For the vast Majority of my life I have been single, until recently I was...Ok with that fact. It's not because I wanted to be single, quite the opposite, I just have little to no game, and when I do have game, i tend to be friend zoned cause of the "Nice Guy Syndrome"

It wasnt until recently that I actually fell in honest to god love with someone, and now i cant even imagine my life without her. Corny as all hell, but when you find "The One"...you know, and its the best feeling in the world.

Personally I think that love is similar to a drug. The only reason people "love" is because it gives them a "good feeling" just like a drug. Love is also used as an escape from reality much like a drug and is even more addicting than one.

If you think about it, love is simply an instinct that was developed to help humans reproduce but is now no longer needed for survival and is thus useless.

Relationships however can be used to boost self confidence and just pass the time. Unlike most drugs love doesn't damage your health (unless you become obsessed with it) so it can be a very fun experience.

to answer your question, it depends on whether you have the time for a relationship as they tend to require a lot of action.

P.S. try not to let it consume you like the sap above me. It’s only a feeling like pain or sorrow and should be treated like one.

It's all up to you. Personally I think being single is better because I get to have more freedom and don't have to worry about pleasing someone else. But then after a while, lonliness does come into play. Then I'd start wondering about sharing moments with a special person and all that lovey jazz.

Being in a relationship takes a lot of responsibility, effort, and TIME. It's pretty stressful, but if you and a partner can take the time to learn about each other, set some rules, or work together then a good relationship will flourish.

Relationships can change some people for better or for worse, Its difficult to say which one is better. I suppose there are pro's and con's to both, having a partner in life is always nice yet having your own space without having to worry about anyone other than yourself can be less stressful and carefree.

agreed with the person above me.. i second that motion

As long as I'm in a healthy mature relationship, then I prefer a relationship. Right now I am in a relationship and we're pretty stable and happy. Haven't been this happy in a long time and we are similar in a lot of ways. Of course there are pros and cons to everything but I like to stay positive on this matter

If you love yourself. You'll be happier either way.

Although I have never been in a relationship I personally believe that being single is better then being in a relationship..I have so many friends who have boyfriends and girlfriends and all I see is the pain and sadness they go through which I don't ever want to experience...I do believe in love and want to fall in love just like ever other girl but I don't want to risk getting hurt..I also have so many things I want to do in life and I feel that if I am in a relationship I wont be able to accomplish those things..I believe that if true love really exist and if I was really meant to fall in love maybe just maybe someday I will stumble upon love and let love find me..

I think having hopes of "having love find you" is exactly the reason for your friends and loved ones for going through so much pain. You have to work at finding someone who is compatible with not only your personaly, but your dreams. But also be willing to mutually sacrifice for the benefit of your new/shared dream.

"Falling" in love, forgive me if I am wrong, seems to say you wouldn't mind being in a love-at-first-sight fairy tale sort of dream, but that's the exact kind of love that usually ends with more bad than good. Just take your time, and seriously try to avoid the trappings of "falling" in love.

Besides, if being single was so much better than being in a relationship, blow up dolls and vibrators would be held in higher regard than X-box and Kid friendly Television.

I like being single sometimes.
Lets me do what ever I want.
But then when you just wanna cuddle.
And you have no one.
It kinda sucks.

I think it depends on the person. I personally feel like my fiancee kinda completes me, and I him. But I know there are people out there who are completely happy being single.

this ^ & happy for the two of you (:

I don't mind being single or in a relationship as long I am happy.
But, I'm still young and been in 'relationships' but I find myself boring. *u*

I like being single. honeslty i still kind of think of myself of being young. I notice a lot people my age that start dating usually get married and im not ready for that. There things i gotta do first like traveling. Then there are times you wish you can share the experience with someone close to you.

"Opinions are like butt holes, everyone has one and they all stink"

That being said, here is my opinion.

I honestly believe that it depends on the person.

Unless a person can learn to love being alone they will never be able to make being with another person work.

The reason I have never been in a real couple type relationship is because I know for a fact that I would be unable to cope with
the amount of work it requires to be successful. My life is way too messed up to be considering the needs of another person.

I am in a real dilema because I HATE being alone, but I depise being around people even more.

When I was a lot younger, I used to have this one female friend who would support me unconditionally. She would hold my hand when i needed it, cuddle with me. Sometimes we would just hold on to each other and talk for hours on end. None of it was ever of a sexual nature and neither of us considered ourselves to be a couple. But it was the best 'relationship' I've ever had with a woman.

I miss that feeling terribly. and yes I get more lonely than I could ever possibly put into words, but to get back to my original point, I don't think I will ever be comfortable enough with myself to be able to truly support having a parnter.

The extent that you can be with yourself on your own fully and peacefully, is the extent that you can be with another person. A relationship can help you find your self if you can find the courage to face all that which is holding you back, like past traumas and a lifetime of conditioning. It takes more than just a good relationship to break through all that conditioning and trauma though. You attract to yourself what you are. The people that come to you will be the ones that you deserve, and they will come to you with a lesson to help you find yourself. Once the lessons learned, you can either move on to the next lesson together, or let it come from another source. Miracles don't happen unless your heart is open to that possibility, and it's very rare for someone to make a ton of progress in opening their heart quickly. You also can't do it alone. You can't solve your problems while your immersed in them. You've got to seek assistance from a place or person that is free from your problems. Ultimately though, you have to make the effort and allow the change you wish to experience to happen. No one can save you but you. The most common mistake in a relationship is that one becomes dependent on the other for happiness and help, when truly lasting happiness can only come within yourself through your own self effort to overcome your limitations.