h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Negative side of being single:

No one to give you a back rub when you've got cramps. Ouch!

A hot water bottle should do

But another person with you in bed is a so much better hot water bottle

Yes, now and then, but every day ?

I've got one of those bean bag things that you stick in the microwave, but I could do with two of them.

Then go and buy a second one Really,right now I wish I was single

Aww I hope you feel happier soon

Yes, next weekend

I generally find I only get cramp when I've got someone in bed.

As nice as it is to snuggle upn fall asleepin awarm safe tangle of limbs its also nice to get the whole bed to yourself sometimes..

Certainly is

Hello

This afternoon, I found a new plus to being single and it's this:

Going through the accommodation listings in a newspaper and, whenever you come to the words 'No Couples', even though it's well out of your price range anyway, you get to go: 'Pah! That'll teach you!'

It's not much of a plus

'no couples' ? You mean like in 'not married' ? Isn't that a bit ultra conservative ?

I've never heard of that before I had to lie one time when renting a flat here over the summer hols and first bit of my thrd year at Uni, 'no students' but 'no couples'

does sound a little odd

I could understand "professional couple only" but not "no couples". What happens then if a man and woman move in as housemates, then realise after a few months that they should have been getting it on all this time?

It was double bedrooms in shared houses, basically - looking to rent to one rather than two people.

Having been there and done that (shared houses with couples), I do sort of see the point: you get two people using up two peoples' worth of amenities, fridge-space and all the rest, paying 50% of the rent that everyone else is. Friction.

That sounds fair enough..

Yeah, I've been on the receiving end of that. 'Tension' doesn't come close!

I should add there were also any number that welcomed couples and at least a few that had different rates for couples and singles.

Guess I was just a bit grouchy this afternoon ...