“Ah, That’s Why They’re Single”: 35 Times People’s Single Status Made Absolute Sense

Romance isn't for everyone. It requires certain qualities that some of us simply do not possess. Not to mention, there are those who do not want a relationship at all.

In the US, for example, about three in ten adults (31%) report being singleᅳthat is, not married, living with a partner, or in any other form of commitment. However, it's worth pointing out that this percentage varies significantly across demographic groups, with 41% among 18- to 29-year-olds compared to 23% of 30- to 49-year-olds.

Interested in these dynamics, Reddit user TakinShots made a post on the platform, asking everyone to share the stupidest thing they've witnessed a person say or do that made them instantly understand why they're single. Here are the responses they have received.

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"Ah, That's Why They're Single": 35 Times People’s Single Status Made Absolute Sense I worked with a single guy that wanted to find an Aussie woman to marry because American women ‘gave too much lip’. I had to break it to him that an Aussie woman would kick his butt viciously and leave him crippled for even thinking like that.

Yosemite_Sam9099 , Tiff Ng Report

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268points

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Adam Benson 4 weeks ago

As an Aussie myself, I can confirm that.

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"Ah, That's Why They're Single": 35 Times People’s Single Status Made Absolute Sense “All women want is money” because I asked what he did for work. He was unemployed. Sir, we are both almost 30. We aren’t kids anymore, how are you able to make such a statement when you don’t even have a job? I don’t want your money, I want to date a grown man who isn’t looking to turn his girlfriend into his mother so he doesn’t have to do anything all day.

String_Peens , Karolina Kaboompics Report

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251points

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StrangeOne 4 weeks ago

I can see where they're both coming from. But if he's unemployed, he should be focusing on getting his s**t together and using his savings for surviving, before pursuing a relationship, or dating. In fact, someone unemployed I would be very suspicious how he's earning money to pay for a date. Unless she's paying.

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We managed to get in touch with TakinShots, and the Redditor told Bored Panda that the idea for the post "came about when a friend told our friend group that guys and girls can't be friends. At that point, I was curious about what other silly things people have heard being said to them."

"I would say most of the answers are based around specific things being said on actual dates," the author of the post added.

"A lot of the answers involve people saying something sexist or doing something really awkward on a date. There's a wide variety of responses that are all entertaining to read, but some, like the fake bomb story, are really scary too!"

"Ah, That's Why They're Single": 35 Times People’s Single Status Made Absolute Sense Maybe not the dumbest thing he's said but it's the most consistent.

My brother, literally anytime a woman is mad or even just annoyed with him: "Aww did your period just start?"

I'm convinced my brother will die a virgin. It's better for humanity that way. My husband worked with someone who knows my brother and she told him that my brother's attitude and behavior towards her and her friends is the reason she's a lesbian.

McSmashley , nd3000 Report

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232points

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Srinivasan S 4 weeks ago

America, it'll be good for you if Kamala Harris wins

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"Ah, That's Why They're Single": 35 Times People’s Single Status Made Absolute Sense Seems 18-25 year old lads talking about Andrew Tate and wondering why girls can't stand them.

lordadriancrossofsea , Anything Goes With James English Report

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Helena 4 weeks ago

Guaranteed woman repelant

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This makes sense. Samantha Joel, who is an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department at the University of Utah, focuses her research on how people make decisions about their romantic relationships.

She scheduled a talk in October 2019 at the University of Waterloo in Canada with the straightforward title: "Can we help people pick better romantic partners?"

To answer that question, she teamed up with 85 of the world's most renowned scientists, combining data from 43 studies, mining hundreds of variables collected from more than 10,000, and utilizing state-of-the-art machine learning models. And the answer was no.

The number one—and most surprising—lesson in the data, Joel said, is how unpredictable relationships seem to be. She and her coauthors found that the demographics, preferences, and values of two people had surprisingly little power in predicting whether those two people were happy in a romantic relationship.

"Ah, That's Why They're Single": 35 Times People’s Single Status Made Absolute Sense Friend dated a guy who took her cat to the shelter as a stray. The cat was chipped and they called her to pick it up. She couldn't figure out how the cat got out and the boyfriend claimed he didn't know.

It happened a second time, and she had the cameras checked for the person dropping the cat off. She called him on it and he denied it.

She broke up with him, but I always joke that she drove him to the shelter instead.

Ristar87 , Mia X Report

Final score:

206points

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cherry~ 4 weeks ago

One of the first signs someone is not a good partner is how they treat animals. An abuser of animals WILL have humans as their next target. It's not a matter of IF they'll do it, but WHEN they'll do it.

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"Ah, That's Why They're Single": 35 Times People’s Single Status Made Absolute Sense I occasionally get migraines, and one of my coworkers asked me how my husband feels about me having migraines. Which I thought was a weird question but I replied along the lines of "he feels bad that he can't do anything to help me when I have one."

Coworker then says, "No, I mean, because like I couldn't deal being with a woman that had an illness or something like that, I'm too high energy for that, I wouldn't be able to be with her."

I said, so you think that my husband would want to leave me because I get migraines? He said yeah. I said, so if you were married and your wife got sick with something like cancer or some other disease, you'd leave her? He said yeah I didn't sign up for all of that.

I politely told him to never get married with that attitude, people can't help that they're sick. Damn.

90sMusicRules , George Milton Report

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193points

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Cat Chat 4 weeks ago

I dumped a guy who wouldn't support me when I was sick. It's when my chronic pancreatitis started and I was in the hospital about every 6 weeks. He would just say "call me when you get out". When he wanted to eat out and I would tell him I had been throwing up all day and didn't feel like eating at all, he would answer back "you don't have to eat anything. Just sit there and keep me company". That was the last time I talked to him.

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"Ah, That's Why They're Single": 35 Times People’s Single Status Made Absolute Sense "It's for me okay to beat woman, I mean sometimes they really deserve it" I was like RUN. RUN as fast as you can to myself hahah.

Significant_Road5744 , Luis Quintero Report

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188points

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Angela C 4 weeks ago

So the trash took itself out

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TakinShots believes that society's perception of being single depends largely on who you ask. "I would say most people are fine with being single, and a lot of people don't really care. Perhaps in certain social situations, the question of whether someone has a partner may come up, and there might be a certain 'expectation' that a person with X job or Y personality should have a partner. At that point, there might be some surprise. As for judging others who are single, it can happen, but this is a minority population; it's very immature and reeks of insecurity."

"Ah, That's Why They're Single": 35 Times People’s Single Status Made Absolute Sense "I only want to sleep with under 21s because I want to feel firm flesh"

Said by a 30 year old involuntary celibate to a room full of 30 year old women.

bubberoff , Polina Zimmerman Report

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LonelyLittleLeafSheep 4 weeks ago

Guess he'll be feeling that "firm flesh" with his own hand.

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"Ah, That's Why They're Single": 35 Times People’s Single Status Made Absolute Sense "Women don't know what they want. That's why they need a confident man to tell them what they want."

Interesting. Seems to me like it takes an adverage of 2 weeks for women to deside they don't want you.

SadPandaFromHell , nappy Report

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171points

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LonelyLittleLeafSheep 4 weeks ago (edited)

Oh, we may not know exactly what we want, but we are very sure of what we don't want, sir, and that would be YOU.

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"Ah, That's Why They're Single": 35 Times People’s Single Status Made Absolute Sense When I hear men, usually straight and Caucasian (but not always) espousing the red pill nonsense, it makes me cringe.

I wish they could understand that they are being told what they want to hear, where they are the victims of some grand conspiracy… when really what they’re experiencing is not being handed the world like they were promised.

I have / had a friend that went hardcore right wing / Alex Jones during the pandemic and never returned. We went out drinking a couple times and it just became too awkward for us to maintain a friendship. He was also dating a girlfriend of mine, who dumped him slightly before he went fully insane, and likely contributed to him falling into the void.

The red pill guys just don’t understand the irony of their prerogative: I.e they are mad that they are being forced into a lifestyle and culture they don’t agree with and painted as “the bad guys”, when literally every single one of their policy objectives seeks to subjugate every racial, gender and sexual minority lol.

They suddenly think that vaccines are a communist conspiracy, and political correctness is brainwashing, while simultaneously legislating what women and trans people can do with their own bodies, and policing what literature and education is acceptable. They want freedom of speech while also being terrified of people learning anything that contradicts their version of reality.

In short, the red pill guys who identify as incels should maybe realize that maybe they’re single because their political and philosophical stance fundamentally sees women as beneath them; objects owed to them; incubators; stupid; vapid; weak; etc.

You can’t complain about being single and nobody wanting to f**k you when you are supporting convicted r*pists and conmen for public office and in media..

josiahpapaya , Sora Shimazaki Report

Final score:

171points

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Aidan Pite 4 weeks ago

"I wanna be in charge of everything because I deserve to be!" "Dude, you are a middle-aged minimum-wage worker with a drinking problem who thinks female genitals are magic mystery boxes you can buy with a cheap dinner." "Help, help, I'm being repressed!"

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Geoff MacDonald, a psychologist at the University of Toronto whose lab studies the well-being of single people, agrees.

"There seems to be evidence that around the world people are staying single longer and sometimes staying single permanently," he said.

MacDonald's research found that those who are most unhappy about being single and who have the lowest overall satisfaction with their lives are people who crave connection. He describes them as "anxiously attached" individuals. And those who are happiest with being single tend to be more independent people who are comfortable being alone.

"There's actually not a lot of difference between the kinds of people who are happy single, and the kinds of people who are happy in relationships," the psychologist explained.

#11

"Ah, That's Why They're Single": 35 Times People’s Single Status Made Absolute Sense “I want a wife who is powerful and accomplished and has money but who will defer to me as the head of the household in accordance to Gods Will.”

I s**t you not.

PuzzleheadedHorse437 , Alberto Bobbera Report

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167points

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Helena 4 weeks ago

So much ew

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"Ah, That's Why They're Single": 35 Times People’s Single Status Made Absolute Sense A friend of a friend who used to hang out with my roommates. Bigger guy, didn't really take care of himself, didn't do anything except get high and play GTA V. "Women these days won't date anyone unless they make six figures." Yeah dude, that's definitely the problem for you. Has nothing to do with the lack of hygiene.

Judge_Bredd3 , Samuel Regan-Asante Report

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157points

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cherry~ 4 weeks ago

I'll never understand people that believe all you need to do is to be rich to get all the girls. The only girls you're going to "get" if all you're doing is flaunting your money are people that only want your money. People that are already thinking of alimony before marriage. And most importantly, an unhappy relationship where she'll cheat on you anytime she wants

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"Ah, That's Why They're Single": 35 Times People’s Single Status Made Absolute Sense "I don't need to shower daily, my natural musk attracts the ladies." Spoiler: it doesn't.

DangerousBugInMe , Majestic Lukas Report

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151points

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I need a nap. 4 weeks ago

I’ve talked about this before, but musk is not attractive. It’s nasty. Keep yourself clean, boys.

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"Ah, That's Why They're Single": 35 Times People’s Single Status Made Absolute Sense Honestly, just any person seething with hatred for the opposite sex. How on earth do you expect to date someone you see as worthless? This goes for both "women shouldn't speak, only cook, clean and birth my offspring" men and "all men are sexist pigs that don't deserve any respect" women.

VVolfshade , Vera Arsic Report

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144points

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PeepPeep the duck 4 weeks ago

My dads opinion on women that I had to deal with growing up - ‘ men only like you if you’re thin, a good woman should always be under a size 8 (au)’ ‘wives should always wear bikinis and look good in them’ and more 😂

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"Ah, That's Why They're Single": 35 Times People’s Single Status Made Absolute Sense A guy at work got ghosted by his girlfriend. She completely cut him off. I felt bad for him until I spent more time around him. He started saying things like “hey, you’re a sandwich maker and dishwasher rolled into one.” Another time he said “I bet you can’t wait to go be someone’s wife so you can take care of the kids.” That girl ran for the hills and I’m proud of her.

Meatsweetsonmygrill , cottonbro studio Report

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143points

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Leanne Hailes 4 weeks ago

Sad

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#16

"Ah, That's Why They're Single": 35 Times People’s Single Status Made Absolute Sense Coworker had a short relationship and breakup and was obviously depressed about it, so I engaged and asked about it.

His comment was "I just don't understand how to make women feel like I believe that their opinion matters, when they always have such stupid life views".

I was hoping it was just a weird way of saying he's struggling to treat women equally so I asked him to talk about it a bit. Didn't misunderstand-- to him, mens' views are obviously superior and it's all about simply pretending that women matter, and he was struggling hard to do that.

tacoeater1234 , Diva Plavalaguna Report

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141points

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C.O. Shea 4 weeks ago

Yikes! Not sure that's deprogrammable.

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"Ah, That's Why They're Single": 35 Times People’s Single Status Made Absolute Sense Oh my god, okay. There was a LOT that got said over 2 dinner dates and an afternoon walk, but the real tipping point was this:

At an hour-ish dinner, he arrived late, demonstrated how to use Find My for your AirPods for 10 minutes, talked about *and demonstrated* how bright his bike light is for 15 minutes, embarrassed the waitress with extended conversation, and *mansplained my own highly-specific job to me* for another 10.

When something he said presented this side topic, I wrestled away control for 5 minutes to tell him about the DB Cooper air hijacking. He immediately changed the subject as soon as I was done.

As he walked me home, he said:

“Empathy is all about considering what the other people around you want. When you wasted time at dinner telling that airplane story, you clearly didn’t think about whether or not I would find it interesting, and I had stuff I wanted to talk about. No wonder people don’t think you’re empathetic.” .

moreofajordan , Natalie Bond Report

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139points

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LonelyLittleLeafSheep 4 weeks ago

Why on earth would you even finish the date and let him walk you home? Excuse yourself to the ladies, call an Uber and leave!

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"Ah, That's Why They're Single": 35 Times People’s Single Status Made Absolute Sense "Women already have too many rights in this country, it's what is causing all these problems." - I just stared at them.

NoCalWidow , cottonbro studio Report

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136points

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C.O. Shea 4 weeks ago

Vote for Kamala Harris. Frumpus wants to dump the constitution and take away womens' right to vote.

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"Ah, That's Why They're Single": 35 Times People’s Single Status Made Absolute Sense We had a friend in high school say to us that a good woman was like a cat: "you can ignore them as much as you want, do what you want with them when you feel like it, and if they start crying for attention you won't feel bad kicking them."

Now he's a middle-aged never-been-married father of multiple kids he is not allowed to see. Never would have guessed!

Lopsided_Leading8621 , Kobe - Report

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136points

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Nicola Mawson 4 weeks ago

Someone let him get that close? Several someones??

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"Ah, That's Why They're Single": 35 Times People’s Single Status Made Absolute Sense "It's hard for me to find a girlfriend my age because I want them to be a virgin, so I HAVE TO go for younger girls".

And when I asked him why he wanted them to be a virgin he said "because I find them disgusting when they've had a p*nis in them idk".

generaltitsweat , Priscilla Du Preez Report

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120points

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LonelyLittleLeafSheep 4 weeks ago (edited)

Speaking on behalf of women EVERYWHERE, we find YOU disgusting. Period. So there.

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"Ah, That's Why They're Single": 35 Times People’s Single Status Made Absolute Sense Any variation of that stupid quote “if they can’t handle me at my worst, they don’t deserve me at my best.”

swarleyscoffee , Nicola Barts Report

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112points

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Duncan McCann 4 weeks ago

Honestly, I hear this used by women more often than men. Either way it's toxic.

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"Ah, That's Why They're Single": 35 Times People’s Single Status Made Absolute Sense "She's too fat" a short balding friend says about a healthy weight women who is out of his league.

Trollselektor , AG Z Report

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111points

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Daya Meyer 4 weeks ago

For some men, mirrors seem to be working in a different way.

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"Ah, That's Why They're Single": 35 Times People’s Single Status Made Absolute Sense “You know how women like it when you show ‘em who’s boss?”.

Shmeatenforcement , Timur Weber Report

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109points

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Cat Chat 4 weeks ago

You know how men like it when you kick them in the...oh never mind 🙄

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"Ah, That's Why They're Single": 35 Times People’s Single Status Made Absolute Sense I was at a party where a man had been invited specifically to meet a woman who would be there - it was a set up, in other words. He asked her to play pool, a very innocent and pleasant way to get to know someone, right? Well he immediately started to dominate the game and he held NOTHING back, including taunting her when she made bad shots (and just criticizing everything she did in general). Of course he won and rubbed it in her face like he was a 12 year old (Think - IN YOUR FACE, LOSER!!!!). And these people were in their 30's. It was straight out of a sitcom or something. Everyone who saw it knew why he was (and would remain) single.

justagma1172 , Michael Discenza Report

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106points

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Rinso The Red 4 weeks ago

My first date with my wife ended up in a pool hall. We played for over 1/2 hour before we both realized we were trying to let the other person win lol

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"Ah, That's Why They're Single": 35 Times People’s Single Status Made Absolute Sense Friend of mine struggles with anxiety and just generally doesn't handle social situations well, so struggled with women for many years. Finally got talking to a girl on a dating app and asked her out - he was taking her to lunch for the afternoon, and asked if my wife and I would meet them afterwards for drinks.

When we met them for drinks, it turns out they grabbed McDonald's and drove around town to places from Craigslist so he could buy Magic The Gathering cards. He wore sweatpants and flipflops (it was winter and snowy.) He spent most of our time angrily ranting about how an upcoming minimum wage increase was going to kill the economy and close businesses. He makes minimum wage.

He never saw her again.

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105points

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Annabelle 4 weeks ago

I'm guessing the bit about his anxiety being the reason he struggles with women was a joke, right?

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"Ah, That's Why They're Single": 35 Times People’s Single Status Made Absolute Sense He brought his mom on our first date and asked her to order for both of us.

Dense-Antelope-5472 , Jay Wennington Report

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105points

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LonelyLittleLeafSheep 4 weeks ago (edited)

Hey, Mom, would you order me an Uber please?

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"Ah, That's Why They're Single": 35 Times People’s Single Status Made Absolute Sense "Women don't ever know what they want so why does their opinion matter? Have you ever been shopping with one or asked them where they want to eat?"

My first thought was, wow you're going to die alone or married to a woman that stuck around just to punish you.

Ambiguity_Aspect , Jack Sparrow Report

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105points

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Lexi 4 weeks ago

That is a 1940s misnomer, most women do know what they want. It starts with a good tv series, pizza & snacks, comfy clothes, a bottle of something and a good few hours of leave me the f alone and shove your opinions in the box marked trash.

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#28

I was on a first date and the guy was going on and on about some boys trip he just took with a few college buddies.

Then he said "and my friend, Rob, was like 'wait until these b**ches figure out we're not choking them because they like it!' hahaha!"

Like dude, you're telling me you hate women (or your friend does, and it amuses you) on our first date.

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Helena 4 weeks ago

Love it when the bad ones are obvious. Such a time saver

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"Ah, That's Why They're Single": 35 Times People’s Single Status Made Absolute Sense I was on one of these forums and a guy suggested that I do OnlyFans since my career is unsuccessful. I Googled his name and the first thing to pop up was a news story on him falsely accusing his girlfriend of bringing a bomb onto an aircraft. He was sentenced to 2 years of prison.

Yann-LeCun , charlesdeluvio Report

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96points

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 4 weeks ago

WTF? Is he angling for another term in the klink?

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"Ah, That's Why They're Single": 35 Times People’s Single Status Made Absolute Sense Quote from a bloke I used to work with...
"You'll never find me washing the dishes. That's women's work."

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95points

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LonelyLittleLeafSheep 4 weeks ago

Guess he'll be using nothing but paper plates in his bachelor apartment.

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Its hard to point to one particular thing but this ex co worker basically blamed every sickness, every societal ill, every wrong our world has on “Eve corrupting Adam with her stupidity and snakelike charms”. Dude would also complain how every girl he (forcibly) asked out would stand him up and ghost him. If he was still a co worker i can guarantee you he would label himself an “alpha”.

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cherry~ 4 weeks ago

Pretty sure it was Adam's fault for eating the fruit, he could have said no...

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Pretty sure this was a first date, but the dude kept talking about military dictatorships and empires FOR ONE WHOLE HOUR. I’m not joking I don’t think I heard her open her mouth once except to pay the bill and this dude WAS LOUD. Highlights include: praising fascist dictatorships and getting a little too into the Portuguese caste system, she was black, he was white.

I wanted to write run on a napkin to her.

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C.O. Shea 4 weeks ago

MAGAt.

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"Ah, That's Why They're Single": 35 Times People’s Single Status Made Absolute Sense 20yo guy receiving pocket money from his mother just went: "Women are just broke, depending on us to go on a date" (I was going to pay my half of the bill).

AlinaKiss , cottonbro studio Report

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91points

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Duncan McCann 4 weeks ago

Oooh! Big man eh sonny boy?

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#34

They start their sentence with “females”.

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 4 weeks ago

Are they Ferengi?

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"Ah, That's Why They're Single": 35 Times People’s Single Status Made Absolute Sense A guy I was taking to said if a man can overpower a woman it’s fair game. I don’t know if he really thought that or if he was just pulling people’s chains.

gitarzan , Alex Green Report

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85points

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Multa Nocte 4 weeks ago

So then if another man can overpower him, it's also fair game?

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What's the stupidest thing you've witnessed a person say or do that made you instantly understand why they're single?

similarly 4 weeks ago

Dear BP, maybe let's give "sad" and "pathetic" and "disgusting" and "revolting" a bit of a rest, and go back to "delightful" and "funny", eh?

28points

I know! The past several weeks BP has had some very negative articles. I know there is a contingent who love their drama, but I would prefer fun articles.

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I agree. More funny memes and cute animals and less of this bs. The world is shítty enough as it is

6points

censorshipsucks 4 weeks ago

most of it is copy/paste from Reddit where those words may be used.

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Dream 3 weeks ago (edited)

100%. I come here less now because of all the "Look how petty I am!" posts etc. I come here for fun pictures from history etc and ONLY want the feel good stuff. I can scroll the main page in a few seconds and see it's 25 negative posts and I'm out. They won't listen to us though. Just look at the product posts they make about Amazon items "Everyone loves!" and those get -178 downvotes YET they post them every day, no matter how hated they are here. They get paid for product placement and for ads so that's all that matters to them. I'm just one of many readers they are losing or lost from this negativity.

1point

Kitsune 3 weeks ago

agreed but there should be both. I enjoy the drama and the happiness

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Gavin Johnson 4 weeks ago

It feels like we are ushering back in a bygone age. The alpha male, the Neanderthal at the keyboard, the incel, the trad husband / wife combo, I could go on. They’ve discovered friends across the internet who share their values and they seem to encourage each other. Women as property, women as eye candy or trophies, women who defer to their men, women as second class citizens, what is in the water? My partner deserves my respect and love, she’s my equal, my confident, we take on life’s challenges together as a team, sometimes she leads, sometimes I do, we are in sync and know who is best equipped to take things on, I’m not perfect, neither is she but we make a damn good team together. If you want to be in a strong relationship then I recommend using respect and trust as your starting point, not some Victorian values and thinking anyone else is beneath you in some way or other. PS we laugh a lot together, it oils the machine and keeps us somewhere north of sane.

27points

Gavin, this was an incredibly lovely comment you made!

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Sue User 4 weeks ago

In a group of friends. Guy: I never know when to lead and when to follow. Girl: that's the fine dance of love.

Kristal 4 weeks ago

Please don't insult Neanderthals, they were rather smart.

Alyce 3 weeks ago

That is awesome for you, but why the pearl-clutching over people whose value are different? Does everyone really have to live/think/act/talk alike for the world to keep spinning?

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Aspiring Canuck 4 weeks ago

Guys — if you like a woman, give her the respect she deserves. And don’t whine about it. That’s not complicated. It just requires basic civility.

Vera Diblikova 4 weeks ago

On both sides, please.

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