So.

I left home in 1979 at the age of 20. I lived alone until 1982 when I lived for 12 months with my first wife. From 1983 to 1988 I lived alone. I then stayed at home for 12 months with my parents. In 1989 I started living alone again until 2003 when Madame and I started living together. She left in September 2012 and I lived alone until December 2012. I started living alone again in March 2013 and am still living a singleton life with little prospect of that changing in the foreseeable future.
That all means I have been living alone for nearly 24 years out of the last 34. You'd think I would be used to it by now.

I'm not. ttfn