…d call it a day. As for our friends, they don’t care enough to do the hard work of enlightening us. One of the privileges of being on our own is therefore the sincere impression that we are really quite easy to live with.Opinion: Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person6.4K22The New York TimesEthel Hui Yan TanFollowSep 5, 2018 · 1 min readI begin to realise that the more I was used to being on my own, the more selfish I became unknowingly.