Feck me, I think once you get to a certain age it's easy to live alone......you have sowed your oats, humped anything with a skirt and are not bothered anymore......you then move into the selfish phase of your life where you want to please yourself and are thinking to the future and how long you have on this earth.........no compromises just do what you want to do and have been stopped doing in the part !.........I'm guessing (and I'm not there yet) ....that you then in later life yearn for companionship again........me I could live on my own all day long.
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