How did you guys end up living alone? Curious to hear the stories.
Been living alone for about a year. I live in a 2 bdrm house that my ex was living in first before I ended up moving in. It's a duplex and the landlord lived in the studio apartment behind me. My ex was not the cleanest person, in fact she was kind of deplorable. I changed all that when I moved in, really deep cleaned the place. The basement was flooded and full of wet cardboard, mold, and slugs. The retainer walls leaked and there was black mold in the basement and kitchen walls. My landlord was lazy about it, so I hired a friend of mine who is a contractor to really clean the place. My landlord was cool enough to cover the cost. I re-painted the place, repaired a bunch of stuff, really wanted to make it comfortable for us.
My ex after 2 years was getting on me about having space in the house. I work remotely so I'm here quite a bit. She only worked Per Diem so she also was here alot. I ended up moving my workstation to the basement so she had free range of the top floor. She still said it didn't feel like she had space because she knows I'm downstairs and not out of the house. Well, I put my foot down and told her to seek the space she really wants, I pay half the rent and I'm working. Eventually, I ended things and she moved out. Guess she wanted a fresh start so she took it upon herself to leave. The landlord was cool with me staying and gave me a really cheap 5 yr lease while she moved abroad. After my ex moved out, her friends started to harass me online and say I kicked her out. They even tried to put a spell on me (they're witches). I thought it was funny.
It's been about year now, and I love it. I miss my ex somehow even after she was shitty to me, maybe I just feel lonely. It sucked at first, she took her 2 cats and I miss them dearly. I ended up winning since I have a great place and she moved to a shitty studio apartment. It's so peaceful but man, it can get kind of weird sometimes living alone. I don't think I'll ever have someone move in with me, I like the peace I built too much.