Single Girl Hits Rock Bottom

October 14, 2008 Posted in HaHa

I’ve been single (and loving it) for a long, looong time. So long, in fact, that I’ve fallen into a rut. I go to class, I come home, I eat, I hang out, I go to the gym, I watch TV, etc. It’s the same stuff all the time, and for a long time I was OK with that – I was doing what I wanted to, when I wanted to. No one was telling me what parties to go to, where to celebrate my holidays, or who I could or could not sleep with.

But lately I have begun to re-evaluate things a bit (read: weigh myself) and I now realize that I went from being in a single-girl rut to hitting single-girl rock bottom.

What does rock bottom look like? I’ll show you:

1. Last week while my roommates were snuggling with their boyfriends and watching scary movies, I was sitting on my bed with a box of graham crackers and a bowl of cake batter. (Mix some cake mix with a bit of water, stir and you have yourself the ultimate single girl snack.)

2. After eating said grahams and cake batter, I woke up the next morning and was nearly halfway out the door before I realized I had chocolate cake batter smeared across my left cheek.

3. I haven’t shaved my legs in 3 weeks. I can’t remember the last time I did anything for my bikini line. Wait; yes I can. It was for Memorial Day.

4. I wore jeans (or non-sweat pants) yesterday for the first time in 3 weeks. And, naturally, they were very tight.

5. The only person who has called me “babe,” “honey,” or “sweetie” in the past six months is the old man who takes my pizza order (nightly) and the younger, burly man who delivers it.

Are you single? Fear that you, too, have hit rock bottom? Join other fabulously single ladies in CollegeCandy’s Facebook group!

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Kaley says:
Tue, 14th Oct 20084:28 pm

I guess I haven't hit rock bottom, but sheesh, I've been single for a while (if you don't count relationships that were so. totally. wrong.)

jen says:
Tue, 14th Oct 20085:54 pm

im always always always single and all my friends are attached

i fear i may die alone…perhaps with a dozen cats

Maria says:
Tue, 14th Oct 20086:54 pm

I'm terrifired of becoming the crazy single cat lady too…

Beth says:
Tue, 14th Oct 20089:44 pm

This was written about me & my sister, I think.

ela says:
Tue, 14th Oct 200811:09 pm

i went thru this after a break up of a long a** relationship while in college…so booze, pizza, cookies and stuff were a replacement for sex, attention and all that good boyfriend stuff…..it took me a year to get back into buying jeans.

Janice says:
Wed, 15th Oct 20085:01 am

ive always been that since girl (for years) and as of 3 days ago that changed. i've been single for so long that the idea of actually being in a relationship is freaking me out. i dont know how not to be single.

Anna says:
Wed, 15th Oct 20085:12 am

It's weird, when my boyfriend moved 20 hours away, we stayed together, and I didn't develop any single habits. In fact, I went to the gym for an hour every day, ate healthy, etc etc. Then as soon as we broke up, same 20 hours between us, I turned into a sloth. No more gym, nothing but hours on the couch with doritos and oreos, and delightfully lazy behavior.

What changed? The chance of being seen naked? Pathetic.

K. says:
Wed, 15th Oct 20088:17 am

So glad that other people would be at the "girls who eat their feelings" table in Mean Girls with me…

Vanessa - Berkeley says:
Wed, 15th Oct 200810:04 am

i am in the exact same place. its great fun 65% of the time. then…the romantic movies and best friends with great boyfriends start grating into my head.

grr.

Morgan says:
Wed, 15th Oct 200811:03 am

Oh my goodness I feel so much better knowing that I'm not the only one!

I think I may be doomed to be single forever … for real.

ho hummmmmm at least I have hobbies. and Oreos : )

Gina says:
Wed, 15th Oct 200812:38 pm

Ah, the Secret Single Behavior. I can totally relate to this. I've been single since February, and while it's been awesome being able to hang out with my friends and not being accused of cheating, I'm bouncing up and down on Rock Bottom.

I'm 20 years old, dammit, I'm too young to be relegated to masturbatory fantasies of Mike Rowe and going to bed at 11 on the weekends! I think that this lack of quality booty has addled my brain. Why else would I pick an eff buddy who likes to speak in a British accent 1/2 of the time?

Speaking of eff buddies, I'm pretty sure the last time I shaved my legs was a month ago, when we hooked up last.

Rachel says:
Wed, 15th Oct 20086:22 pm

HAHAHA I love you all. At least I can get too drunk to be good in bed.

Nat says:
Fri, 17th Oct 20089:37 am

how did you know all this stuff about me!?

Katrina *psuedoname says:
Fri, 17th Oct 200811:22 am

wow yea I find myself eating random snacks before bed or having a couple shots before hittin the sheets, to desensitize myself from feelins of neediness. I've been single for 3 yrs, by choice, but lately I feel my clock starting to tick!!! it's really freaky I will never forget the day it started ticking ladies u hear about it but u just. don't. understand. til it hits u.

Now I've developed feelins for this guy friend of mine just before he moved 500 miles away and we professed our feelins for each other but with him gone (we still talk and text and he's comin back to visit) I'm an emo wreck. It's so hard to feel desensitized when I know there's someone out there for me!!!

Stacey says:
Mon, 27th Oct 20087:47 am

My rock bottom came after i was forced to move back home with my parents while in my first week of college, the same week my bf had broken up with me and lost all my belongings in a flood. I moved back and went from happily content, to absolutely not even being able to have a single thought wihout switching my position halfway thru the statement. All food was bland, no taste, I would shake when i'd try to fall asleep, i could go the whole day without one single word to anyone except my professors. It wasn't until i was out of my rut that i had realized how bad it had been. suicidal thoughts over 15 times a day, (i used to count) and one day my mom informed me that my cousin had gotten in a car accident and died, he was 15. The only thing i could say was "ok" and skipped out on the funeral. My grandmother was dying of cancer, and i'd just hide in my bedroom instead of spending time with her (i only had to walk into the kitchen). No feeling, no emotion, i was soulless, and completely empty. That, to me, was rock bottom. A horrible thing to hit when your only 19. It's been 5 years now, and i'm still trying to completely come out of it.

hannah says:
Sun, 2nd Nov 200810:32 am

it's so comforting to know that other girls are in the same boat! i have been single for so long that i don't even know HOW to date. && guys try to hang out with me but i always make excuses. i really feel like i don't have time for a guy in college! it sucks!

Beautiful Girl says:
Mon, 3rd Nov 200810:20 am

I know right? I poop my pants daily!

Joe the Plumber says:
Mon, 3rd Nov 20089:57 pm

Here is a solution:

Get off your ass, go to the gym, put on some make up, go to a party, have two drinks to loosen up, mingle, and meet people. If you're looking for someone to bang, have about five more drinks and make yourself "available." Jesus it's not hard.

Dawn says:
Sat, 8th Nov 200811:41 am

I can totally relate to this. I don't eat that much though when I feel depressed, somehow food loses it's appeal. I don't know what's wrong with me, but guys don't seem to want to be my girl friend. Every guy I have gone out with seems to just be "fucking around" when they go out with me.

I have been feeling suicidal lately. To top it all off I really have no friends. Maybe I should kill myself. I don't think it would make much of a difference, except to my parents perhaps. I don't know how to live life and really believe that I should eliminate my genes from the gene pool because they are faulty. What evs.

Kirsty says:
Sun, 9th Nov 20089:59 am

Im worse than this.. ive been single for a year now and all I think about is my ex and we had a nasty breakup and havnt spoke since. Hes got a new girlfriend and a great life where as i just eat and listen to music in my room.. and im only 17 for goodness sake..

R says:
Sat, 7th Feb 20097:01 am

I'm getting to this point, and it scares me.

Becca- Clarion Unive says:
Mon, 30th Mar 20096:05 am

Wow… Joe the Plumber you really are a dick.

Ladies, don't feel bad. Guys I know go through the same damn thing…

I sit in bed, with my kittens (yeah… I am a cat lady) and we watch movies and eat saltines…

I quit my life.

Becca- Clarion Unive says:
Mon, 30th Mar 20096:07 am

Also, Dawn, don't ever consider that… you deserve to be alive.

start living, find something that you do that gives you that adrenaline and makes you feel alive. get a tattoo, a piercing. go for a drive.

I do all of those and I ride horses…

but don't be suicidal. go talk to someone.

*hugs*

Jessica says:
Thu, 7th May 20094:56 pm

Umm… it's not that bad being single… I don't understand why some girls feel like they need a guy around to have fun.

Jill says:
Thu, 7th May 20094:57 pm

Wow. This made me feel… so depressed and self-loathing.

And I don't even like cats.

*le siiiigh*

Margot-Montclair Sta says:
Sat, 3rd Oct 20096:27 am

I do this when I'm not single too

Darwin-New York Univ says:
Sat, 3rd Oct 200912:03 pm

Lol, being in a long distance relationship can do the same. I've def slobbed it up now that the girlfriend isn't here to witness it.

Hm says:
Fri, 5th Feb 20103:16 pm

Joe the Plumber might have not gone about it in the right way, but I can sympathize with you. It sucks, being single. But, at the same time, life really isn't that bad if you think about it. Try to attain some perspective beyond seeing happiness as something associated with a supposed meaningful relationship. Culture and society are in reality all in our imaginations; you don't need to give their expectations a higher importance than they deserve. Go out there and remember that its your choice how to live.

Sam says:
Mon, 7th Feb 201111:47 pm

I'm really sorry to hear that you've been feeling like that, but you kinda freaked me out! Please, please, please stick around. Things WILL get better. EVERYBODY has worth. That includes you.

Sam says:
Mon, 7th Feb 201111:51 pm

Hey, if my legs aren't going to be seen they sure as hell aren't going to be shaved.

Lilly says:
Sun, 13th Feb 20119:05 pm

I agree with Sam. I don't know you but I sincerely hope you keep trying to be happy. Things WILL get better. Please find someone to talk to.

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