because all marriages have to end in divorce
otherwise how can i feel smug about being single?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 15:41, 2 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Aaah the creeping bitterness of singletons in their 30's

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 15:43, Reply)

Why has my life turned out this way ?!?!?1111!
*sobs into pillow*
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 15:44, Reply)

dude i've been bitter since i was 13!

( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 15:56, Reply)

That ain't cool, time for a long hard look in that room of mirrors

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 16:00, Reply)

but i might break them all

( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 16:00, Reply)

It seems to be emo day in b3taland
You'll be sticking Green Day on as well no doubt
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 16:02, Reply)

i hope you've had the time of your life

( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 16:08, Reply)

nommy nommy

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 16:18, Reply)

why does this make me think of bitttty
you are a vile human being
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 16:19, Reply)

I feed on human misery and despair

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 16:23, Reply)

You can't feel smug about being single
you should feel sad and rejected and ultimately like a failure.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 15:43, Reply)

^this
you need to find yourself someone who isn't a cock, stop being high maintenance, and then you might be able to achieve what Al has, and I am going to shortly.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 15:52, Reply)

ha
in real life, i am honestly very low-maintenance. well, fairly low-maintenance. i don't wear make-up unless it's an evening do, i am usually in jeans and trainers, i am virtually impossible to piss off...

i don't see marriage as an "achievement" though. if it's what you want, great. but it really isn't for everybody. it is undeniable that most people become much more dull when they settle down, and i love my high-octane out-with-different-people-every-night lifestyle. if i want clipped wings, i'll buy a parrot!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 16:00, Reply)

I wasn't referring to the act of marriage
I'm not sure of my reasons for wanting to do it, but I do. I could just as easily not, but the fact that I am with someone who makes me want to is what I was referring to :-P

I do pretty much exactly the same things as I did before I "settled down", can't see it changing much either. We aren't intending to have kids, and have friends who aren't (or can't, unfortunately for them) so have people to play with
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 16:05, Reply)

the only thing that matters is that not everybody wants the same thing
if you (as in "one", not as in "vipros") wants to settle down with one person, great. if you want to carry on playing the field and dating lots of different people because you have a low boredom threshold and don't really believe in everlasting love, great. if you like your own company and don't really want to live with anyone else, great.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 16:07, Reply)

*wonder if anyone saw the accidental post*
I'm all about that, people can do whatever they want. Finding someone like my mrs came as a hell of a surprise to be honest.

What my point was originally is that you should stop fucking whinging about all blokes being shit.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 16:11, Reply)

a lot of them ARE!
if you asked any of my many female friends, you'd be appalled.

then there are loads of lovely stories. but they aren't funny, so i don't post them on here.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 16:15, Reply)

you and your friends are picking the wrong ones :-P

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 16:18, Reply)

no no no
the world is just full of wrong'uns!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 16:23, Reply)

yeah, wrong 'uns like you

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 16:27, Reply)

I am not even remotely high maintenance
yet I am rapidly approaching the age where almost every man I meet who I'm attracted to is either bloody engaged or married already. What's your advice for me then?
(berk, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 16:00, Reply)

give up
they're all the fucking same
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 16:02, Reply)

Thank you for that rather succint but depressing morsel
I hate to admit it but you're probably right...
(berk, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 16:08, Reply)

10000% true

( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 16:11, Reply)

that does sound like a problem
I don't have much advice except to wait a few years until the first round of divorces among your target audience and then clean up.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 16:06, Reply)

This is advice I have been given before
I'm not convinced by it, to be honest. I don't want to be one of those 30-plus women who stand in bars reeking of desperation and Chanel.
(berk, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 16:09, Reply)

no, you don't
bars are a shit place to meet people as well. I don't know any decent bloke who has met and formed a good relationship with someone they just met in a bar.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 16:12, Reply)

Having been around the block once before
I can confirm that all single women over the age of 35 are fucking mental.

I live by the maxim "single, hot, sane - pick any 2".
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 22 Feb 2011, 16:06, Reply)

Well surely you'd pick single and hot everytime?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 22 Feb 2011, 16:10, Reply)

Well having been likened to Alexander Armstrong by numerous people
I have to piss with the cock I've got, so to speak - so hot isn't really an option.

My current lady is

Single - check
Hot - when she wants to be
Sane - not particularly and it's quite likely all her mum's doing so it's fucking inherited as well.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 22 Feb 2011, 16:16, Reply)