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Person Online Wanted To Know “What Is The Best Response To ‘Why Are You Still Single?’” And 30 People Gave Their Suggestions
There is a pressure from society that after school you need to go to college, then you need to get a good job, you need to have a car and a house and let’s not forget your social life as well. Besides having friends you need to be in a relationship because how else will you create a family and have kids?
But the younger generation are liberating themselves from these expectations and data shows that more people are choosing to stay single. There was even a study going viral which claimed that the happiest group of people are single women.
Sadly, that doesn’t mean that the expectation isn’t there and people are annoyingly asked “Why are you still single?” That’s not a very tactical question to ask so you can allow yourself to not go into detail and give one of the answers people on Reddit give the curious cats who stick their noses into their business.
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#1
In France we say, "Mieux vaut être seul que mal accompagné" which means "Better alone than in bad company"
TheAquarius1978 3 years ago
Same exact saying in Portugal " mais vale só, do que mal acompanhado "
Anne McKinney 3 years ago
I LOVE living alone and being single. I can do what I want when I want including baking an entire apple crisp like I did today and eating half of it straight out of the pan. yum, yum.
QuokkaVibes 3 years ago
In Italian we "meglio soli che male accompagnati" same common saying, different language
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#2
Best one I've heard lately:
"Supply-chain issues."
#3
"Because my goal isn't to be in a relationship, it's to be in the *right* relationship."
María Hermida 3 years ago
The funny thing is in Argentinian Spanish, when two people get on extremely well they say "se llevan como chanchos" ( they get on like pigs"). So I love the picture!
Nicole Tomme 3 years ago
There you go. Good for you. I always was told I was too picky I said only one man needs to fill my requirements. Married almost 8 years now to the only man I ever went on a second date with. He was worth the wait.
Pascale Pierloot 3 years ago
And what is the right one? (Bear with me, as I can't answer this in one sentence!) Having all the boxes ticked? I can certainly understand you don't want to go for every one that is showing interest...but please don't wait for prins charming to come knocking at your door asking for an appointment...there're are always things to be had when you least suspect it. It can be a life lesson or it can be a friend for life...it's the unexpected things that will surprise you...not what you're expecting in your mind...too boring 'cause you've seen it hundreds of times. Just an opinion. 🙋
María Hermida 3 years ago
I think OP wants a relationship but not at any cost. Many people put up with obviously horrible situations just to avoid being alone, but s/he prefers being alone rather than in a bad relationship. The "perfect" partner doesn't exist, but some things are bearable and some aren't (or shouldn't). I totally agree.
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Rod McCabe 3 years ago
Beutran. Don't be in a rush. I've had MORE than my share of GF but at 54 I've never been in love and no one has ever been in love with me (as far as I know). Life has so much more to offer than wasting your time time listening to someone else's gripes or good things. It just gets boring, like, "I don't care." There is so much more to do by yourself.
Beutran 3 years ago
This, I just think that maybe i'm too selective considering that I never fallen in love with someone... Not even a crush
Mr Jumbarrawa 3 years ago
It's your life... You are supposed to be selective about who you wish to share it with.
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#4
When my sister got married, my niece, 17, asked me, "How does it feel to be the only one of your siblings not married?"
I simply replied, "Well, unlike them I have standards." Her father, my brother, was right there :)
#5
Just lucky, I guess!
DennyS (denzoren) 3 years ago
I had a friend tell me just a day ago he envies that I'm unmarried and childless because if he had to make that decision now, he'd choose to be single.
#6
Go full on Cher from Clueless: "you see how picky I am about my shoes, and they only go on my feet!"
Angie Chiyoko 3 years ago
I'm so gunna use this. I love the movie Clueless. It's one of my comfort movies!!!
Cara G 3 years ago
How badly do you want Cher's touchscreen software that holds a database of your wardrobe and helps you put outfits together?
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TheAquarius1978 3 years ago
Ok this one is hilarious, especially if you " read between the lines "
#7
The voices in my head tend to get jealous very easily
#8
My response last time was "How are you *not*?"
#9
I am single by choice... Their choice but still.
Octavia Hansen 3 years ago
My response: I am single by choice . . . you, however, are being rejected.
#10
“Why do you care?”
#11
To tolerate me would require a skill level not yet reached by any mortal being.
mark glass 3 years ago
That's a Zen Master level of self-awarenes sorely lacking in general, and almost universally in politics.
#12
I’d rather be single than pretend to be happy in a fake relationship.
#13
Your mom says she wants no strings attached
#14
Because having another adult who has any say in the course of my adult life is obnoxious 🤣😅
Albino 3 years ago
It is. You decide together what's for dinner usually. If you spend your holiday in warm or cool climate,...
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I had one of the groomsmen in the wedding I was in last year ask me that question, after I told him I wasn’t in a rush, his buddy behind him reminded him that he was thrice divorced
Edit: for context I’m 26 M and he was in his late 30’s
Metalhead Turtle 🇺🇦 3 years ago
I'm thrice* divorced and I live in a van down by the river! * My brain is in a bit of a fog, so please don't downvote because my wording might be off.
#17
„What do you think?“
It’s like the uno reverse card, they asked a potentially uncomfortable question now they gotta answer it themselves.
Amused panda 3 years ago
Sounds dangerous...if they are rude or insensitive or opinionated or whatever enough to ask the question, they might have an answer you don't want to hear
Monique Martins 3 years ago
I tried this, my aunt kept silent and left... it was glorious until she came back with a piece of paper... It was a mother****er list of fourteen reasons why i'm still single... it took her over an hour to show me how to do better :/ later that night I até an intire cake and cried a little
setsuriseikou 3 years ago
I don't know your aunt personally, so I can't judge her, but I surely can and will judge what she did! Even if she meant it to be a joke or genuinely wanted to help you, it was utterly unkind, disrespectful and none of her business. I'm sorry you had to go through that kind of thing, and please know that you're perfectly fine the way you are. And if you want to change anything about yourself, then it's your choice only and nobody else should have a say in that.
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#18
I think the best response is "because I am prioritising my mental health right now" and it being true.
Glen MacLeod 3 years ago
I just tell people I'm happier single. Yes, I've been married. For me, single is better.
Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
I tell them I am in a committed relationship...with myself. I really think I might be "the one."
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#19
I value my freedom too much.
#20
Because you're taken
AliJanx 3 years ago
A friend of mine got engaged. Her husband was quite drunk and privately told me if it wasn't her, then it would have been me. I didn't know quite what to think about that - still don't. They've been happily married over 30 years. I was dating a close friend of his who i married - we were happily married until he passed away. That statement still rolls around my head sometimes, along with the obligatory what-ifs. Please keep my secret...you're the only one who knows.
#21
I just hate people.
#22
Who the f**k are you? Get the hell out of my house!
#23
All the men where I live want kids!
I do not.
The Silly Stellar Jay 3 years ago
It's funny because I hear the opposite complaint from many men. Maybe it's an age thing?
Missmay 3 years ago
Yes, it might. The country is a factor too. I am from a country where almost all men want kids and I don't.
Load More Replies... Octavia Hansen 3 years ago
Maybe that should read: all the men want to be kids. It usually comes out they want someone to clean the house, feed them, bed them and when there are kids, you get to do that, too.
#24
Because there are so many people like you.
Oskar vanZandt 3 years ago
100% agree... creepy mannequins! (I am also not a fan of clowns and dolls)
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Because making an album is too much work.
Tristan J 3 years ago
The joke here is album vs single, not photo album. How do these things get listed if that's your understanding?
Aunt Riarch 3 years ago
Thanks for the explanation, I thought it was to do with wedding photo albums, maybe I should just go to bed
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Stannous Flouride 3 years ago
To the whiners below. BP is operated by several hard-working and creative Lithuanians doing the best they can. And it's FREE. How much Lett do you speak and how familiar are you with its homonyms and nuanced linguistic references? If you have a problem send them a note or better yet, GO START YOUR OWN site.
Q B F T 3 years ago
"if you have a problem, send them a note" - what's the address?
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#26
I have the social skills of a spoon
The Silly Stellar Jay 3 years ago (edited)
🤣 the cleverness of this post would indicate otherwise. You just need to find other spoons.
David Gripon 3 years ago
But spoons are very popular. They are among the top 3 utensils at the table.
Aunt Riarch 3 years ago
Ah but are there those little crispy salty bits in the corners of the bag?
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#27
"Because I'm not looking for a partner right now."
Pickle Panda 3 years ago
Straightforward. Why can't some people just respect that sometimes others don't want relationships-?
#28
Are you blind
Look at me
#30
Because my dating pool is significantly smaller than yours, Samantha
just another teen 3 years ago
i have one guy i like right no but i don't know how to tell him
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Philly Bob Squires 3 years ago
I don't have a pool.... I just painted a big blue rectangle in my backyard so people looking from Google Earth will THINK I have a pool!
#33
My fiance' died in April 2020
ShaZam Beaubien 3 years ago
That comment would make anyone silent. I kind of feel bad to the person that was directed to.
Blyss Blyssylb 3 years ago (edited)
My husband passed away January 2016. People constantly ask me why I am STILL Single... I'm going to start with, "Because I'm Done with the 'BullSh*t Gaslit Mind P**q Games'! That's Why"! Besides, Men will go around acting like a Bigger B*tch than the one on the Rag! Why do I want to be tied down, put down, cheated on, beat on, falsely accused of 'whatever', etc...Nah, I'm good with being single.
#36
Procrastination
#37
no one can handle my personality for that long
#38
Because I have a reddit account
#39
‘Why? You wanna be with me?’
What do you think ?
Sarah Barker 3 years ago
Because the only useless attachment allowed in my house is the hoover nozzle brush.
Waite Forit 3 years ago (edited)
People are surprised when they find out my age because they think I am about 20 years younger. I tell them I am still young and healthy because I have never been married.
Giovanna 3 years ago
Last time I was asked this, it was coming, for the second time in a short while, from one of my parents' friends, a man in his 60s, married, very catholic. We were at my younger sister's wedding and I was single. My answer was "I always pray our Lord and Saviour Jesus to send me a good husband". I was so evidently sarcastic that he shut up and never questioned me again.
Amy Watkins 3 years ago
There's a cheeky little book by Karen Salmansohn called "Even God is Single: (So Stop Giving Me a Hard Time) which gives comebacks and jokes for if you're ever asked the dreaded "Why aren't married yet?" question. My favorite -- the one that's stuck in my memory the longest -- is this: I'm looking for a soulmate, not a cellmate.
marianne eliza 3 years ago
“It takes a mighty good man to be better than no man at all.” Dixie Carter
Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
And I also absolutely do not want to be in a relationship with someone who thinks their partner completes them. You mean you're not a whole person in your own right? Go work on yourself, then.
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YogiMamaK 3 years ago
Keep those standards up!! I love being married to my husband. That doesn't mean I recommend marriage or even long term relationships to everyone. Lots of people are happier solo, and that's a great thing to know about yourself.
Giovanna 3 years ago
Thank you! I have a partner now, but I've been single for a very long time and honestly I enjoyed it.
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Amy Watkins 3 years ago
I'm also reminded of a comedian who joked about an old aunt always teasing "You're next! You're next!" at any wedding they were both at. So he started saying it back to her at every funeral.
Sarah Barker 3 years ago
Because the only useless attachment allowed in my house is the hoover nozzle brush.
Waite Forit 3 years ago (edited)
People are surprised when they find out my age because they think I am about 20 years younger. I tell them I am still young and healthy because I have never been married.
Giovanna 3 years ago
Last time I was asked this, it was coming, for the second time in a short while, from one of my parents' friends, a man in his 60s, married, very catholic. We were at my younger sister's wedding and I was single. My answer was "I always pray our Lord and Saviour Jesus to send me a good husband". I was so evidently sarcastic that he shut up and never questioned me again.
Amy Watkins 3 years ago
There's a cheeky little book by Karen Salmansohn called "Even God is Single: (So Stop Giving Me a Hard Time) which gives comebacks and jokes for if you're ever asked the dreaded "Why aren't married yet?" question. My favorite -- the one that's stuck in my memory the longest -- is this: I'm looking for a soulmate, not a cellmate.
marianne eliza 3 years ago
“It takes a mighty good man to be better than no man at all.” Dixie Carter
Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
And I also absolutely do not want to be in a relationship with someone who thinks their partner completes them. You mean you're not a whole person in your own right? Go work on yourself, then.
Load More Replies... YogiMamaK 3 years ago
Keep those standards up!! I love being married to my husband. That doesn't mean I recommend marriage or even long term relationships to everyone. Lots of people are happier solo, and that's a great thing to know about yourself.
Giovanna 3 years ago
Thank you! I have a partner now, but I've been single for a very long time and honestly I enjoyed it.
Load More Replies... Amy Watkins 3 years ago
I'm also reminded of a comedian who joked about an old aunt always teasing "You're next! You're next!" at any wedding they were both at. So he started saying it back to her at every funeral.
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