The holidays can be a time that make you blatantly aware of just how single you are. There are Christmas proposals, endless emails from Etsy claiming to have “the perfect gift for him” and your annoying friends, Maria and Todd, keep posting Instagram pictures of kissing each other in a tangle of Christmas lights. Pinterest, I don’t need to see any more couple Christmas card ideas and let me tell you why: being single during the holidays is much more preferable to being in a relationship.
You don’t have his cold.
If you aren’t locking lips with anyone then your chances of getting sick are much lower. Nothing is more irritating than a romantic moment leaving you with a sore throat and watery eyes for two weeks. Not to mention kissing someone with a runny nose is probably the most disgusting thing that has ever happened to me. (Probably not, but it was gross.) If you’re in a relationship the sickness is an endless cycle of swapping germs and colds. Talk about unromantic.
Meeting parents is actually the worst.
When things are going great with someone meeting his parents is nerve wracking. What if they don’t like you, or worse, what if you don’t like them? What if his mom insults your haircut or mentions his ex-girlfriend five times at dinner? And having him meet your father is an awkward experience where you stand at his side nervously while you finally noticed his socks don’t match and worry your father will crush his hand when they shake. He needs that hand, that hand is your favorite.
One less person to buy gifts for.
You already have to buy presents for all your girlfriends, your siblings and your parents. You’re in college, you’re broke and you don’t think he’ll appreciate a hand painted, homemade wine glass like your BFF Sally will. The internet is equally as unhelpful as your brain is in gift ideas that he will actually use. And not to mention there’s that constant thought in the back of your head that worries you’ll spend too much or too little? What is he doing for you and why does it seem so impolite to ask?!
You dont have to shave your legs!
I know a lot of girls in relationships claim that they’ve been dating so long their boyfriends don’t care, but let’s all take a sip of honest-tea and admit that he so badly wishes your legs and a razor’s blades would touch. And shaving your legs for him has always seemed to me a little thing that says “I still care,” and not that you couldn’t give less of a crap if he still finds you attractive or not. Single ladies get to secretly let their leg hair grow underneath their jeans and not a soul knows.
You get to spend all your time with your pets (and family).
Arguing with your significant other over whose house you’ll spend Christmas Eve at? Try being single! Your mom will be ecstatic that she gets to see your beautiful face all holiday break, and you get to stay cozy in bed with your real true love…your dog, who, let’s be honest, you would rather spend time with than a human boy because he’s warmer and softer and never ignores you.