Would you prefer to live alone?

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I have lived alone for five years, and have been semi-living with my SO for over a year. Sometimes I waver between us continuing to have separate residences. Like the times when I wake up and he distracts me in my morning routine with conversation and things. That is when I miss my solitude. I like to get up and do things in a certain order. That is not possible when he is here. But its not that big of a deal!

I live with GF and 4 cats in a 400 sq. ft. apt.(! !!) (Oh, stop stimming .. it's not that bad! ) She's about the easiest person in the world to get along with, so there's really no friction. Would you believe that in 3 or 4 years of this, we've never had a fight, argument, disagreement over anything? (OK, this woman's a saint.) I do have a little cabin in the woods 40 miles away, however, where I can go when I need complete alone-time. After a weekend of that, though, I'm over it and can return peacefully to our little nest.

Already having too many horrid experiences with living with others I would without a doubt live alone. I have considered sharing a space with my aspie friend but I have my doubts that would turn out well. I can barely handle living with family though I at the same I do have my own severe anxieties about living alone. When I had an apartment during my last year of college I had severe anxieties about people breaking in that I put the recliner against my apartment door every night for the first week.

Definitely YES.

I would choose living with a friend (which I have to get first) to prevent myself from becoming a complete shut in.

I like living alone better. I have nobody to answer to.

Yes, I think I would. With neighbours checking in on me and some support though.

I've lived alone for several years now, and I'm starting to want roommates. It just gets lonely all by myself all the time.

Location of the apartment matters, though - I lived alone in my old apartment, and it was smack in the middle of the city and I could get everywhere easily. My current apartment is kind of isolated, which is probably why I'm looking for roommates now.

I voted actively looking, because that's what I'm doing right now.

i have had a number of house-mates over the years, all were friends in the beginning, none were by the end.
I should point out that this was all long prior to being diagnosed as an Aspie, but I could never deal with my room-mate having guests over, like I could deal with just them, but when there are 6 people on the other side of the wall from you, its like your fortress of sanctity has been invaded. One morning I awoke to several people I didn't know crashed out all over my home, solution turned stereo to full vol, put in Ministry cd (really hardcore industrial) hit play and walked out the door.

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I have lived with significant others, with family, with friends, in the end I need a space that is completely my own, I don't have to be subject to the randomness of other peoples worlds and they don't have to put up with my eccentric $#it either.

I never want to live alone. I would get lonely.

I don't think I could ever live with someone else.

I live with my girlfriend in our modest little home. I do sometimes think I would be happiest to live alone, but I am very content living with her. We have a simple and happy life and I couldn't ask for more

Living with other people can be horrible for many reasons, but living alone can be much worse. I just finished living alone for a year, and there were long stretches of time where I wouldn't see another person.

If you do choose to live alone, make sure you don't have yellow wallpaper

I've been on my own over 2 years now. I quite enjoy it. Except for the few times I don't, but that reason belongs in the adult forum.