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| so, why are you still single?
Posted: 3/2/2009 2:23:02 PM | "so, why are you still single?"
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Because dipping the stick without filling in a form is so nice. | |
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| so, why are you still single?
Posted: 3/3/2009 10:17:51 AM | | i thinks its because back in the day at 35 you were supposed to be married and have kids and if you weren't they'd consider you an old maid...but times have changed but not necessarily that mentality...back in 99 i went on a bus trip by myself, but you end up hanging out with all the people on the tour group. there was an elderly couple who had their grand-daughter with them and the grandmother could not believe i would go on such a trip by myself! so what am i supposed to do sit at home and wait for a guy to take me somewhere! i don't think so....at the end of the trip she said good for you for going by yourself but through out the trip i kept hearing i can't believe you went by yourself! that's just like my grandparents-my pop-pop was the one who drove, my nana never got her liscense and when he passed away she pretty much walked everywhere or had my aunt's come take her places...i don't feel there is anything wrong with it i just don't think society is used to independent women... | |
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| so, why are you still single?
Posted: 3/3/2009 10:23:34 AM | ^^^Exactly.
In other words, because there are few places someone can take you that you can't take yourself, honestly (and the trip is much quieter). | |
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| so, why are you still single?
Posted: 3/3/2009 7:15:33 PM | | If i get asked why im single i reply "I'm single by choice" that usually shuts stupid people up from asking a silly question, just because people have a significant other doesn't mean they are happy and that all is right with the world, im my own boss, can do what i want, when i want, works for me. | |
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| so, why are you still single?
Posted: 3/3/2009 9:37:28 PM | | I have to admit that my being single is due to choices I've made and circumstances I've put myself into. It has not been a concious decision to stay single, but my lifestyle and personality don't allow exposure to new people. I'm sure I will meet someone when it is time. | |
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| so, why are you still single?
Posted: 3/3/2009 11:10:05 PM | | I was with someone throughout all of my 20's and let me tell you the 30's can be a good time to be single ;) | |
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| so, why are you still single?
Posted: 3/5/2009 9:57:00 PM | I get discouraged easily- I'm 37, single, hell, and I've never been kissed. Heck, the one girlfriend I've ever had; we met on the Internet. We talked on the phone mainly over a period of two years, but we never met in person.
Don't get easily discouraged, shinyknightinarmor... we're all in the same boat. :) If other women think you're not good enough to meet their standards, screw them. Life is short enough as it is.
Online dating may not work for some people but I would try networking offline like www.meetup.com and it's so great for socializing and signing for different interest.
All the best to you.
I chose to be single because I am happy operating on my own skin and don't need a partner to make me complete. I am responsible for my own happiness and still working myself to be a better and right girl for that guy who is waiting for him out there, whoever he is.
May fate/God send him on my way someday.
Can't give up on love....There is no 'call of the wild' for love.....it has its own way and its own time and when it comes, even if you are not looking, you will be in it for all its worth....wont be able to help yourself. | |
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| so, why are you still single?
Posted: 3/5/2009 11:27:11 PM | I am asked that often. most of the time its a compliment but here are a few funny situations when asked.
1. My family will ask me this question at a dinner table
aunt: why are you still single marc?
cosuin: i dont think he wants to get married
SISTER: he is too picky
Mother: would it be the worst thing in the world to make your mother happy
family friend involved in a ambivalent marriage: cause he is having too much fun being single. {than advises me dont get married}
brother in law or someone else: would you leave him alone
me. for 10 minutes not even saying a word even though 20 questions have been asked to me which others have answered.
aunt- at a wedding says . when are you next?
me- at the next funeral how would you like me to ask you the same question?
I have a few friends from high school who are married and ask me this q whenever they see me so i decided to have 2 of my best female friends come to a holiday party and introduce them as both of my girlfriends and explain to them we will get married as soon as poligimy is legal. | |
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| so, why are you still single?
Posted: 3/6/2009 8:38:20 PM | | I also use that phrase when im asked if im a single parent, "i'm a single parent by choice" and i don't want anyone's pity that i am, im much happier now than i was and my kids are doing great as well. | |
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| so, why are you still single?
Posted: 3/7/2009 8:53:08 PM | hi I am single long time...and dont have sexlife..around 3 years and 6 months..i think I get used it))) but dont wanna make any mastakes anymore..get older i guess..nothing wrong to be alone and find yourself... | |
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| so, why are you still single?
Posted: 3/7/2009 10:41:35 PM | | I'm still single because unlike my friends I didn't settle for the first guy who showed interest. I wasn't prepared to give up my dreams to please a guy. And didn't want a guy who wanted me to. Yeah sure sometimes it would be nice to have been a permenate guy but then you listen to married friends whine about trivial crap and think thank god I can do what ever I want and answer to no one. | |
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| so, why are you still single?
Posted: 3/10/2009 12:00:27 PM | | I hope there is nothing wrong, because if there is I am screwed! I have never had a girlfreind, a date, or even a first real kiss. To top that I am still a vrigin at 33, yes it is true. I don't think there is anything wrong with me, sure I am short and have a beard but what is wrong with that. Our we so shallow not to give a guy a chance? Come on ladies ? I have always been the nice guy, I gues it gets you nowhere. I don' t know why I am single, I think the reason may lie in the women who are way too picky and coiosy nowaday.'s Yes I am bitter, wouldn't you be ? To hell with them, I would rather play my fiddle in a cave alone , away from such mean women the rest of my life. This life is shit. | |
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| so, why are you still single?
Posted: 3/10/2009 11:10:10 PM | Why ask "Why are you still single?" The word "still" implies that there is some alternative ahead. Who says there must be?
Why not ask married people "Why are you already married?" | |
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| so, why are you still single?
Posted: 3/11/2009 2:55:04 AM | | I have started asking married people why they are married, and after they stop looking at me oddly, they say that it is the way people are supposed to live their lives, and that being single is not how people are supposed to live. Where did they find these rules of life and how did I miss that memo? | |
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| so, why are you still single?
Posted: 3/12/2009 8:34:27 PM | I get asked this question ALL the time - in fact, my grandmother used to shake my arm and say, "Will I live to see you married?" I would always reply with "Nope - not likely." She lived to be 100 and I never got married. I think there are some people who just aren't the marrying kind and that's fine by me. I don't need to get married to know that I have had an awesome life, that I value independence, and that I am perfectly capable of being a whole person without a man attached to my side. Society, however, thinks that to be whole, you have to be a couple.
There's a great book by Bella DePaulo called "Singled Out: How Singles are Stereotyped, Stigmatized, and Ignored." It talks about how single people are aften asked to work longer hours (no family to go home to), work for less money (no spouse to support or kids to save for), and have to spend more money (I buy birthday presents for both people in a couple but between them, they only give me one!) and we do all of this because we are single. In fact, single people do more contributing to the economy, volunteering, and creating a better society than most couples (because they have kids and each other to worry about!). It was a great read and incredibly accurate. I highly recommend it! | |
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| so, why are you still single?
Posted: 3/12/2009 9:32:46 PM | | ^^^ never read that book, but does it mention anything about single parents?^^^ How accurate can it be if it doesn't? In my opinion (once again I never read the book) it sounds like it just gives the people who feel that they missed out in the "having a family" stage in their life a reason not to feel sorry for themselves. Instead feed the reader with some garbage about how they should blame the people who are together and have kids. | |
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| so, why are you still single?
Posted: 3/12/2009 11:58:15 PM | marc100000
that is sooo funny!
I'm single because I love to take solo road trips. I love curling up in bed with a good book and not having to share said bed. I'm happpier spending time either alone or with my gal pals. | |
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| so, why are you still single?
Posted: 3/13/2009 12:39:27 AM | | Why should we feel sorry for ourselves if we did not have a family? Some people have children and some people do not, some people have brown hair and some have blonde hair, some are large, some are small, some like to eat shrimp, some do not..etc...variety is the spice of life, and it would be a boring world to live in if everyone had the same lifestyle and the same experiences...IMHO | |
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| so, why are you still single?
Posted: 3/13/2009 6:07:51 AM | | I don't feel sorry for myself, but sometimes a very special warm body in bed would be nice. Just knowing at the end of the day someone gave a da**, would be nice. | |
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| so, why are you still single?
Posted: 3/13/2009 7:47:54 AM | | Because women these days can't handle a good, honest, loving, faithful man.. Its funny how everybody says they want this and that and when it is staring them in the face, they are blinded by the a**hole who treats them like crap. So I guess my real answer is because I dont know how to treat women bad. | |
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| so, why are you still single?
Posted: 3/13/2009 8:00:24 AM | ^^^I can definitely handle all that in a man, but for me to care enough to want to date him or sleep with him, he's got to be hot too. *shrug* Being good, honest, faithful and loving aren't supposed to be rare in a relationship.
Befriending women that aren't attracted to you hoping they will suddenly fall for you one day isn't the best plan - obviously it frustrates someone to do this.
Maybe the guy that treats them like crap is someone they are more attracted to, maybe they like being treated like crap. If all women you're into like that sort of thing, then it looks like you pick the wrong women.
I never understood why instead of being relieved you don't get tangled up with a woman who would allow a man to treat her badly, men think the answer is to treat women badly in order to date one. Twisted.
P.S. Bitterness usually makes women run like hell in the other direction. Perhaps that's part of your problem? | |
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| so, why are you still single?
Posted: 3/13/2009 6:38:38 PM | I am a short guy: That is the biggest reason. If you are a tall guy and don't understand that answer, ask any women she'll explain it to you.
I don't have a bit of the "geek" in me and am seasoned (not sheltered: Been through all kind of things and hung with all kind of people). I am intelligent, funny, and have an engaging personality, but because I am short and not strikingly attractive, I am invisible to women and they don't usually give me a chance to show them any of my qualities.
Now that i am 45, I get more chances to date, but when I meet someone interested I always ask myself "Would she have dated me when we were 20? As I was roundly rejected in my 20s and 30s, I know the answer is no and I have no interest in being settled for. The other issue i have is I wanted kids and couldn't have any (on account of being turned down all the time). Now, I find myself saying, "Why should I have to settle for someone whose been through the mill, when and has had their life and kids and wants no more, when I am starting fresh, without a family.
I'd like to get married but only if having kids was a possibility. That would exclude a women my age. | |
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