Hello! Why aren't you dating anyone right now?
This is a question that young, married women have on the tip of their tongue in every possible situation. Whenever they sense a single twenty-something girl walking within a certain distance of them, the phrase will automatically spill out. Obviously, since these women no longer need to find love for themselves, they find themselves with an abundance of "mate radar," but alas, they have no use for this God given gift.
Since I spend 95.9% of my time with young, married women, this is a question that has presented itself quite a few times in the past few months. The greatest part of this questions is that it always presents itself within the first few sentences of a conversation. Most often than not, a conversation will pan out in this way:
Young-married-lady-"Hi! I'm 'enter suburban sounding name here'!
Me- "Hi, nice to meet you."
YML-"So, are you seeing anyone?"
Me-"Not at the moment."
YML-"Why aren't you dating anyone right now?"
Me-"Umm, well, I didn't know it was up to me, uh...I don't really know. Yeah."
Why aren't you dating anyone right now? Oh, silly me. I didn't realize that it was all up to me. Tomorrow, I will wake up and say, "OK, self. I want to date right now." Not exactly.
Also, what are the expected answers to this posed question? Over the past few weeks I have wanted to deliver ridiculous answers. Some of the answers include, but are not limited to:
1) I can't date anyone right now. I have mono.
2) I'm moving in a month.
3) I have 6 months left to live.
4) I hate men.
5) What's the point of dating? My dog keeps me company, and I can buy my own chocolate.
I am open to suggestions.
