Need some good, sharp comebacks for comments abouts being single!

sunshine and showers · 28-08-2014 05:02PM

"If you're so happy with your relationship, why are you checking out all the men in here?"

Lux23 · 28-08-2014 05:06PM

Rayanne2010 wrote: »

because it is healthy to stand up for yourself..

I don't see it as standing up for yourself, it sounds like you are building a defence. I was single all through my twenties and got countless comments and every time I every tried to make a joke about it or be clever it resulted in people saying I was bitter or 'no wonder you're single, you're am ignorant b*tch.

28-08-2014 05:07PM

Lux23 wrote: »

I don't see it as standing up for yourself, it sounds like you are building a defence. I was single all through my twenties and got countless comments and every time I every tried to make a joke about it or be clever it resulted in people saying I was bitter or 'no wonder you're single, you're am ignorant b*tch.

Nice people

meeeeh · 28-08-2014 11:01PM

But it is true up to a point. Prelearned comebacks don't work. If you need ideas for phrases to use then maybe it's the best solution to just tell them to back off that you are not in the mood. Most people can sense a preprepared line and then you just create the impression that being single bothers you enough to prepare comebacks in advance.

Shakespeare's Sister · 28-08-2014 11:44PM

fatknacker wrote: »

I get asked it regularly. It's a natural enough question. I don't see why people seem to get so bothered by it. My answer to why I am single, is and always has been "standards"
(Not necessarily mine)

But why would someone ask/care? It also implies an expectation that everyone should be in a relationship, and if they're not there's something wrong with them (maybe there is :pac: but not always). It's a weird fixation. I mean, to be concerned as to why someone ELSE isn't in a relationship? Bizarre.
Also, sometimes people don't know why they aren't in a relationship. They just aren't... it's not one of these things that always has straightforward answers. Then there are people for whom it's difficult to form relationships and it's not an easy issue for them, especially when some busybody spotlights it. Or they could have had their heart broken and are hesitant to go there again. It's like people are telling them "You're not in a relationship... oh my god you're doomed."

If someone asked "Are you in a relationship?" as small-talk, totally fair enough. But asking "WHY are you not in a relationship?"... I really would have a funny feeling about people (apart from old people) who'd ask such a question. They seem like the kind of people who view single people as weird/to be pitied/failures/losers. If someone says that thing of "How are you still single?!" though, that's different - it's a rhetorical question and is meant in a complimentary way.

meeeeh · 29-08-2014 02:34PM

I've been singe almost all of my teens and most of my twenties. I've been mostly asked why am I single by men who wanted to ask me out or sometimes by male friends and acquaintances who were in a relationship themselves but got on well with me. The only female asking me that sort of stuff would be my grandmother.

I know some people regarded me as picky but that didn't bother me. Anybody trying to do matchmaking was always told to back off. Sometimes jokingly but mostly just clearly told I'm not interested. The simplest and the most obvious way is usually the most effective.

Larianne · 29-08-2014 11:24PM

Just ask them "why do you want to know that?"

beks101 · 30-08-2014 11:56AM

I think Larianne's response is the best of them all - throw the spotlight back on them and force them to think about how inappropriate and rude the question is.

When I was single the rare few times I'd get this question, I'd go with a completely absurd one-liner and them just smile wryly, to show that I wouldn't be pried on.

'Why are you single?"
"Because I ate my last boyfriend"
*Smile*

anewme · 31-08-2014 10:02AM

I always say....with a big smile...ah jaysus a Garda wouldn't ask me that....or if I think they are being smart or its someone I dont like I stick to the good old reliable F Off and mind your own business. Nothing like a rude answer to a rude question.

cactuspaw · 04-09-2014 12:25AM

Was chatting to my friend bout this today. She being the last remaining single friend of mine and the two of us are in the same boat (ie unemployed, constantly broke, not out every weekend). She used the line " well, my light is on, but I can't afford the light bulbs" . Genius!

NZ_2014 · 04-09-2014 06:25PM

"I'd rather be alone than be with a below average loser like your boyfriend"

Mr. RED · 08-09-2014 12:48AM

Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop!!! You are all being WAY too polite. Seriously. As the man says earlier; a simple -

"Go f*** yourself" is all that is needed. Seriously.

It's good, it's certainly sharp; and it IS a comeback. If they don't like it? Well guess what; they can go f*** themselves!!

Need some good, sharp comebacks for comments abouts being single!

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