Longest that you have been single for?

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  • yelliezx
    yelliezx Posts: 633 Member
    I've been single for just over a year but I'm certainly not settling for anybody who is not the perfect fit! :)
  • ccvolleygirl78
    ccvolleygirl78 Posts: 6
    As far as a relationship 3 years. It was a bad breakup and I just haven't been able to get back in to a relationship...not that I haven't tried but it was not mutual by one of us....And when gained the weight that definitely didn't help my confidence so pretty sure will stay single for a while. If I am not happy with my appearance right now how could I expect someone else to me?
  • UnwrappingCandy
    UnwrappingCandy Posts: 418 Member
    I have been single now for exactly 1 year and 11 months (700 days). It was 12 August 2011 when my ex-fiancée decided it was time for our relationship to end. My relationship with her was the only love relationship I've ever been in. So this is also the longest time I've been single. :indifferent: Meh. My future wife is still out there somewhere. We'll meet eventually. Maybe she carries a yellow umbrella. :smile:
  • IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym
    IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym Posts: 5,573 Member
    right now, 8 months and counting.
  • whitecapwendy
    whitecapwendy Posts: 287 Member
    54 years and enjoying every minute
  • WalkingMermaid_
    WalkingMermaid_ Posts: 205 Member
    Currently 8 years, no kidding! :bigsmile:
  • djshari
    djshari Posts: 513 Member
    I'm now at 8 years and counting...


    This is the drawback of being really introverted and just kind of disliking humanity in general. :laugh:
    Mine is closer to 2 but for the same reasons. I have not met enough people I like in my whole life to jump from relationship to relationship like some people do in a year. I would not want to be with anyone like that either though so...
  • AverageUkDude
    AverageUkDude Posts: 371 Member
    6 months, currently 5 but I actually want to be single for at least 12 months,find out who I am and peruse my own interests, avoiding dating is easier than some people make out
  • dark_angel1554
    dark_angel1554 Posts: 65 Member
    Almost 4 years now! I'm single and I've learned to love it :D
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,797 Member
    I was single, as in no sexual relationship, for three and a half years. Then I started dating again. Then I met my wonderful husband at the age of 53. The drought was worth it!
  • linsey0689
    linsey0689 Posts: 753 Member
    Like 2 and 1/2 years for me but I have been on some dates but it hasn't lead to anything serious. So I just wait and when the time is right or so people say/
  • Warchortle
    Warchortle Posts: 2,197 Member
    Maybe like 19 years or so... I was a late bloomer.
  • canadianvampyregurl
    canadianvampyregurl Posts: 231 Member
    I have been very happily divorced for 2 and a half years :drinker: , have dated a couple of guys in that period of time but they were NOT for me...since the last boyfriend, i have officially been single since August 2012...im not actively looking for a boyfriend but if someone nice comes along then you never know...i wish all of you out there happiness and love.

    :flowerforyou:
  • LaVonda47
    LaVonda47 Posts: 17
    10 months and counting! It's not bad being single. I've got Jesus and he is all I need in my life to sustain me! :heart:
  • MightyDomo
    MightyDomo Posts: 1,265 Member
    From Junior High to now (grade 7 -13 & beyond) I have only ever been single for just over a year and that was a recent record.

    Makes me look at myself and think I must be a relationship hopper but I dated only 3 people in the last 10 years so naw... it's not that.
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    Over 3 years and planning on continuing with the winning streak ;)
  • JustAboutDelicious_wechanged
    JustAboutDelicious_wechanged Posts: 2,486 Member
    Ummmm, from about 0 - 13 and then again for about 3 months in between Junior and Senior year of high school. Sad, I know. :laugh:
  • bulbadoof
    bulbadoof Posts: 1,058 Member
    2 years. It was so peaceful.
  • etoiles_argentees
    etoiles_argentees Posts: 2,827 Member
    4 years. Because my ex boyfriend still lives here most of the time, and I couldn't stand to hurt or harm in by dating while he's still here.
  • larsensue
    larsensue Posts: 461 Member
    8.5years! (still counting)
  • TangledUp_InBlue
    TangledUp_InBlue Posts: 397 Member
    35 years. My wife was my first girlfriend. It’s an Irish thing…
  • Babygi6003
    Babygi6003 Posts: 356 Member
    2.5 years for me
  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    I've been single since October 2011.
  • Derpina7
    Derpina7 Posts: 552 Member
    Currently 2 and a half years for me
  • kappyblu
    kappyblu Posts: 654 Member
    Happily divorced for almost 7 years. So, almost 7 years. But the last couple of years of the marriage felt like I was single.

    But in other words, I have been happily single and am quite sick of it. :wink:
  • billsica
    billsica Posts: 4,741 Member
    30 some years.
  • TammyK777
    TammyK777 Posts: 230 Member
    Since the day after my 20th birthday, so about 14 1/2 years. Only 1 cat, so we're still OK there! :smile:
  • csuhar
    csuhar Posts: 779 Member
    Almost 30 years for me (aka my whole life).

    When I was in school (Junior High through College), academics kept me busy. After graduating and entering the military, a combination of impending deployments, impending transfers, and covering multiple jobs at home for those who were currently deployed kept me moving enough I never really hd time to warm up to anyone. Along the way, I've had lots of friends who are, but was never around long enough for them to become girlfriends.
  • TheBaileyHunter
    TheBaileyHunter Posts: 641 Member
    I think the longest I've actually been single (since my divorce a decade ago) was about 3 yrs. I dated during that time, but no real relationship.

    I'm very outgoing and I enjoy being in a relationship, I just needed time to be right with me after a particularly bad coupling. Same with after my marriage though it wasn't really bad, just needed to adjust to being single. I usually take a year or more between relationships (since I don't do short term ones) to get right with me.

    I think taking time to heal properly after the end of a relationship (good bad or otherwise) is very important. For you and the person you choose to enter into a relationship with after that.
  • Elisabeth2016
    Elisabeth2016 Posts: 21
    I have been single for about a year. I probably wouldn't be but I was in a relationship that was perfect and I didn't like that. Does that make sense? I didn't want a perfect relationship, I wanted to feel something. Mostly I felt numb, so I ended it and I regret it, but my heart wasn't in it and it wasn't fair to him so here I am.

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