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75 Reasons Why Life Without A Guy Rocks

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. 

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