{"id":1933,"date":"2025-04-09T14:33:51","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T14:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bobboydpoems.com\/maybe-being-alone-is-lonely-but\/"},"modified":"2025-04-09T14:33:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T14:33:51","slug":"maybe-being-alone-is-lonely-but","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/maybe-being-alone-is-lonely-but\/","title":{"rendered":"Maybe Being Alone Is Lonely But \u2026."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has its perks:<\/p>\n<p>No compromising.<\/p>\n<p>No disappointing relationships<br>\nwhen the ecstasy of falling<br>\nin love has tapered off. <\/p>\n<p>No walking on eggs.<\/p>\n<p>No broken hearts.<\/p>\n<p>No arguments and hurtful words.<\/p>\n<p>No cheating or deceitful behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Total peace of mind with no ripples in<br>\nyour serenity. <\/p>\n<p>Free and self determined to the max.<\/p>\n<p>Worthwhile tradeoffs for a life without love<br>\ndespite the occasional agonies,<br>\nand the longings.<\/p>\n<p>That arise on the surface of your serenity<br>\nbecause of the inborn need<br>\nfor a significant someone<br>\nto fill your life with affection and love.<\/p>\n<p>Bob Boyd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has its perks: No compromising. No disappointing relationships when the ecstasy of falling in love has tapered off. No walking on eggs. No broken hearts. No arguments and hurtful words. No cheating or deceitful behavior. Total peace of mind with no ripples in your serenity. Free and self determined to the max. Worthwhile tradeoffs&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/maybe-being-alone-is-lonely-but\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1933"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1933\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}