you can afford it, it's worth it in terms of quality of life.
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