"I've lived alone--not lonely--for the past 15 years. For the most part, I enjoy it. I do what I want, when I want. I have a big group of friends and a boyfriend and see them when I want, but also get to sit at home and watch a string of TiVoed shows that I like with no one bitching at me to change the channel. I don't have to check in with anyone. When I think of living with someone, and making those compromises...yeah, it's appealing on some level, but it simultaneously gives me a case of itchy-scratchiness at the compromising that that would entail.
My only point here is that I get the feeling that Peggy neither wants nor needs to have people around her all the time. She's self-contained, she's got her eye on success, and she's got what she needs when she needs it, on her own terms. Not so bad."