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"
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160points
#3
"Because my goal isn't to be in a relationship, it's to be in the *right* relationship."
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141points
#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 :)
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121points
#6
Go full on Cher from Clueless: "you see how picky I am about my shoes, and they only go on my feet!"
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109points
#11
To tolerate me would require a skill level not yet reached by any mortal being.
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88points
#12
I’d rather be single than pretend to be happy in a fake relationship.
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83points
#14
Because having another adult who has any say in the course of my adult life is obnoxious 🤣😅
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68points
#15
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
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67points
#17
„What do you think?“
It’s like the uno reverse card, they asked a potentially uncomfortable question now they gotta answer it themselves.
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62points
#18
I think the best response is "because I am prioritising my mental health right now" and it being true.
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62points
