Secret Single Behavior, also known as “SSB”. This is inspired from the season 4 episode of Sex and The City “The Good Fight”. The plot involves Carrie’s boyfriend moving in and she mentions how she misses doing that stuff you do when you’re totally alone. Her example is eating saltines and jelly while reading magazines.

 

I feel like this is a great concept and I’m curious to know what everyone else does when they’re totally alone.When I’m home alone for an extended period of time. I love to turn on a television show or movie I’ve seen a 100 times and walk around the house and narrate out loud all of the stuff I need to do in the upcoming week. It sounds crazy to write it out but I’ve been doing that since junior high.

 

I also like to play old RPG videos games while simultaneously listening to Friends on a different device. Watching TV bloopers on YouTube and the occasional episode of Sailor Moon.

 

I’ll never understand people who don’t like being alone for even a night, do you have no guilty pleasures? My favorite example is in season 2 of Gilmore Girls “There’s The Rub”. Rory has a night to herself without Lorelai and instead of trying to hangout with her boyfriend she just wants to do her laundry and eat Indian food. Like girl, I get it. Everyone gives her so much shit but it’s honestly the most therapeutic thing in the world.  Even Rory and Lorelai who are attached at the hip revel in time apart (albeit they are fictional).

 

I mean there is a fine line between being a super couple and being a Liz Lemon. Can’t just eat night cheese and wear charcoal masks every day (although like maybe you can, I’ve been trying for 30 years). I might overindulge as I own at least 3 outfits that I wear around the house that I would never want anyone to see.

 

There is also a certain amount of shame eating that goes into my rituals. Shame eating is a big part of SSB. I feel like getting the hot bar food at Forest Hills Foods and drinking crisp Diet Coke is slight nirvana to me. Also any candy in ice cream form (Snickers, Reese’s, Twix etc) is just tops.

 

So for you my loyal readers, what’s your SSB?