When you live alone the grocery shopping is simpler.
When you live alone you leave the dirty dishes anywhere you please as long as you like.
When you live alone you decide if the windows should be open or closed.
When you live alone, a knock on the door startles.
When you live alone the books and newspapers lie open where you left off reading them.
When you live alone the telephone is always for you, though it doesn’t ring as often.
When you live alone you leave the bathroom door open.
When you live alone you talk to your dog or cat or imaginary friend.
When you live alone you may reset the thermostat as many times a day as you like.
When you live alone the house stays cleaner, the food goes further, and the days are longer.
When you live alone there is no one looking over your shoulder, though it sometimes feels like there is.
When you live alone you have only yourself to blame.
When you live alone, no one complains when you take the biggest piece of pie.
When you live alone you choose your own distractions.
When you live alone, you keep the phone by your bed for emergency 911 calls.
When you live alone you lock more doors.
When you live alone the house noises get louder.
When you live alone you have to make a play date in order to get some human contact.
When you live alone you remember the episode of Six Feet Under in which a woman who lived alone choked on her lunch and died in her kitchen, alone.
When you live alone, all the evidence points to you.
