CNY round the corner, me getting onto plane to fly back to Msia in about 36 hours. in addition to looking forward to hugging my much missed family and devouring my siham kuey tiao, can't help but absolutely foresee those questions coming up from charming, well-meaning relatives during this festive season - found a bf yet? aiyor...y are u still single? So, eh, have you found your Mr. Right ar?
I get these questions so often (yes i hear sighs of empathy from all Singles United), so much so that last year when i went back and saw my aunt, the very very first thing i said instead of 'how are u' was - 'nope havent got a bf yet still single and available and enjoying it but if u like u can introduce someone to me i dun mind'.
Truth be told. the questions dont bother me. (altho. no real interest in answering these questions either.) bothers me more how much my love life (or the lack of) bothers them. just can't figure y all relatives under the sun can't come up with something more creative/new/different to say/ask.
Well, i supoz. from their point of view, it can be difficult, yea? a niece whom they havent met for years and only have a vague idea that she's graduated and working in the UK, what else can u ask but the most convenient (and most interesting perhaps, compared to 'how's work?') - are u attached?
hmmm... i wonder what i would ask when i become an aunt. oh well. but that's beside the point.
what i wanted to focus on today is in fact the answers that i'm gona give this season. after years of 'yea, just havent met the RIGHT person yet', and 'yalor, duno y leh' and 'haven't thought bout it, not my priority now', i perhaps should put in some effort in coming up with somehting different, eh? also have become tired of reiterating ' i am single and independent, have my own career, have wonderful family and frens to keep me busy, buy things and travel when i like, and actually happen to be enjoying it, you know?'
see, noting the other party's lack of innovation, i figured. leave the creativity to me.
and see, since i'm a single and have no life, i've actually searched through google using key words - 'dreaded' 'questions' 'singles'. sadly. only a few sites were helpful. the rest just read
'you bright and attractive. so y are u still single. take a Tickle's 'why are u still single' test now!'
'What Every Woman Needs to Know About Catching a Man'
'Why you’re single. Whatever the reason, we’re here to help...'
'still single? what's your problem?'
absolutely depressing... (and NO. i did not attempt the tests)
Anyhow. God's mercy/pity. managed to find a few clever answers. few below are ones i thought interesting to share
1) absolute shocker (and my favorite): are you seeing anyone? - I'm dating a married man. does that count?
2) shocker number 2: have u found Mr. Right yet? - No. I'm not looking for him. i'm looking for a HER. (wink)
3) Religious diversion: why are u still single? - i leave it in the hands of Allah...ahamdulilah. amen. why are u still single? - God is single.
4) Single by choice: why are u still single? - what do u mean why am i still single? of course i am still single! i'm learned that being single is better than compromising my sanity for someone who cannot comprehend and appreciate a load of things I know so intimately. and. i also enjoy fooling around. (heheheh)
5) bore the hell out of them: Why are u still single? - partially, because i'm not good looking. practically speaking, it could also be my busy schedule and lack of free time to date. i'm always knackered at the end of the day and things are just so stressful lately, my boss is just such a bitch who only cares about how good he looks in front of his superior, oh what the hell. also, technically speaking my past haunts my present. i loved this someone who was the most sensitive person in this world but who's only interested to be a fren and he is also 15 years younger. it just makes me afraid to reach out anymore just in case i get hurt again. And my ex just keeps showing up everywhere, he's nice you know, but i just dun love him anymore and he just doesnt seem to understand, i guess to a certain extent, i'm maybe just too picky and indecisive, i don't kno. (enuf yet? )
6) Why are u still single - Because I have high standards. I have a check list and you've failed outright.
7) why are u still single - bcoz there is only one of me. what do u want la.
8) Why are u still single - i dun kno. maybe u should ask my ex.
Hope u enjoyed the above, some i made it up, some i got from google. despite all , i think in real life, i'm still going to stick with the old ways of 'well, if it happens, it happens'. i think it's just more easily accepted.
well. only. unless. maybe. not really la. just maybe. if. if and when it gets to a point when i get annoyed. which. i perhaps. might. maybe. just maybe, you know. go for
'it is none of your f**king sordid business and i dun f**king rudely ask you about your f**king miserable personal life so why dun u shut the f**k up and shuff your f**king nose back to where it f**king belongs and start minding your own f**king matters! (oops, ha...sorry bout the language. adults only, ya.)
Happy CNY. ha....
