'White noise blasting so loud it’s like I sleep under Niagara Falls': 31 Lone rangers share the weirdest pleasures of living alone

Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor

Mar 5, 2024 1:00 PM EST

Living alone has its perks. You can leave the doors open when you use the bathroom, you eat whatever you feel like at strange hours, and you can walk around without clothes on simply because you enjoy the freedom. While many of us enjoy the companionship of a roommate (whether it's an animal companion or a human), there's something simple and fulfilling about living by your own rules and at your own pace.

Your home is your oasis, free of judgment.

Lone rangers everywhere have rejoiced joys of sheltered solitude. When left to our own devices, we're free to be as weird as we want! If that means you're singing to the dog or sleeping on the couch because it's comfy, go on and do it! If you live alone, you do whatever you want. There's no shortage of upsides to having your own place and we've compiled a list of all the strangest, weirdest pleasures of living alone that every solo proprietor can rejoice in.

Scroll onward to feast your eyes on a few simple joys that people living alone secretly entertain–perhaps you'll get some ideas to spice up your own living arrangement.