The Pros and Cons of Living Alone

Adapted from:

Living Alone Is Hard

(Kelly Kapoor on The Office)

By Mindy Kaling

Pro: Silence when you want it
Con: Silence always. Alone with ... your thoughts?

Pro: Proudly hung all the pictures by yourself
Con: They're all crooked

Pro: No roommate to steal your clothes
Con: No roommate to steal clothes from

Pro: No one else's crusty, caked-on dishes piling up in the sink
Con: Holy cow!, all those dishes are yours?

Pro: Sleep in! You're never woken up at 6 a.m. by someone else's hair dryer
Con: D'oh! No one to split the electric bill with

Pro: Watch what you want, when you want
Con: No one to congratulate you on watching Twilight for the 200th time

Pro: No more pulling your lazy roommate's stinky food out of the trash to dump outside
Con: Gulp. All that stinky trash is yours

Pro: Talk to your cat like it's your baby

Con: You are the only one it can cuddle with