Being Single During The Holidays Is GREAT

You can already tell that I didn't write that headline, right?  Because I still need a little persuasion to actually believe this...but Cosmo has just published their "8 Reasons Why Being Single During The Holidays Is GREAT!"  Check them out, add your own and let us know if you believe them!

List by: Anna Breslaw, Cosmopolitan

1. You’re not getting dragged to holiday parties you don’t want to go to.

In the winter months, Facebook offers the paradox of choice. Eric your old roommate’s Christmas party? Alexandra your old co-worker’s Christmas party? There are enough options for just one person, let alone a couple with two entirely separate groups of friends. Come February, your friends in relationships will be baggy-eyed puddles of latkes and rum.

2. At any parties you’re less than amped to attend (or parties at which your exes might be present), you can leave whenever you want and not wait around for your S.O. to be ready to go.

Tip: observe D.O.L.E. My old friend D.O.L.E. (Drink one, leave early) could have gotten me out of many shitty holiday parties if only I’d come up with it in my dumber early twenties.

3. You can follow any holiday diet you’ve ever dreamed of… and you don’t need to cook.

No need to make sure you’re “still eating well” and having balanced meals. Skip the kale juice for a week — nobody’s gonna tell on you. Eat candy and hot chocolate all damn day! Have a really late dinner! Live a little! It’s Christmas!

4. You don’t have to buy expensive, meaningless gifts for a significant other’s family.

That $200 you would have spent on a Vera Bradley purse for your boyfriend’s mom can go straight to facials and booze. Screw the unfair judgment people pass on single women who treat themselves— it’s not selfish, it’s independence.

5. You don’t have to spend the holidays with his family and friends.

Specifically, sleeping in the guest bed in the creepy room where his Uncle Ned's deer heads are mounted all over the wall, where all of your boyfriends' "friends" have stayed before. You can spend it with your own family or friends. Or cat. Or gummy worms and a DVD of Love Actually.

6. You can watch as many crappy made-for-TV Christmas movies as you want.

Without him trying to convince you to let him take over the TV with World of Warcraft. Do you have any idea how many holiday-themed TV movies Jane Seymour is in? Don't you want to find out?

7. You can have a magic first-date kiss in the snow.

Or maybe it’s not a date. Maybe you just met a guy at a holiday party. No matter how unromantic the circumstances, the purity of snowfall turns even the drunkest, grossest encounter into a Hollywood set piece. And it’s even better because you don’t know where your relationship with him is headed yet.

8. You can blast embarrassing Christmas albums (Taylor Swift, Mariah Carey, N*SYNC) on repeat without judgment.

Fun fact: Men can't even hear Mimi's final notes on "All I Want For Christmas Is You." It's basically a noise that only women and small dogs can hear.