When I moved into my place by myself, I probably spent the first few weeks in a tank top in underwear until it got a little bit colder.

And then I put socks on.

This is death, sex, and money.

Don't have sex, because you will get pregnant and die.

The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot.

They don't get it. I'm dead.

And need to talk about more.

Independence costs money.

I'm in a sale.

Last year, I asked for your stories about living alone.

For 37-year-old Jen and Brooklyn, living by herself meant not always wearing pants.

It is really awesome to sit around your own apartment in as little clothes as you like to wear.

That was just one of the perks that you told me about.

Cooking the things I want to eat, playing the music that only I enjoy listening to.

Dancing around my living room to R-E-F-P-E-C-T.

Countless minutes of no interruptions.

Books stacked in a certain way on my shelf.

It is definitely a freedom that I've not had ever.

More and more Americans are living alone.

The number has tripled since 1970.

And today, more than a quarter of American households are home to just one person.

So there are a lot of people having this experience, but we don't often talk about it.

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