So, are you seeing anyone?

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  • SeaRunner26
    SeaRunner26 Posts: 5,143 Member
    I always get "when are you going to have a baby?" :grumble:

    I bet you could stop that with a quick retort of "I three already and I'm not ready for a fourth...".
  • coachblt
    coachblt Posts: 1,090
    Say what I tell them: "Not when I'm sleeping!"
  • LastMinuteMama
    LastMinuteMama Posts: 590 Member
    Omgoodness, I have an aunt that would ask this question and she started when I was, I don't know, about 10 or 12 years old.

    Every Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter dinner, etc, "I would be asked if I had a boyfriend?, Did I like any boys at school?, Did any boys like me? It's ok if you don't, it's ok if you like girls..." And you'd have to imagine her asking like that little dog Chester would harp on Spike.

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    It was craziness. She was just excited, trying to make converstation and be "cool"

    She asked lots of other ridiculously, embarrassing questions...if ever I start to do anything to embarrass my boys, my husband will tell me I'm acting like my Auntie Jane.

    But to answer your question, No, it doesn't bother me, but then again, I haven't been asked in quite a while since I've been married for almost 13 years. I think the question is just people making conversation and I don't think they are attaching success to being in a relationship...I think people who have been in love and married their love just want the same for others in their live...it's exciting!
  • pookeyism
    pookeyism Posts: 84 Member
    I get asked alot of questions, but I am married, so the "seeing anyone" is out.

    I am asked "so can you have babies now" which always rips my heart out.
    I am asked "what soes your sister think" - she is my sister, haha - she flew 2000 miles and ate 9 days of unpaid vaycay to be with me during surgery, bought me the best juicer you could get without going commercial, and conspires with my hubby to post pictures all over her FB :)

    I am also told "I bet you wish your Mom could see" and yes I do...my Mom passed away a week after surgery and was not well (but not terminally ill, or so we had been told) before, so I had not even told her.

    I get the personal barrier broken more - has anyone noticed this? Someone will rech out to touch my arm, or more inclined to lean across me to reach something on a table, if I have my hands full or busy talking (not just food, work or conferences, or crafts, anything)...
  • grim_traveller
    grim_traveller Posts: 625 Member
    Whenever some asks if "I'm seeing anyone," I look at them for a couple of seconds and then say "Not right now, no." They never get it.
  • CharlieBarleyMom
    CharlieBarleyMom Posts: 727 Member

    I don't think you have to be "all bitter and jaded and negative" to not say "I'm happy being single".

    There are so many mediums in life. Maybe I'm not "happy" being single, but maybe I'm not all bitter/jaded/negative.

    Maybe I'm more interested in the right person for me, then a person. And that my friend, is not always the easiest thing to explain these days!

    I second this! It is easy to say (for a woman at least) - and I've been saying it for the past 7 years... yes, I've been single for 7 years and so I think those that know me finally just stopped asking... I am looking for the right guy, not just any guy. I know that if I want any guy, I can stop in the bar on any given night and find someone there who is interested... not what I'm looking for, not by a long-shot!
  • LisaMarie8713
    LisaMarie8713 Posts: 310
    I get the, so who are you seeing now? And I usually kinda giggle and say, "which one you wanna know about?":wink:

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