Best responses to the classic "why are you still single?"?

vithit

I'm only 23 and I'm already getting this. I guess it's what happens when you're from a rural area and a third of your school year have already had kids. There's only so many times I can say "guess it's my personality". The honest answer "I'd prefer to stay single until I meet someone who makes my life better for being in it" doesn't seem to work.

Give us some creative responses to those nosey relatives and family friends.

Facthunt

I'm becoming a nun!! Or Priest!

Potential-Monke

If the person asking has kids, reply with "Why did you ruin your life with kids?"

If they don't, say "Why are you in a loveless relationship?"

Neither may be true, but it'll make them think.

standardg60

Ask me again in ten years when i'm happy and you're not

Facthunt

There is a lot of advantages in a NSA fcuk bud ..... speaking here from experience!

Mr or Mrs Right will come in time! Don't feel forced to find someone.

23 is very young to be hitting the panic button. Enjoy life ....

bottlebrush

At least they're asking and not telling you you're still single because you're 'too choosy". !

Years ago I once heard a woman answer a similar question...with I never met the right person, I'd have loved to have been a mother.., jaws dropped open all around.

Gregor Samsa

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119077828#Comment_119077828

Bonus points if you then wistfully pull out a butternut squash with a face drawn in it, and offer it to your exposed nipple. x10 if you're male.

vithit

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119077828#Comment_119077828

Sincerely saying that as a wizened 23 would also produce a similar result no doubt.

Strumms

Because your mother is deaf and can’t hear the phone ringing.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119078154#Comment_119078154

The point is the truth unsettles people and unsettling people usually shuts them up, although the op has tried the honest answer and it hasn't worked

PsychoPete

At weddings old people like saying "you'll be next now", do the same to them at funerals

Jequ0n

I don’t think I have ever been asked this question, but I can’t see why the usual response of silence wouldn’t settle the debate for good.

SnuggyBear

Cos I hate women

Make a comment about the person's mother. It's extra effective if they're not around any more.

ancapailldorcha

Supply chain problems.

Good luck.

Hoop66

"Too busy wanking". Then pull out your lad.

I had honestly thought Irish society didn’t think like this any more. 🧐 I’m 61, single & fancy free, nobody has ever asked, as far as I can recall, why I didn’t get married. Actually, I correct myself, a man in Turkey did, was curious as to why a “lovely” (his adjective) woman would not be married.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119079584#Comment_119079584

Yeah it doesn't really happen outside of occasional instances leading to an article in a paper about how society judges single women so harshly.

Burt Renaults

Because I've got 99 problems, and making another human being as miserable as I am ain't one.

Apiarist

"I am not single, my girlfriend is a secret agent. If you know what's best for you, you should stop asking."

CreadanLady

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119079395#Comment_119079395

I do, I like women. If you don't mind, I like women. I love women. I'm mad about women! I've been married three times and the one I'm married to now is going to last forever because I am infatuated with women. I don't know why you are so obsessed with me. Don't you have a life? Go ahead and live, do something.

o1s1n

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119079395#Comment_119079395

Have you tried looking at the other 50% of the World's gender?

Dempo1

I had an elderly neighbour, great character , Bachelor all is long life but always had a Dog. Sadly now departed.

Got to know him very well, I'd pop over to check on him , particularly winter months , he was always in great form.

I enquired of him one winter evening sitting by a Turf fire (can I say that 🤔) , why he never Married . Taking a puff out of his pipe and with a wry smile on his face, he pointed over to his Dog , he said, it's like this you see,

"I'd rather have the Dog, wagging his Tail than a Women wagging her Tongue 😁"

I'm 54 going on 55, have been engaged (Twice) perhaps impossible to live with but being totally honest I love and need my own space

thefallingman

Do sheep count ?

fryup

I just tell them that........😉

vithit

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119079808#Comment_119079808

I mean, that's genuinely true in my case so 🤷‍♂️

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119079867#Comment_119079867

I don’t have one either, attached to me.

SunnySundays

Depending on who is asking and the context you could use some of the following:

- Haven't met the right person

- Happy as I am

- I met the right ones at the wrong time & the wrong ones at the right time

- It's hard pick one when there's so many options

- I get bored easily

- I have standards

- She/he would need to be pretty amazing to settle down

- The bigger mystery is how you aren't single!

Some of those responses may result in you being single longer!!

"I guess lady love hasn't chosen to shine her light on me yet." Or some other similar b*llocks like that.

Esse85

Because I don't like to eat steak every night of the week, I like variety.

goldenmick

Best responses to the classic "why are you still single?"?

I want to enjoy and spend all my multi-million lottery winnings before I settle down.

bottlebrush

Ask them why are they still married

bogwarrior

Look , no just no , now go try someone else .😁

MisterAnarchy

Those who marry late in life have shorter to suffer.

trashcan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119077736#Comment_119077736

And I haven’t decided which yet 😯😃

Donald Trump

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058246275/best-responses-to-the-classic-why-are-you-still-single

Just reply "Aids"

Deja Boo

"Why do you ask, are you jealous?"

techman1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119079584#Comment_119079584

Was that in Kusadasi by the way. it used to be a mecca for older women seeking affections from younger men. sometimes the women fell in love only to find later that their young lothario had moved onto the next tourist

Mad_maxx

Sure no one will have me ( used to work for me)

CPTM

I've always enjoyed when people respond with the double-meaning answer "I just haven't settled yet".

Especially if its coupled with a quick look at the enquirer's other half.

Ekerot

What rural part of Ireland are you where 1/3 of your class already has kids?

I'm a similar age and live in Donegal and this isn't the case at all

Donald Trump

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119082526#Comment_119082526

Well that's somewhat of a technicality. Others say kids, you say teenagers

Bob Harris

Surely the answer is 'why don't you mind your own fckn business'.

vithit

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119082526#Comment_119082526

Somewhere in Connacht

fryup

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119078176#Comment_119078176

😶 don't get it?

Wibbs

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119084069#Comment_119084069

Neither did she...

Mister Vain

🕜️

HazeDoll

"I'm single. I'm not a nun. Just because I don't feature in your local gossip doesn't mean I don't have a life. Nice of you to take an interest though."

"I don't know of one marriage that doesn't look, to me, like a slow death. I'm grand, thanks. Nice of you to take an interest though."

"That's a strange question. What have you heard through the gossip mill that would make you ask that? Tell me everything you know, I could do with a laugh. Anyway, nice of you to take an interest."

"I know, I'm like a sad and boring version of you! Nice of you to take an interest though."

"Yeah, why don't I have somebody looking for a slice of my paycheque and expecting me to bother my arse with their family. I'm pathetic, amn't I! Ha ha. Nice of you to take an interest though."

HazeDoll

One more...

"Oh.

This is awkward.

Look. You're a great person, and I really enjoy hanging out with you. I'm flattered, really I am, and I want us to stay friends but this isn't going anywhere. I'm sorry if I was sending confusing signals. Please don't be embarrassed.

Don't worry, I'm not going to mention this to your wife/husband. Let's pretend we never had this conversation."

sporina

i'd rather be on me own than be with the wrong one (was close twice - got out on time thankfully)