Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Women are Better at Living Alone

There's a new book out that has data showing women are better at living alone than men. Are Women Better at Living Alone? Sociologist Eric Klinenberg’s new book, Going Solo, explores the question.

To this I say, "Duh!"

Now the reasons for this mostly don't apply to me at all. I am not better at friendships or any of that rot. The reason I'm good at living alone is because I just love nesting. Having a comfortable home is about all I need to be happy. Most men I know don't really pay any attention to where they live.

But aside from being an obsessive nester, Google's pegging me as a man works with this Going Solo angle too.
“and although each of the men we found had his own individual story, together they had much in common: a spouse lost to death or divorce; weak ties to children and other family, or no children at all; a small or nonexistent friendship network; physical or mental illness; a repellent personality.” Apparently they found no such women.
I have weak ties to family, no children at all, a small or nonexistent friendship network, mental abnormalities if not illness, AND a repellent personality!

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  1. "I have weak ties to family, no children at all, a small or nonexistent friendship network, mental abnormalities if not illness, AND a repellent personality!"

    This describes Sherlock Holmes, too. So that's why I like you!!!

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  2. Busted! I just watched the first episode from Season 1 last night. I was actually thinking of Sherlock Holmes when I wrote that. However my life is not scripted by Steven Moffat so I may actually be less annoying and at the very least a lot less dramatic and more quick to make parallels to pop culture references. Princess Bride? Anyone?

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    1. Ha!
      I am so, so hooked on that series. Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffatt have done the seeming impossible by bringing these tales into modern life. I was so ready to hate it when I heard about the series. Not five minutes into the first episode and I went from doubter to evangelist. Brilliant!

      Gonna say you're most likely less annoying than Sherlock. But we don't know each other all that well, so I could be wrong (insert evil smiley here).
      Anybody want a peanut?

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