"So Just Why ARE You Single, Anyway?"

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"So Just Why ARE You Single Anyway?" "Well, If You MUST Know, It's..."

  • Because no other single person can handle this much awesomeness. Especially forever.

    Votes: 8 38.1%

  • Because I have my cats trained to bring me my food. And meds. And it freaks out potential dates when

    Votes: 1 4.8%

  • Because I have a couple of spots that have their own name: "The Grassy Moles."

    Votes: 1 4.8%

  • Because relationships/marriages aren't a bag of chips I can just pick out at the store and throw in

    Votes: 8 38.1%

  • Because the local branch of Ben & Jerry's would close down without my business.

    Votes: 2 9.5%

  • Because SOMEONE has to be the slightly unwashed, token single person at family reunions.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Because SOMEONE has to be creepy the single person at church picnics that everyone else loves to giv

    Votes: 2 9.5%

  • Because I'm a superhero and no one else can know my secret identity. I mean, oops. (Actually... It's

    Votes: 5 23.8%

  • Because if I were married/had a significant other, I wouldn't have time to answer ridiculous polls a

    Votes: 8 38.1%

  • This Groove Ain't For Everyone, Only The Sexy People. (Other.) I tell people I'm single because (let

    Votes: 2 9.5%
  • Total voters
    21
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wwjd_kilden

Guest
#141
#141
Desdichado said:
Reminds me of Captain Natey in Catch 22. He purposefully makes himself bored so as to slow his perception of time, thereby increasing his life expectancy.

I don't think Heller intended the reader to take it this way, but I walked away thinking some things that make life shorter and momentarily unpleasant also make it worth living.
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Yup

PS: Don't hate me for saying this, but ... I think that book is really, really, really over- rated.
It keeps repeating itself endlessly
 
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Galatea

Guest
#142
#142
Desdichado said:
Reminds me of Captain Natey in Catch 22. He purposefully makes himself bored so as to slow his perception of time, thereby increasing his life expectancy.

I don't think Heller intended the reader to take it this way, but I walked away thinking some things that make life shorter and momentarily unpleasant also make it worth living.
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Yes, this is what I was trying to express. Thanks for clarifying it for me. At least exciting, yet unpleasant experiences are not boring. There is something to the "live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse" mentality.
 
Desdichado

Desdichado

Senior Member
#143
Feb 9, 2014
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#143
I think that is a corner of human nature, almost a basic need, that the modern world has chosen to ignore in pursuit of all the other basic needs and creature comforts.

A great book on this is Chesterton's Napoleon of Notting Hill.

Galatea said:
Yes, this is what I was trying to express. Thanks for clarifying it for me. At least exciting, yet unpleasant experiences are not boring. There is something to the "live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse" mentality.
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Desdichado

Desdichado

Senior Member
#144
Feb 9, 2014
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#144
I don't like that book either to be honest.

That's the only passage I found in any way profound. And to find it profound, I had to ignore the context.

wwjd_kilden said:
Yup

PS: Don't hate me for saying this, but ... I think that book is really, really, really over- rated.
It keeps repeating itself endlessly
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everlasting_melody

Guest
#146
#146
I think mine is because im uber shy and tend to end up matching the wallpaper in the room lol
 
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joefizz

Guest
#147
#147
WineRose said:
I had a boyfriend once. Until I found out he was actually a young girl.
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and then winerose ran away in horror and embarassment,and ran into a "just for men" sign,got a shave and a haircut,and watched teen titans 10 times in a row to forget all that happened!
 
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Susanna

Guest
#148
#148
wwjd_kilden said:
Yup

PS: Don't hate me for saying this, but ... I think that book is really, really, really over- rated.
It keeps repeating itself endlessly
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Of course it is. It's Catch 22. LOL.
 
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cheli

Guest
#150
#150
I am single because I look for love,acceptance,support approval outwardly. I think I have a lot of emotional wounds I question my abilities and worth a lot.I'm 34 I feel so old afraid I'll never find man that will love me
 
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TemporaryCircumstances

Guest
#151
#151
WineRose said:
I had a boyfriend once. Until I found out he was actually a young girl.
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Yikes... I think you beat out most of my boyfriends.... and I've had some pretty wacky ones
One proposed to me after I told him I'm not having sex till marriage XD
 
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Adaora

Member
#152
Jul 7, 2017
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#152
I think I'm just gonna leave it at bad stress.
 
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Yahweh_is_gracious

Guest
#153
#153
I'm single because it's no good trying to like or love somebody else when I don't like or love myself.

I'm single because I punish each new woman for the transgressions of previous women in my life.

I'm single because I have accepted the fact that every woman, no matter how virtuous and honorable she might claim to be, would cuckold me eventually.

I'm single because I've never been attracted to anyone and have always settled for the women who chose to pursue me.

I'm single because even if I were to someday be attracted to someone, I'm too big a coward to introduce myself and I think I'd just be mocked and humiliated if I were to try.
 
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MattforJesus

Banned
#154
Apr 15, 2017
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#154
I posted before,but I will again.I am single because when I compare single,and marriage,single comes out ahead,and I told my friend if it were 100 years ago I might get married,but I do not know about today,which to me marriage is not exciting enough,and it becomes routine after a which that is a drag,and I have a hard time being confined like a bird in a cage,and my mental health would be better being single,for it is more peaceful,and serene.

Sure there is benefits to being married,but being single outweighs that,at least for now.

If a woman gives me 2 days a week in marriage,and that is it,I will be the best husband ever,but it is hard for me to do the 24/7 of marriage,but if I decide to get married,then it would not be difficult to do 24/7 once I agreed to it.
 
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Alertandawake

Senior Member
#155
Aug 20, 2017
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#155
Single by choice. In this modern age we live in today, I think being single is the best option.
 
Lynx

Lynx

Folksy yet erudite
#156
Aug 13, 2014
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#156
Interesting how the poll results turned out...
 
WineRose

WineRose

Senior Member
#157
Jan 3, 2017
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Row A, Column 9
#157
I had a Boyfriend once. Until I found out that he was actually a Mars Bar in disguise.
 
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