Romance isn't for everyone. It requires certain qualities that some of us simply do not possess. Not to mention, there are those who do not want a relationship at all.
In the US, for example, about three in ten adults (31%) report being singleᅳthat is, not married, living with a partner, or in any other form of commitment. However, it's worth pointing out that this percentage varies significantly across demographic groups, with 41% among 18- to 29-year-olds compared to 23% of 30- to 49-year-olds.
Interested in these dynamics, Reddit user TakinShots made a post on the platform, asking everyone to share the stupidest thing they've witnessed a person say or do that made them instantly understand why they're single. Here are the responses they have received.
#21

Any variation of that stupid quote “if they can’t handle me at my worst, they don’t deserve me at my best.”
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112points
#22

"She's too fat" a short balding friend says about a healthy weight women who is out of his league.
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111points
#23

“You know how women like it when you show ‘em who’s boss?”.
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109points
#24

I was at a party where a man had been invited specifically to meet a woman who would be there - it was a set up, in other words. He asked her to play pool, a very innocent and pleasant way to get to know someone, right? Well he immediately started to dominate the game and he held NOTHING back, including taunting her when she made bad shots (and just criticizing everything she did in general). Of course he won and rubbed it in her face like he was a 12 year old (Think - IN YOUR FACE, LOSER!!!!). And these people were in their 30's. It was straight out of a sitcom or something. Everyone who saw it knew why he was (and would remain) single.
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106points
#25

Friend of mine struggles with anxiety and just generally doesn't handle social situations well, so struggled with women for many years. Finally got talking to a girl on a dating app and asked her out - he was taking her to lunch for the afternoon, and asked if my wife and I would meet them afterwards for drinks.
When we met them for drinks, it turns out they grabbed McDonald's and drove around town to places from Craigslist so he could buy Magic The Gathering cards. He wore sweatpants and flipflops (it was winter and snowy.) He spent most of our time angrily ranting about how an upcoming minimum wage increase was going to kill the economy and close businesses. He makes minimum wage.
He never saw her again.
When we met them for drinks, it turns out they grabbed McDonald's and drove around town to places from Craigslist so he could buy Magic The Gathering cards. He wore sweatpants and flipflops (it was winter and snowy.) He spent most of our time angrily ranting about how an upcoming minimum wage increase was going to kill the economy and close businesses. He makes minimum wage.
He never saw her again.
105points
#26

He brought his mom on our first date and asked her to order for both of us.
105points
#27

"Women don't ever know what they want so why does their opinion matter? Have you ever been shopping with one or asked them where they want to eat?"
My first thought was, wow you're going to die alone or married to a woman that stuck around just to punish you.
My first thought was, wow you're going to die alone or married to a woman that stuck around just to punish you.
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105points
#28
I was on a first date and the guy was going on and on about some boys trip he just took with a few college buddies.
Then he said "and my friend, Rob, was like 'wait until these b**ches figure out we're not choking them because they like it!' hahaha!"
Like dude, you're telling me you hate women (or your friend does, and it amuses you) on our first date.
Then he said "and my friend, Rob, was like 'wait until these b**ches figure out we're not choking them because they like it!' hahaha!"
Like dude, you're telling me you hate women (or your friend does, and it amuses you) on our first date.
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98points
#29

I was on one of these forums and a guy suggested that I do OnlyFans since my career is unsuccessful. I Googled his name and the first thing to pop up was a news story on him falsely accusing his girlfriend of bringing a bomb onto an aircraft. He was sentenced to 2 years of prison.
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96points
#30

Quote from a bloke I used to work with...
"You'll never find me washing the dishes. That's women's work."
"You'll never find me washing the dishes. That's women's work."
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95points
#31
Its hard to point to one particular thing but this ex co worker basically blamed every sickness, every societal ill, every wrong our world has on “Eve corrupting Adam with her stupidity and snakelike charms”. Dude would also complain how every girl he (forcibly) asked out would stand him up and ghost him. If he was still a co worker i can guarantee you he would label himself an “alpha”.
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93points
#32
Pretty sure this was a first date, but the dude kept talking about military dictatorships and empires FOR ONE WHOLE HOUR. I’m not joking I don’t think I heard her open her mouth once except to pay the bill and this dude WAS LOUD. Highlights include: praising fascist dictatorships and getting a little too into the Portuguese caste system, she was black, he was white.
I wanted to write run on a napkin to her.
I wanted to write run on a napkin to her.
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92points
#33

20yo guy receiving pocket money from his mother just went: "Women are just broke, depending on us to go on a date" (I was going to pay my half of the bill).
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91points
#35

A guy I was taking to said if a man can overpower a woman it’s fair game. I don’t know if he really thought that or if he was just pulling people’s chains.
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85points


