50 bonuses to being single (or never having a boyfriend, for that matter)

The title speaks for it self (believe me, I'm not anti-relationships, I'm just trying to make myself feel better ;-D (nor am I really this desperate, I swear))

1. Virgin Lips ;-* --Nobody's touched these babies
2. Low Temptation--This one's self-explanatory
   
3. More free time--I can sit here and blog for hours without anyone calling and bugging me
4. Low pressure to look good all the time...okay, maybe not
5. I'm not wasting anyone else's time--What's the point in being serious if it'll all come to naught anyway?
6. I'm not wasting someone else's money--at this point I could be anyone else's future wife...that didn't come out right...
7. I'm not wasting my money
8. I don't have to be bummed that I have class until 6:30 on Wednesdays, not to mention a presentation due this week
   
9. I don't have to be bummed that I have a midterm to study for
   
10. I don't have to buy anyone else a valentine's day present
11. I am free to look at almost anyone...after I check their left hands...you never know at BYU...
12. I can be cute and flirty with one guy, then go talk to another and not feel guilty
    
13. I can go gaga over boys in movies and not feel a bit of shame...though making "love-eyes" at Daniel Radcliffe on my first date was probably *not* a good idea
14. Ditto with books and singers
15. I can be completely and utterly naive in my own right
16. I can make back up with Steve, my invisible boyfriend from High School, whenever I want and *sigh* man, can he kiss
17. I can write blogs about the benefits of not having a boyfriend
18. I can commiserate with other girls who don't have boyfriends
19. No one back home can go "Ooooh, Calise, are you engaged yet?"...actually they can, it's just more depressing (jk)
    
20. I can still rock out to Nick Carter and Jesse McCartney without feeling too stupid...*cough* did I say that out loud? (Technically I didn't, I wrote it so there!)
    
21. I can effectively write what it feels like to want somebody to hold
22. I still have an un-jaded view of the world, romance and boys still have a dreamy glow about them--most boys, anyway
23. I've never had to break up with anyone
24. I've never been dumped
25. I've never had my heart broken when a missionary left
26. I never had to go to prom and waste my money (although, if you have read my blog before you know I went to homecoming stag ='P)
27. I only have a few songs I can't listen to anymore (just because you've never had a boyfriend doesn't mean you don't have memories associated with the male species)
28. I have very little emotional baggage
29. I can be un-showered right now
30. I've never fallen off a tandem bicycle
31. I don't dread the end of hall visiting hours
32. I don't have anyone to fight with
33. I'm not forced to watch football (though maybe with a boyfriend it would be half bad)
34. Or play ultimate frisbee
35. I don't have anyone else's DNA in my mouth
36. I don't have to worry about having sweaty hands...not that my hands sweat that much on a regular basis, but at least I don't have to worry if they do
37. I can still imagine the way it will be, when there is someone
38. I can wear the same jeans for a week straight and no one notices
39. I don't have to worry about "Where the relationship is going"
40. I don't have to be jealous of other girls looking at my buy
41. "Everything's chill," as my suitemate says
42. My schedule and life revolves around no one
43. I can give every guy (well almost) at least one chance
44. There's no fear of getting married...that's for sure
45. I don't have to save a seat for anyone
46. I can meet new people all the time
47. I don't have to share my food
48. I can go to a sci-fi and fantasy convention (geek fest) this weekend and no one cares where I am all day or can make fun of me for it...except my blog readers and facebook friends...which is pretty much everyone
49. I can lipsync and dance around my room on Valentine's night
50. I'll be able to pass my astronomy test tomorrow...is that worth it? No!
    

A depressing thing to note is that this list was going to be "101 bonuses to being single (or never having a boyfriend, for that matter)" but at 31 I drew a blank and had to push myself to even get to 50. So much for the ups on being single...
But I'm going to be optimistic! I dare to defy the gloomy view of Single Awareness Day (SAD). You know, I'm glad to be a girl today! So now it'll be Gender Lovers Awareness Day (GLAD) for those who are just happy that there are males and females in this world and that they move in very different ways. Although "gender lovers" could have a bad connotation, so let's not call it that. What about Interesting Nerds, Single and Never Engaged (INSANE)? Maybe not. Well, anyway I had a good day today. I got a very cute boy's phone number and was someone else's valentine for five very long seconds (it was more like ten minutes, but maybe his watch was wrong) and he put a heart sticker on my hand. Not too shabby for my first Valentine's day at BYU. Life is good and I'm glad to be single...for at least another week.