dont u just hate it.....

[tinkerbell23]

when ur single...and people consantly tell u that u need a man or that u have to get back in that shop window

aarghhhh- mothers in particular!!! it drives me mad im only 22 ffs!!!!xxxx

[sara3]

wait til you get to my age and people have long stopped asking :o(

[ChuckFickens]

Well the vision does start to go at that age CD :-p

[AB Editor]

You have to believe she just wants you to be happy, although I've always wondered what they thought you planned to DO about it.

"Ooh, she's right! I do need a man! Think I'll just go pick one up on my way home."

Now if you actually did that, I can guarantee she still wouldn't be pleased...

:-)

EveEd

[cazzz1975]

you are just out of a long term relationship!! time to relax and enjoy yourself without worrying about the need to be part of a couple!!!

just ignore the critics, you only have one life!!

[tinkerbell23]

iv been single since last august i do love it....guess its wearing a bit thin now but people dont help making u feel like a reject come wierdo!! hahahaha!

no draw yet tho pmsl xx

[lil123]

I have come to think there are many many advantages of being single !!
I just tell people I'm happy as I am but tend to find it's people who aren't happy themselves in a relationship but darn't end it that think they can't survive as single.

[TTG]

I'm single and used to get a few comments from the married men at work about my so-called "non-existant love life" if you get my meaning.

I don't now as my reply to them was "Are you physically bored yet?"

Being single is good. ;-)

[andy-hughes]

As a culture there are certain 'accepted' behaviour patterns, and people become uneasy when individuals buck the trend.

For this reason, a lot of people marry and have children, not because they have thought it through and it is what they really want to do, but because friends and relations put pressure on individuals to conform to the 'norm' because it makes people feel safer and more secure.

So - as a single person, you get the nonsense you have outlined, even though it is unrequested, and often bordering on offesnive. In the same way, as a newly-single womman, you will be perceived as a threat by some women in relationships because, of course, you are 'hunting' for another man (!)

My wife was separating from her first husband when we met, and I son got the "Well, the kids needs a dad ..." garbage - they have a dad, OK a lousy one, but they do have one. Then we married, and the tgalk shifted to "Well, you'll be wanting one of your own now ..." - so what are our daughters - houseguests??????

It is so annoying, but I do belioeve that this pressure leads to unhappy marriages and families because people conform to pressure against what they really want and need.

Hold your head high and be an individual. A relationship is like chocolate, not oxygen - nice if you fancy it, but not life-threatening if you don't have it.

Tell people that you are toying between joining a nunnery and trying lesbianism - do it with a straight face, and you'll not hear a peep out of them on the subject!!!