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And then there are times when you feel like this and honestly believe you're the Last Nice Girl On The Planet.

Singledom

So I’ve officially been single for a while now, and I must say it took some getting used to initially. Now I believe I’ve gratefully sunk into this lovely label, and I must admit, I kinda missed being single when I was a girlfriend (its such a layered, laden role, being a girlfriend). And oddly enough being single this time around has a quite a new twist to it :-

20 things about being single.

1. Friends, but more surprisingly acquaintances keep commenting on how relaxed and cheerful you look these days.

2. You go to your hairdresser’s and go “Just chop the damn thing off”.

3. Buddies can’t wait to come over and crash after a night out.

4. Oprah turns you off.

5. You’re asked to work your ass off since your colleagues know you’re only going to be spending more on yourself and are unbearably jealous.

6. You catch the eye of someone, someplace, and when they look on, you don’t look away.

7. You can afford to be the bigger person when your ex gets an attack of pettiness and returns all your gifts.

8. You listen to your friends’ relationship troubles, and you can’t genuinely sympathise cuz its still nothing compared to your experience. And suddenly you know you've grown up.

9. You don’t worry about cleaning out the place for a while, then wake up one weekend, have a heart attack looking around and have a full on clean-fest.

10. You watch SATC and go “I SO know!”

11. You have enough headspace to concentrate on your legal file.

12. You can pack up guilt in a bundle and throw it wholesale out the window.

13. You look up suddenly at work and see a veritable queue of guys waiting for your attention and go “oooh, playground!”

14. The phone not ringing doesn’t bother you in the least.

15. You’re happily ensconced on a quiet day in bed with a great book, and all your mind does is wander and wonder. Trip? Book? Real Estate?

16. Random strangers (pizza delivery guy, fellow theatre-goer ) start flirting out of the blue. It must be the sign on my forehead saying "hit on me, I'm available".

17. You love dining out with the sole purpose of people-watching.

18. You kick yourself when your regular patron at work drops broad hints that you register, but you just don’t flirt back, and he gives up and leaves.

19. Your work projects get completed much faster than anticipated.

20. You suffer fools less.

Ah yes, it's good being single.