eli5 How does “being able to live by yourself” not mean as well “live a lonely life ?
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Being able to live by yourself doesn’t mean you need to be live alone, it only mean that you are able to do it alone if needed.
It’s more about learning the skills necessary for the adult life and not relying on other people to support you. Maintaining your home, paying the bills, buy groceries, making food, take care of the laundry, etc.
Typically in western society, young people will most likely end up living either alone or with roommates and during that period of time they are the sole person responsible for maintaining their life. Roommates won’t clean after you, they won’t feed you, they won’t do the task you forget about, they might even be pissed at you if you failed at those task. It’s a good way to learn how to ”live by yourself”.
It’s just good life skills to learn for the rest of your life. Even when you are married with kids, you want to have those skills because your partner won’t particularly like to have to take care of you like a kid because you didn’t learn to do those things by yourself.
Learning to live by yourself is important if you want to peacefully live with others.
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