You grab a full head of lettuce in one hand and bottle of salad dressing in the other. You bite the head of lettuce and take a swiq of the salad dressing out of the bottle to wash down the lettuce. Usually the only two remaining items in a bachelor's refrigerator.
A man going his own way, living for himself, declaring autonomy and rejecting the expected traditional role as protector and provider for the modern woman who increasingly insists she is independent and equal while demanding more money, privileges and programs from the government and other institutions.
The time period between the three, big, love holidays, Christmas, New Years Eve, and Valentines day. This is a time when men become relationship free, to avoid, gifts, dinners, and long term relationship commitments
Tom Broke up with his girlfriend on thanksgiving, then... got back together... on February 15th. That's when he came out of his bachelor hibernation