7. Because sometimes we can tend to settle when we’re younger and less experienced. If we’re scared we’ll never find someone that will compare to our first love, or low self-esteem is preventing us from being with someone we deserve, that fear can often keep us held down with someone that doesn’t truly make you happy. You deserve more than to settle, so just wait it out. Solo nights with Netflix and cheesecake aren’t so bad.
8. You’ve learned how to become flexible and loosen up a bit. When you’re younger, you can often take the wrong things too seriously and take yourself too seriously. Sometimes it takes age and maturing to know that your way isn’t always the right way.
9. Similarly, after that self indulging and wild nights, in your 30s you’ll appreciate the quiet nights in and settling down/stability factor of being in a long-term relationship that would probably be boring when you’re in your 20s.
10. You’ll have more established self-confidence and be better equipped for more of the emotional curveballs that life can throw your way in relationships, and handle them accordingly.

