Did I say something wrong? No need to be so defensive.

Sorry, Mustang...I know several women who are single, childless and have no partner. They each own single detached homes 2-3 bedrooms in size. They each live in their homes. They are physically healthy..meaning they seriously take time to cycle, walk or take exercise classes several times per week. They have no health problems. Their ages are 48-54 yrs. old.

They would like to pursue a number of interests outside of maintainting their home, plus several now realize the financial reality of maintaining their houses. One close friend actually owns and maintains 2 houses --one of them is a cottage over 200 kms. away. This is alot of work for her...she has a car and not a totally steady job.

She is preparing 1 house...to sell, but is concerned how she will attract a sale for beautiful (but old) home in town of 2,000 in a rural area. Employment is down in her area. I stayed at her home just 2 weeks ago. She keeps home really low-heated...to a point I was cold. But I politely just put on more clothing. She's just trying to save money, I know that. She will not rent because of risk for home damage/cost for room retrofits and landlord responsibities.

Another friend, who is very healthy (she is like me, cycles regularily, is fit) and has a steady govn't job with benefits, is into retrofitting her own home. But this time, I noticed her large backyard garden has gone to pot...she is gardener but hasn't had time to work at it. It's a 3 bedroom house she has. She's just lucky to have occasional sibling help her when ...sibling visits from 1,000 kms. away.

Or maybe you have a guaranteed steady job with healthy income? If you do, good for you.