“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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"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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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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"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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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

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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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"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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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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"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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"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

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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.

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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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.

gdawg99 , Wayne Low Report

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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.

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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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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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"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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"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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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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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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"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).

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They start their sentence with “females”.

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

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similarly 2 months 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?

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Multa Nocte 2 months ago

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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