1. Because you can lock yourself in your room, blast Fiona Apple, scream to your heart's content and fully appreciate the angry, angsty lyrics. 2. No carpooling Boyfriend around 'cause you have wheels and he doesn't. 3. You don't have to inflict your parents on anyone else. 4. You can flirt with the guy next door, your homeroom buddy and the manager at the surf shop without ever feeling like you have to (ugh!) explain yourself. 5. You won't be known as so-and-so's girlfriend. 6. Computer solitaire. 7. You get to spend Wednesday nights with Bailey and Charlie. 8. You'll catch fewer colds. 9. If you want to wear a bindi, you needn't worry about your guy asking, "Is that a zit?" 10. You get to eat raw onions on your hamburger. 11. You can go on a tirade about the lameness of student-council meetings without being accused of PMS- ing. 12. Because the pursuit is the funnest part, anyway. 13. Your journal will be filled with far more exciting fare than the status of the relationship. 14. Shopping with your buds or on your own is way better than shopping with a boy. 15. School, homework, SATs, football games, Ani DiFranco concerts, flea markets . . . who has time for a guy? 16. You'll never again worry about sending poor-loser boy into a funk after you've beaten him at Super Mario Brothers for the millionth time. 17. More space in your locker. 18. You get to play the field, and your coupled-up friends don't. 19. Sweaty palms? Big deal! 20. You don't have to explain why you haven't read a single issue from the Hot Rod magazine subscription he gave you for Christmas. 21. There's more time to hit the gym. 22. You never need to worry that your platforms make you too tall. 23. You can go from hippie chick to body-pierced punk girl without worrying about what he thinks. 24. You never suffer from stubble burn. 25. When you have a long-term boy, you just don't have the same kind of high-intensity crushes -- on him or on other guys. 26. Spring break was made for single girls. 27. Couples are boring to the rest of the world: Weren't Ross and Rachel totally dullsville as a twosome? 28. Romantic bliss is bad for your inner artist: How many great poems/song lyrics are about happy couples? 29. You don't have to have "the talk" about where the relationship is going. 30. Friday movie night with your best friend. 31. No need to explain why chocolate-chocolate-chip ice cream with hot fudge, chocolate sprinkles and whipped cream—topped by a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup -- is a really great dinner. 32. It's way cool to be able to change a tire on your own. 33. You can watch an entire Tom Cruise movie without your guy yelling, "Show me the money!" 34. That eight-week summer trek through Italy, France and Spain will be a lot more fun if you're not constantly looking for a post office to mail your miss-you letters. 35. Jealousy, an all too typical by-product of couplehood, is such a waste of energy. 36. You don't have to shave your legs if you don't want to. 37. If you're really honest, an afternoon at the skateboard park just isn't all that fun. 38. Spending time unattached and liking it gives you the power to have high standards when it comes to guys. 39. Because studies have found that gum disease can be contagious! 40. You don't have to worry about him not getting into the same college as you. 41. You're more willing to try new things (skydiving, guitar) when you're single. 42. Because girlfriends don't complain if you take forever getting ready to go out. 43. Is anything more torturous than spending an evening with loverboy, his bickering parents and his weird sister? 44. It's one less thing for Mom and Dad to nag you about. 45. You can have a hip haircut. (Guys seem to like long, plain hair.) 46. You don't have to wait for -- or worry that you missed -- his call. 47. Saturday night, you and a copy of She's Come Undone is a mighty pleasurable trio. 48. It's much easier to get into the hippest club without an XY-chromosomed person in tow. 49. You have nothing to lose! 50. When you kiss another guy, it isn't called cheating. 51. Guys always want to drink from your Snapple -- and they backwash more than girls do. 52. You don't have to train him for someone else later in life. 53. Sayonara to long, awkward silences. 54. You get to control the remote. 55. You will feel like an independent stud-muffin. 56. Because your friends get sick of hearing about him all the time. 57. That cute boy at Starbucks will stop giving you free mochas if he sees you have a guy. 58. Sometimes, boys have smelly feet. 59. You don't have to obsess about whether his friends like you. 60. You don't have to obsess about whether your friends like him. 61. No one will torture your cat. 62. You will have lots of time for the guy counselors at camp this summer. 63. When you're attached, you always wonder what you're missing. 64. As you listen sympathetically to your best friend's latest coupledom disaster, you can be happy in the knowledge that you don't have to deal with that junk. 65. Madonna, Janeane Garofalo, Courteney Cox -- all superpowered single gals. 66. The money you would've dished out for some spendy Valentine's present for him can go toward those suede boots you've been eyeing. 67. If you belch in front of your pals, no big deal; if you belch in front of a guy, it's majorly mortifying. 68. Because you won't have to dump someone -- or get dumped. 69. No ex-girlfriends. 70. Life is stressful enough without some guy pressuring you to go further than you want to. 71. Because, let's face it, unrequited love can be sooo delicious. 72. Instead of going to see his band, you can start your own. 73. You'll have more bonding time with your little sis (or mom or friend), who really needs you. 74. One set of problems to deal with (i.e., your own) is plenty. 75. There's nothing more mysterious and alluring than a single woman who's into being that way.
