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| so, why are you still single?
Posted: 7/15/2008 1:52:09 PM |
Because I can't find anyone who wants to have a picnic under the stars at midnight listening to Dean Martin and dance with me or to just to sit in the back yard around a campfire relaxing toasting marshmallows.
That sounds like a perfect date!
I'm late to this thread, and I admit I only skimmed most of the pages, but I say, if you're getting that question a lot, take it as a compliment, which is probably the spirit in which it was asked.  | |
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| so, why are you still single?
Posted: 7/15/2008 2:35:30 PM | It's all about looks - which I ain't got. 'Nice guys ALWAYS finish last' - the story of my life. | |
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| so, why are you still single?
Posted: 7/15/2008 3:12:40 PM | hmmmm......Well, I work at home. I telecommute. My main office is in Atlanta, Georgia. I've never met any of my coworkers or my boss.
I have a contracting job, for which I also telecommute. I've met my boss, but nobody else.
I'm going to school to be a nurse.
For exercise, I take pole dancing classes. All women. No men allowed. No spectators allowed.
For exercise, I also run. Pretty solitary activity.
Where am I going to meet a man? | |
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| so, why are you still single?
Posted: 7/15/2008 3:20:49 PM | | Yeah, my family asks me that all the time, it's annoying. Ive been through marriage, divorce, a horrible breakup and Ive been single for a while and they wonder why. Maybe its just that I don't want to be in a relationship right now. I kind of feel like Im scarred for life and just not interested anymore. | |
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| so, why are you still single?
Posted: 7/15/2008 8:05:33 PM | That marshmallow thing sounds fiiiiiiiine. Maybe a telescope as well. And an acoutstic guitar! So maybe nothing would happen (if you're talking sexually) but I wouldn't let that spoil it and I wouldn't be looking for it. Company is what I need! Getting to know someone or some people and having a laugh. Bonding.
As for the "I don't know why your single . . . . " Yup, I get that. All the flipping time.
DWIGHTF - As for the looks things, speaking positively, I know where you are coming from. But maybe it's also something to do with the crowd you are with?
CAK_STUDENT - The telecommute thing. There is a whole worldl outside! Get out there! Go to a club, a library, a burger stand. You never know. But don't go looking. That approach never works. It sends the wrong chemical-thingy out there. | |
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| so, why are you still single?
Posted: 7/15/2008 8:52:33 PM | LOL.. yea what she said. Maybe I am to picky maybe not. I have not been in a relationship for almost a year after never being alone since I was fifteen years old. And I must say it sucks, but well shit happens.
I know that everything is now crazy and different from when I was younger, and I have people tell me that I will find someone, just stop looking for it and it will fall in your lap.
I do know that when and if I do find the right one out there some day in the future that I will make sure that we enjoy each day together like there is no tomorrow. If there is one thing I have learned in my short life it is that life is too short to worry about everything, and you need to enjoy life while you have it. | |
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| so, why are you still single?
Posted: 7/15/2008 10:41:29 PM | | NO, you are definitely not the only one who gets this question. I am 31 and have been single for 4 years...by choice. Not because I'm picky or any other reason, but because I had other priorities. Now I am totally self-reliant with my own house and business, and am ready to start looking around for someone to share it with. Maybe guys find a woman who doesn't NEED a man to be a tad intimidating....hmmmm? | |
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| so, why are you still single?
Posted: 7/16/2008 4:59:57 AM | I get that question all the time. Usually after I someone I know gets married or engaged. Perhaps its because I'm way to independent, possibly because I've chosen not to drive a car, perhaps because I'm 5ft 11inches & not 6ft with black hair, perhaps ?, perhaps all of the above (or some combination thereof).
I recently had a friend, quite seriously, ask if I wanted to get back with an ex. She probably asked because I'd been single for a while. I thought I'd rather be single than make that mistake again....
Stay casual... | |
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| so, why are you still single?
Posted: 7/16/2008 7:45:43 AM | I hear it ALL the time. Sometimes it's annoying, sometimes offensive and sometimes it's flattering that they think I'm something special and it's odd that I haven't been 'caught' yet. It's complicated, but yes, I hear it all the time. I'm learning that a woman in her 30's who has never been married and has no children is a rarity.
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| so, why are you still single?
Posted: 7/17/2008 4:02:30 PM | Thanks.
I'm not going into too much detail but Nobody finds me interesting even though I have things in common with people.
I guess that I scare people but I don't mean to. | |
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| so, why are you still single?
Posted: 7/17/2008 5:11:30 PM | When I got divorced at first I was proud for the single time to rack up, showing that I was ready for a new relationship. But at 8 years and counting, now people look at me like there's something wrong with me. It helps that I've been married before, but I can see the wheels turning, "She's pretty, but she's been single a long time. There must be something REALLY wrong with her!" LOL.
I'm single because I'm picky. If someone can't match me pretty well, then they would be just a sex toy, and that would be MUCH lonelier than being alone! | |
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| so, why are you still single?
Posted: 7/17/2008 8:32:56 PM | | One thing that really scares me about getting married is the divorce rate. Seems like getting married to get a divorce is the trend now a days. I guess I'm old fashioned. I just want to go through it once with a girl that will stick with me til the end. Don't want to end up like Ross Ghellar on "Friends". The man who loves getting divorced. | |
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| so, why are you still single?
Posted: 7/18/2008 3:15:43 PM | we all get this.
Reminds me of that classic wonderful question at Internview....
so what are your strengths and weaknesses.....?
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| so, why are you still single?
Posted: 7/18/2008 4:11:01 PM | oh yeah, I can imagine you get that. And i bet you also get it from older female relatives. There is one who I speak to about 2x a month and I get asked every time. No, by no means are you alone. It's their problem.
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| so, why are you still single?
Posted: 7/19/2008 2:24:22 AM | "Why ... single" is a really dumb question. People make choices, and being single us just one choice. Marrying is not a necessary goal, it's a choice.
In general, I think anybody can get just about anything they want in life if they are prepared to do the work to get it and pay the price. There is ALWAYS a price to pay and often it is quite a heavy price.
Those willing to figure out what it takes and pay the price will usually get what they want. And there is absolutely nothing wrong with being single. | |
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| so, why are you still single?
Posted: 7/20/2008 5:55:24 AM | Bless you fra...If you don't mind, I'm going to steal that line "marrying is not a necessary goal, it's a choice"
I've never posted on a forum before, but this one made me cheer. I am going to be 33 next week, I've never been married and I don't have children. Would I like to have a family and meet a partner that I want to commit to spending my life with--absolutely. But I'm not going to just get married and start spawning because society (or family or friends) think that my chronological age requires it!
I'm happy, I'm healthy, and I'm taking care of myself. I refuse to think my life is incomplete because I'm not married! | |
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| so, why are you still single?
Posted: 7/20/2008 7:47:06 AM |
"Why ... single" is a really dumb question. People make choices, and being single us just one choice. Marrying is not a necessary goal, it's a choice.
In general, I think anybody can get just about anything they want in life if they are prepared to do the work to get it and pay the price. There is ALWAYS a price to pay and often it is quite a heavy price.
Those willing to figure out what it takes and pay the price will usually get what they want. And there is absolutely nothing wrong with being single.
Fra, you rock! Well said.  | |
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| so, why are you still single?
Posted: 7/20/2008 3:32:54 PM | | I am a marginally employed borderline alcoholic without a car or a sofa. My self-esteem is at an all time low, and so aside from going to work, I pretty much sit in front of this computer chain smoking cigarettes and pondering existential paradigms. A better question might be, "So, why do you continue to allow yourself to exist?" | |
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| so, why are you still single?
Posted: 7/21/2008 6:41:23 AM | I'm also quite irritated with idiots whose only apparent purpose is to write and ask (almost accuse) why I'm still single with "everything I have going for me"?
I'm a bit puzzled just what that means if all they're basing things on is a few pics, some profile text, and a modestly large favs list. It evidently never occurs to them I could simply turn the question around and ask them the same thing? Especially when they have favs that dwarf mine and multiple Testimonials of how great they are on their profiles???
I mean....Sheesh People!  | |
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| so, why are you still single?
Posted: 7/21/2008 7:04:31 AM | I'm 39 have no kids and never been married... not for lack of trying. Two real proposals and a fake one and never made it to the altar. The fake one was real silly, a woman I was dating told everyone that I proposed even though I hadn't.
My friends don't ask me "Why aren't you married?" they usually ask me "How can you not be married?" Which almost seems worse of a question to ask because they say that I am such a great guy.
I don't know why I'm not married...
Have to ask God about that I guess! | |
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| so, why are you still single?
Posted: 7/21/2008 7:50:31 AM | No, you're not the only one who hears that thing. I'm 35 and meet guys literally all the time who say "You're amazing! I can't believe that you're single, not dating anyone or don't have a boyfriend...lucky me!" But underneath it all they do want an explanation. I have been divorced for over 2 years but was separated for 2 1/2 years before it was final (so really I've been single for almost 5 years now) and I'm a single parent as well. I just tell them that I haven't found someone yet who I feel is worth having an LTR with and that I refuse to settle for just anyone b/c I know the kind of person I want and am looking for, and though I haven't found them yet that doesn't mean I'm not having fun looking for that person and who knows, they just MIGHT be the lucky one. LOL!
There's absolutely nothing wrong with having a life and living it to the fullest. After all, not everyone is marriage minded at an early age and if you're lucky you'll find a guy in the same boat who has been enjoying his life and living it and now is looking for someone to share it with. | |
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