Single ladies who live alone, how do you do it?

For one thing, I don’t wear dresses that zip up the back.

I sit quietly and remember what it was like to live with someone that I couldn’t get along with at all. I remember the drama, the pain, the heartache. And then, I look around and think, “Ah, this is my space…just mine .”

And I think of how I had to put up with pictures on the walls that were tacky , or sharing a bathroom, or dirty socks on the floor or listening to one more mind-numbing (UK) football game or sports program. (I like US football.) I sigh and smile and pour myself a cup of tea and enjoy the quiet.

Zippers? I just grab a pliable metal coat hanger and hook it to the little hole in the zipper..and presto! Zipped up!

Good investments for the single woman (or wannabe woman):

link

or this one:
link

link

And to keep you inspired….this lovely little book published in 1936 (and recently re-issued):
link

Hope this helps.

@DarlingRhadamanthus Whoa, nice.
@Ellis1919 Don’t you love DarlingRhadamanthus?

I do a lot of stretching exercises that allow me to reach further down my back, or suck it all in and slip the already zipped garment over my head.

2) Buy a lot of batteries for an oddly few number of flashlights

<———Zuppy zips me up.

And, @DarlingRhadamanthus, you are fabulous!

I don’t live alone anymore (and I’m glad), but the dress thing does have a knack. First, with your hand under (you know, under the shoulder – not above), you push the zip as high as you can get it. Then with your arm above the shoulder and behind you grasp the zip (hopefully) and pull it up. It works for me.

What, I don’t need people to dress me up. XD

I don’t live alone now, but when I did, I managed quite fine.

One or two inches on the zipper is no big deal. I would just wait until I got to work and have a co-worker zip me up the rest of the way. If this wasn’t a possibility, I wouldn’t wear something I couldn’t fasten.
I also kill spiders by myself, bring in the wood for the fireplace, and do most small repairs by myself.
I don’t need help.

I can actually zip stuff up the back without any help. Aside from that, I absolutely love living alone. I hate having roommates and I’m kinda worried about how I am going to adjust when my boyfriend and I finally start living together.

Years ago somebody invented a zipper pull, a cord that goes over your shoulder so you can zip the rest of the way. Ah, I see that @DarlingRhadamanthus has helped you out with that one.

I used to say that if it weren’t for dress zippers and pickle jars, we wouldn’t need men at all. After I got married, however, I stopped saying it quite so often out loud.

When my husband-to-be and I moved in together, I did tell him that living with him was almost as good as living alone. He understood it for the compliment it was.

Security system :D

As for the zipper.. never really had that problem.

I remember zipping up as far as I could reach and then asking the next person I met, whom I trusted, to zip it the rest of the way, please. No big deal. Perfectly modest.
I also enjoyed cooking for myself. Buying food, I’d get the smallest package I could and then I’d divide it and cook it two or three different ways.

Before you put the dress on, or while the zipper is all the way down (whichever one works better for you), get a wire hanger, slide it through the little hole in the zipper pull, and pull on the hanger. And, you start looking at dresses that you can’t put on yourself as something you shouldn’t spend money on.

Do none of you ever feel insecure living alone? I don’t mean scared of burglars and such, I mean psychologically insecure/uneasy?

@ZEPHYRA How would living with someone fix being psychologically insecure?

Pets take care of the “alone in the house” feeling. As long as there’s another living creature nearby (and none of them ever go far from me) I don’t have any feelings of insecurity.

@ZEPHYRA : I much prefer it. I never get lonely when I’m alone, but I’ve been lonely when living with someone. That’s unbearable.

@ZEPHYRA: I quite love living by myself. There are a number of the usual perks such as sitting around the apartment naked, watching TV at 4 am, having the apartment exactly how I want it, being able to shower whenever I like, etc. However, I would say the best thing about living alone is that when I open my fridge and my cupboards, I only see food that I want to eat. I know it sounds silly, but after three years of having all sorts of issues with fridge and pantry space with my roommates, seeing only food that i want to eat is heavenly.

@KatawaGrey See, for me the best part of living alone is that I only see my mess, and am never nagged about not cleaning it up.

I live alone and I enjoy it. I am really glad that I had the opportunity to live independently before my boyfriend and I decide to stop this long distance malarchy once and for all and live together! I feel a lot stronger in myself since living alone and I haven’treally run into much difficulty in my day to day life because of it.

@ZEPHYRA I can eat right out of the ice cream carton and not have someone yell about it.

@Blackberry and @JilltheTooth…. aww, thanks!