15 Obnoxious Things Single Women Are Tired Of Hearing

15 Obnoxious Things Single Women Are Tired Of Hearing ©iStock/teksomolika

Single women hear a lot of obnoxious and annoying things from people about our love lives, or the lack thereof. Believe it or not, some of us are completely happy with where we are. Yes, we’re rolling solo, but that doesn’t mean we need to hear the same crap all the time.

  1. “Are you dating anyone?” It’s as if because we’re single, we should be on the prowl 24/7 and when we’re not actively seeing someone, we get pity in return. Yes, we see what you’re doing there, and it’s annoying.
  2. “I can never keep up with you!” If we are dating someone, and it’s someone you’ve never heard of before, we hear this crap a lot. Great — it’s nice to know you view our dating lives as a revolving door of men as if we chose that for ourselves, and not because it clearly didn’t work out with the last guy. Thanks for the empathy.
  3. “How are you meeting people?” People ask this as if the reason we’re still single is because we’re not looking in the right places, and they’ve got all the answers. We’re sorry that living our adult lives and going out socially when we can isn’t sufficient enough. We didn’t realize that we needed to start scheduling designated man meeting hours and hot spots into our days.
  4. “You need to try [insert cliche singles websites, speed dating, etc.]” Wow… single women have NEVER heard of online dating and singles mixers before. Thank you for the revolutionary information.
  5. “Why are you still single?” If we knew the scientific equation for that problem, we would have the solution, wouldn’t we? Please stop asking this question. We haven’t met the right one yet — end of story.
  6. “You should try to be less picky… you never know!” So, we should lower our standards and allow ourselves to be under satisfied for the rest of our lives? Cool. Thanks for the wild idea that will never, ever happen.
  7. “I’m not looking for a relationship.” AKA, the most annoying and common thing we hear from men we meet in 2016.
  8. “When you stop looking, it’ll find you!” That’s a nice idea, but when you’re single, you’re never not looking because you’re always blatantly aware of the fact that you’re without love in your life — at least that’s what most people keep pointing out with their annoying questions and statements.
  9. “It’ll happen when you least expect it.” You mean, like, when we’re in our old yoga pants in line at Walgreens buying tampons and Doritos? Please, no.
  10. “It’ll happen… someday.” When someone says “someday” it’s like a punch in the face. Someday, like over the rainbow someday? Can I just skip to the pot of gold instead? To buy my way out of this conversation, perhaps?
  11. “You need to put yourself out there!” Thank you for the tip. I think existing and leaving our homes and being kind to people we come across is enough, no? Should we get a forehead tattoo instead?
  12. “Maybe you’re going for the wrong type of guy.” And maybe you’re judgmental. We all have our preferences about who we’re attracted to, and we’re totally entitled to have them. We just haven’t met the right one yet. Why doesn’t anyone get this concept?
  13. “You seem bitter.” If you had to keep fielding these insane questions and judgey comments, wouldn’t you be?
  14. “Just focus on yourself.” That’s exactly what we’re doing. Single women aren’t holed up in a corner crying uncontrollably because we’re without a relationship. This might shock some people, but single women are out enjoying our lives even without boyfriends. Shocker, I know!
  15. “You’re still young.” Thank you. Bringing age into the equation definitely eases our frustrations. How sweet of you to point out that we still have plenty of time. We know you mean well, but we’re just sick of hearing it. All of it.
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