Hello ladies,

I've noticed a good portion of this sub is rather young (early twenties). I think it's so wonderful that my generation is getting wise to LV games.

I'm going into my senior year in college, and I've been single throughout. Here are the reasons (and benefits) for and of staying single!

  1. Your grades will be benefit. Yeah, Cs get degrees, but they don't get JDs or PhDs! They don't get scholarships! And they certainly don't get recommendations from professors who can get you a job in the industry! When you aren't fooling around with the idiotic men of our age group, you have more time to nail down your grades and get all of those things I just mentioned.
  2. Your mental health will be much better. Whenever I get a crush (it happens, even though I don't act on it. I am, after all, human) my head gets all fuzzy and I lose my cherished clarity and rationality. When it goes away I feel so much better and more focused. Moreover, you won't have the stress your friends have, wondering where their LVB is and who he's cheating with. This goes hand in hand with number 1.
  3. Your physical health will be much better. Get up and go to the gym, even if it's just for a quick run. I promise you will feel so much better! Use the reward of feeling great as motivation to go.
  4. You will have more time to build your resume during college. I did internships during the school year, while taking at least 18 units. While some of my friends were goofing off on the weekend with their boyfriends, I had a side job along with those internships, in addition to a job during the week. If you are focused, disciplined, and LVB-free, you can do anything.
  5. You won't be tempted to take on a man project. Sis, you aren't Bobette the Builder. The ladies on the podcast a few weeks ago mentioned that men, 9 times out of 10, will discard you once they are successful. They think that you are a loser for dating them when they were losers. I used to think I could find a millionaire before he was a millionaire, but that is the biggest lie we have ever been told. The wasted time just isn't worth it.
  6. You will have the time to date yourself and become the woman you want to become. Take yourself to dinner. Enjoy a movie you have always wanted to see. Attend an activities-type class (I took fencing and LOVED IT). Read a book. Watch every video Anna Bey/Jamila Musayeva/insert etiquette specialist here has ever made. Learn how to cook properly, not the ramen you throw in your microwave. Level up your life!!!!
  7. You will have the time for quality female friendship. Men come and go, but a couple girlfriends can be for life! Vet them, and don't let pickmes into your inner circle. Follow the Ron Swanson rule: 1-3 good friends is sufficient.
  8. You will acquire a taste for the better things in life. I'm not talking about Chanel, monthlong vacations, or Michelin restaurants. I'm talking about developing a taste for independence and suffering no fools. I'm talking about looking into the rising sun of the dawn of your life and daring the universe, bring it on.

Any other benefits? Please leave them below.

<3 LegallyParis