“Still single?”: how to answer tactless questions about your personal life. How to answer the question "Why are you not married yet"? How to answer the question are you married?

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It may seem that the main purpose of tactless why-and-tells is to hurt you to the quick. But it is not always the case. Anastasia Krinitsyna, psychologist, senior lecturer at RUDN University, explains: people around quite often ask incorrect questions, pursuing generally good goals. So why do these nice people make us blush?

Burning with curiosity

Those who lead a measured lifestyle, when nothing has changed for many years, lack events. And they begin to spy on others: for example, reading scandalous details about celebrity relationships or gossiping about friends and neighbors. These people see you as the heroine of Sarah Jessica Parker and are looking forward to the next series.

Worried

Most often this category includes relatives. Mom filled out your Tinder profile and terrorizes: “When will you finally find a husband?” This is how overprotective parents behave. For them, you are still a little girl, not an independent person. Don't worry, they will get over it in time.

Looking for a common theme

A friend has changed: is she married or expecting a baby? “Get ready for endless talk about the wedding and children,” the expert warns. Previously, you could spend hours discussing noisy parties and upcoming sales. But now her views have changed more abruptly than the image of Katy Perry.

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Think in a stereotyped way

Uncomfortable questions can be asked by those who are used to living according to the script. Here everything is predictable, like a concert in honor of the Day of the Police. Any deviation from the plan "institution-marriage-children-pension" is unacceptable. Like hardened gamers, they strive to move to the next “level”. And they think that you dream of hearing Mendelssohn's march right after graduation at the institute.

How to react?

Counterstrike

The best defense is an attack. Pretend that you care about the fate of your neighbor. How many shared elevator rides have you experienced! Attack the interlocutor with his own weapon. Everyone has weak points. "When will there be children?" Answer: “It’s good that you asked! And how is Vanya doing at school? "How much money do you make?" Answer: “Speaking of finances, how is your credit? Does the husband help?

On the positive

There are people who are enraged by the successes of others, but other people's failures, on the contrary, give strength. Leave the envious with nothing. Pretend you don't care about their barbs. "Why are you so skinny?" Answer: "Really? It's so nice to hear that!" "You never got a job?" Answer: “No! I continue to have a great time!”

"I do not understand"

Reframe the interviewer's question. The point is to make him feel stupid. The poor fellow is not appeased? Make it clear that you do not intend to discuss this topic. And keep calm. "When for the second?" Answer: “It seemed to me, or would you like to participate?”

Wrong address

Move arrows. Why do you have to report and predict the future? Direct the curious to more knowledgeable people or higher powers. May Google help everyone! "When will you get married again?" Answer: I don't have that information. "How much are your shoes?" Answer: "I have no idea, it's a gift."

From a smile it will become brighter for everyone

Joke! An effective, but also the most difficult way, as it requires a sense of humor. But, skillfully combining indifference with wit, you will kill two birds with one stone and one talker at once. "When will you get married?" Answer: “Just today they were going, but overslept. Let's set an alarm for tomorrow!" "Why do not you have a boyfriend?" Answer: "He was, he died of happiness."

Universal Answer

Do you open your mouth in surprise when a neighbor asks about another admirer? In this case, there are universal phrases. Thanks to them, the mouth will close not only for you, but also for most of your friends. Ask: "Do you want to talk about it?" And having received an affirmative answer, nicely say: "But I'm not." And for questions that begin with the word "When ???" calmly say: “You will definitely be the first to know!”

It just so happened that some time ago you, imperceptibly even for yourself, entered the age when, it turns out, it is already customary to be married and preferably with children. Apparently, while you were feeding your 17 cats, a certain Council of Elders was formed, who decided that from now on you can and should be blamed for the lack of a stamp in your passport. This should be done unobtrusively so that no one suspects the existence of the Council, as if casually asking, “Why are you not married yet?” Relatives from some Soldanesh have been saving money for your wedding for 10 years, your parents worry about your glass of water before you die, and in the eyes of your friends you can read sympathy, like for children starving in Africa. You have been crucifying for a long time in front of your married friends that, they say, you don’t believe in the institution of marriage, except perhaps in its detrimental effect on the relationship itself, that marriage is a formality and a tribute to the public and all that, and you have already put it on.

For the most part, it is difficult for people to understand that NOT ALL girls want to get married. If a man does not want to marry, this is normal, but if a woman, then something is clearly wrong with her. And at some point, everyone is massively trying to figure out what, in the end, is wrong with you? Even men, as a "compliment" ask this completely stupid question. If you are facing this problem, I advise you to take a deep breath and read these 10 tips on how to answer the question “Why are you not married yet?”.

And I can keep a man without a stamp in my passport

“You don’t want to say that there is some other reason for this whole farce, do you? Come on, all of you are afraid that tomorrow you will be left with nothing with children, a mortgage and a damaged reputation, so you are tying men to you, operating on family values. I don't have any problems with that."

My family is cursed

“I haven’t told anyone about this, but I like you, so listen. Many centuries ago, a young lumberjack from a neighboring village fell in love with my great-great-great-great-grandmother. The most beautiful lumberjack in both villages, all the girls gathered to watch from behind the bushes with what power he cut his ax into the trunks of oaks and firs. But he was lonely, because he made friends with a local witch, whose notoriety had grown for miles and miles around. Only my great-great-great-great-great-grandmother was not afraid and married a handsome man. The witch could not bear the betrayal and cast a curse on the entire woodcutter family. Since then, every girl in our family who has married, after a few years of married life, becomes a widow. For several generations of girls, if they marry, then only in a civil one. Just don't tell anyone, can I trust you?"

Why do you care? I still wouldn't invite you to my wedding.

“And in general, don’t you think that only people who I can’t get nasty can ask such questions? Better friends, relatives, whom I did not choose, but whom I have to love, my boss, after all, what do you even think of yourself? Get out of my bed!"

Will you pay for my wedding?

“Today everything is so expensive, and so many gluttonous relatives will want to fly to the capital for free salads and scotch. And after all, everyone around is greedy, nothing will pay off, but with this expensive dress, what then to do? And I want a honeymoon in the Maldives, so that like people, and not like you in Bulgaria on hot trips.

I can provide for myself

“If one morning I wake up with an insatiable desire to cook borscht for someone, grumble about the fact that the apartment is always a mess, if I suddenly need a person who will constantly compare me with his mother, forget about my birthdays, give on March 8 frying pans or tasteless underwear - I will definitely, definitely get married.

I'm traumatized by my parents

“My parents were constantly arguing and fighting. I remember how the little one, barefoot, ran out of the house, and through the snow, into the night, away from quarrels and screams, from blood smeared on the walls, broken dishes, and neighbors knocking on the door. And then the police, testimonies, tears, and my mother pressed me to her chest with bloody hands and said: “Don’t ever get married, daughter, they are all good before the wedding, and then they will beat you!” I remember these words so much that now I will never be able to. Does he hit you too? Not? So it will be soon."

Same-sex marriages are not officially registered in our country.

“My kitty and I are saving up for a trip to Lass Vegas to finally legitimize our relationship. You would know how difficult it is in our world to be not as mediocre as all of you. Everywhere you look, there is condemnation. We have been dreaming for so long about our little lesbian happiness, somewhere on the ocean, in a small lesbian house, and so that many adopted children run around, who will be teased by the evil children of heterosexual parents all their lives ... "

They say there is no married sex or very little, so I'm not in a hurry ...

“By the way, do you yourself regret being married? How long have you been married? And how often does this happen to you? Poor…”

My vibrator, unfortunately, does not have a passport.

“Once I bought a little suit for Ken from a set for Barbie dolls, put it on my favorite vibrator, bought expensive champagne, set a chic table, turned on the Mendelssohn march, said “I agree!”, we kissed, had dinner and indulged in the most passionate night of love in my life. You can judge me, but we bet that I have sex more often than you?

The next 8.5 months, I'm afraid that it will be difficult for me to choose a dress in size

“Yes, you got it right. And then there is another problem, I have no idea who the father is ... or rather, who exactly. You know, we - unmarried girls - have so many promiscuity that we have long lost count. Every night from grief we quietly cry into our pillows and envy you - married. You are our standard, we dream of being like you, gathering in huge cheerful companies and talking about children, posting all sorts of beautiful aphorisms about marriage on Facebook, putting photos from a wedding photo shoot on our profile picture ... and we so fucking want to be stopped finally asking “why aren’t we married yet?”!!

Irina Kolomitsina offers an article on the topic: "what to answer to the question are you married" with a full description. We have tried to convey to you the information in the most accessible form.

Original? Then you need to say that Russia is a backward country and same-sex marriages are still prohibited here, so you will die an old maid.

Or cry and tell snotty stories about a sailor/cosmonaut/military who took advantage of your innocence and went on a long voyage/ went into outer space/ got into a hot spot and since then you swore not to believe a single man.

In the style of Ranevskaya, you can answer.

Are you married? - No, I look like this because I'm sick .. (if the view is not super)

No, the sparkle in the eyes is not connected with marriage, but with freedom (with neighbor Vasya :))

Yes, work is my husband and breadwinner, and my outlet)

Yes, I'm all in the hands of God, how can I find a replacement for him? (if religious)

No, because I can't torture another person for many years)

If I were married and but wanted another man (everything happens in life), I would round my eyes and answer with such an innocent voice: “Really ?!”. Although I always answer such a question like this: “Hopelessly married and, it seems, forever, without options.” I love my husband and I can't do anything about it. Like this)

And I would do this: I would look around after this question and ask, “Which husband?” This is if the person who asked you is nice. Or “Which husband are you asking about? Third? He is still in intensive care after our conversation with him on the topic of who should wash the dishes. “- if the person who asked you is unpleasant.

Most often, a similar question is asked to an unmarried woman in order to humiliate her a little. Therefore, you should not show that you are offended by this and you always need to know what to answer:

"Not yet. But I'm solving this problem."
“According to the passport, no, but so :). “.
“My husband forbade me to answer such questions.”
“Nooo. I first want to buy real estate before marriage.”
“We will have to consult Vasya about this.”

How to answer the question: “why not married” in an original and witty way?

Two crocodiles are swimming along the Nile River and talking. Suddenly they see a MONKEY sitting on the shore and eating a banana.

One says to the other: "Let's swim and ask if the monkey is married or not. If he says that he is married, he will be funny, they say, where did he find the fool, and if he is not married, he will also be funny, they say,

what a fool married such a MONKEY. "

Swim up and ask: Monkey, are you married?

You will marry here! When there are only fools and crocodiles swimming around! - answered the Monkey and spat

banana skin.

The simplest answer to this question is I don't want to! I always answered like that, they got it terribly. But I really didn’t want to get married and didn’t intend to, there was no time, that’s also not a bad answer Once! quot ;, or answer a question with a question, like When you buy an apartment, a car, brains. "

If a man asks you about this, you can answer like this: I’m not married, Yes, because you haven’t married me yet. And who knows Maloli after that and the offer will come)))

And if a woman: 1. Yes, because I forgot to ask you

2. I take my time like some

3. And if a divorced woman asks: What did I forget there, I don’t need an extra divorce stamp.

4. And if X asks a friend who herself is married and infuriates. For example, she has a husband, Serga. And say this: Yes, I’m waiting for Serezha to divorce her.

Oh, how they pestered me with this question. I didn’t choose the original one)))) Sometimes she said that they didn’t take it, sometimes that I was working on this issue. Sometimes, they say, find and bring sometimes, give your husband)) as I understand you.

Yes, everyone tries, praises, no one takes!
For the prince - it's trite, but all the good horses have already been taken apart.
You have to try all of them first.
Just to tell a joke:

A girl comes to the marriage agency of her husband to choose.

On the first floor there is an inscription: Here are beautiful, smart and rich suitors. But I love the strong, what if they give out some kind of squishy? - thought the girl, and went up to the second.

On the second is the inscription: Here are beautiful, smart, strong and rich suitors. What if he turns out to be evil or, with all his wealth, not generous enough? - the girl thought and rose higher.

By evening, she lost 5 kg, finally rising to the last, hundredth floor of a skyscraper. There was a sign there: And this floor was built only to prove: you can’t please women .

And then add: So I'm running around the floors, trying to lose weight.

The one for whom I will go has not yet been born, as soon as I am born I will go out and notify you.

At the moment I am married for the fourth time (the first marriage took place at the age of 18), but in those periods when I was alone after divorces, there were always poorly educated people who stubbornly tried to climb in with their dirty boots to my soul with questions: Why don’t you get married again? I answered this every time with a laugh, breaking into a wide smile: Why do you wish me harm? quot ;, - all further questions from these unceremonious acquaintances usually fell away immediately. :)

I came to work after university, I just started to figure out who is who, one young man seemed especially nasty to me, and then someone just asked me your question, I answered NOBODY TAKES, and this nasty one jumped right up: I WILL TAKE IT! I was speechless, blushed, I was so ashamed and babbled something unintelligible, so be careful with such serious questions.

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Each of us had to answer tactless questions. Sometimes it makes you angry, sometimes it makes you happy. Often people do not even realize that they are putting someone in an awkward position, but this does not make it easier to deal with such situations.

website collected the most embarrassing questions that each of us has heard at least once, and found answers to them, seasoned with a dose of humor.

1. How much is your apartment?

When it comes to money, any innocuous questions can be tactless. But as soon as you acquire your own housing, every second person wants to know how much you paid for the apartment, invested in the construction of the house, or how much the repair cost.

It's up to you to say the real price or not, but you can always take the topic in a different direction.

Answers:

Now there is a place to live, but nothing.
It's too early to say, there are still so many years to pay for it.

2. When will you get married? It is high time

There are many jokes that once a girl meets a guy, she immediately begins to “try on” his last name and choose names for children. But often things look different: as soon as you start dating someone, everyone around asks questions about the wedding. Few people are interested in the fact that you are not yet ready, that you are already fine, or that you do not plan to tie the knot at all.

Answers:

Today we just set the alarm clock early in order to be in time at the registry office, but here's the annoyance - we overslept. But tomorrow is a must!
When are you going? At what age did you get married?
When do you want to marry us?

3. How much are you paid?

They may be interested in earnings for various reasons: out of pure curiosity, worrying about you, or, for example, envying. But any one of dozens of such reasons does not oblige you to give a full financial statement.

Answers:

I have enough to live on!
Ninety thousand Taiwan dollars!
I receive the average salary in the industry (but significantly less than Bill Gates).

4. Why don't you have children? Time goes by

The appearance of a baby in a family is a purely personal matter, but this never stops anyone. Questions about children begin to be asked even before the wedding, backed up with assurances “without a child, this is not a family”, “the time has come a long time ago” and “how can you not want children at all”.

Answers:

In May! 2025.
It's already started, we just don't tell anyone about it.
Why do you want to know?

5. How old are you?

6. Did something happen to you? you are sad

Of course, if a person close to you asks this question, then most likely he is just worried. But sometimes we do not want to talk about our problems even to the family, and inquiries only aggravate the situation. Try to smile when answering this question in order to dispel all doubts with one look.

Answers:

I just thought about the meaning of life!
A little tired, but nothing - I'll get enough sleep and shine again.

7. Oh, you seem to have recovered?

Perhaps it is your conscious choice to be alone, and you can proudly answer yes. But for many, the topic of loneliness is very painful, and such questions about finding a soul mate hurt and make you feel uncomfortable.

Answers:

Still not met her fate.
How do you know it's "he"?
At first I decided to have a child, suddenly for the second I would like another dad!
I will get married as soon as the divorce proceedings are over.

In any case, you can always say directly that you do not want to discuss this or that topic, and avoid crumpled and unpleasant answers to tactless questions.

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The question "When are you going to get married?" - the headache of any single girl, which can be heard from parents, classmates or old friends under the pretext of a kind and unsophisticated concern for your life. Let's not try to figure out why all these people are so worried when you finally settle down, but rather we will prepare a list of armor-piercing answers that will destroy annoying interest in the bud, or at least allow you to get out of the stupid “opinion poll” on the topic of marriage with humor and smile on your face.

Answer #1: “Because I don’t have a single example of a happy marriage before my eyes.”

Make sure grandma and grandpa aren't eavesdropping in the other room first, or they'll be very offended.

Answer #2: "Because I'm married to my job"

Careerism in our capitalist society is not considered a bad habit. And do not forget to add that by working carelessly, you will not achieve success. Or resort to any other Russian proverb on the topic of labor that you remember from school.

Answer #3: "So many applicants, I just don't know who to pick"

Modern technologies have given us dating apps, and dating apps have given us a huge number of potential applicants, even the thumb gets tired of “swiping” them.

Answer number 4: “Yes, I can’t even decide on the color of the wallpaper!”

Being an avid fidget in life, just try to imagine that you will have to live the rest of your life with the same person, you get the feeling that you were locked in the cinema at the same session and will not let you go ...

Answer number 5: “I still have enough endurance and patience only for a dog”

Dogs know how to obey, know their place and are always in a good mood if you throw them a ball or give them a bone. And in a dispute over eaten slippers with a dog, it is always clear who is right and who is wrong, so you don’t have to quarrel for a long time.

Answer #6: “I don’t even have a boyfriend!”

If your interlocutor or interlocutor is firmly convinced that men are falling from the sky for everyone, then you should urgently find out the coordinates and time of the “starfall”.

Answer #7: "I've come to realize that I'm a professional egoist"

Get ahead of the ill-wishers and confess right away that you love yourself so much that you prefer to spend all your free time on your own hobbies, and pampering yourself on the weekend is generally your favorite hobby.

Answer number 8: "Because good men are only in books"

And live real specimens today demonstrate their sense of humor on misogynistic jokes and will rush to you on a rainy November night with wine, only if the chances of sex are 99 out of 100.

Answer #9: “I haven’t seen the world yet”

You will most likely be told that seeing the world with a man is even more exciting. And you ask, when was the last time this person went to rest at sea with friends / girlfriends and does he remember how cool it really is - a bachelor vacation in a hot country.

Answer #10: “As soon as I get married, everyone will start asking about children”

And this is true, because your matrimonial-reproductive functions are always the best topic for a boring conversation with people who are not really interested in you very much.

Answer No. 11: “Why, if, according to statistics, every second marriage in Russia breaks up?”

First, you spend money and kilograms on a wedding, which were not so superfluous, and then you spend the last nerve cells on a divorce. Be even more dramatic, drag into the conversation the division of property, debt payments and intrigues of the mother-in-law and sum up some unhappy marriage story of your mutual friend.

Answer #12: “When Everyone Stops Asking”

You can’t imagine a more humane answer: honestly admit that you want to get married for love and for yourself, and not in order to satisfy the interests of everyone else who can’t wait to drink, eat and dance for free on the table at someone’s wedding.