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A-Tech -> Pet Peeves: What are the worst assumptions made about singles? (9/8/2005 6:06:56 PM)

This is kind of like the "Singles Cliches" thread, but the question here is "What are some stereotypes / assumptions / generalizations people tend to make about singles?"

Some I can think of off the top of my head are:

- they all have a desire to get married
- they are too picky
- they are immature / afraid of committment (usually about men)
- they aren't right with God yet
- they have something wrong with them [that makes them undesireable]



dsfuva -> RE: Pet Peeves: What are the worst assumptions made about singles? (9/8/2005 9:10:11 PM)

Here are a few others:

- they're unfit for leadership
- they're sexually immoral
- they don't have their lives together



happydays -> RE: Pet Peeves: What are the worst assumptions made about singles? (9/8/2005 9:12:49 PM)

Over a certain age and not married , or promiscuous, you must be gay.



zoey -> RE: Pet Peeves: What are the worst assumptions made about singles? (9/8/2005 9:33:56 PM)

They have "all the time in the world."

~Zoey



Hope9 -> RE: Pet Peeves: What are the worst assumptions made about singles? (9/8/2005 10:56:34 PM)

That they are absolutely going to get married.



makarizo -> RE: Pet Peeves: What are the worst assumptions made about singles? (9/8/2005 11:14:21 PM)

that something must be wrong with you since you are still single.



netstroller -> RE: Pet Peeves: What are the worst assumptions made about singles? (9/9/2005 2:02:39 AM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: zoeybird

They have "all the time in the world."

~Zoey

Not to mention they have all the money in the world.



latinchristiangirl27 -> RE: Pet Peeves: What are the worst assumptions made about singles? (9/9/2005 2:12:56 AM)

That we are ""too old to be single"".

That we would be a "perfect match" for your other "too-old-and-still-singl"e friend.

That we want to go on blind dates with every "too-old-and-still-single" friend you know. :)



SisterGirl77 -> RE: Pet Peeves: What are the worst assumptions made about singles? (9/9/2005 4:28:17 AM)

Because you are single, you have no obligations. God has allowed me to serve in a big way within the church I serve in. I can't just pick up and go whenever I want to. I have an obligation to my pastor. That misconcecption about singleness burns me. [:@]



wvugrad -> RE: Pet Peeves: What are the worst assumptions made about singles? (9/9/2005 5:17:17 PM)

We are all very, very eccentric. That's why no one wants us.
Oh wait, I am very, very eccentric---so that might be true [:D] (just kidding)



wvugrad -> RE: Pet Peeves: What are the worst assumptions made about singles? (9/9/2005 5:20:10 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: happydays

Over a certain age and not married , or promiscuous, you must be gay.


[:@] Now this one gets me good and ticked, too. Especially if you are spiritually sound and striving to be like Christ and it's visible to the world.



jaslyn -> RE: Pet Peeves: What are the worst assumptions made about singles? (9/9/2005 11:08:11 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: wvugrad

quote:

ORIGINAL: happydays

Over a certain age and not married , or promiscuous, you must be gay.


[:@] Now this one gets me good and ticked, too. Especially if you are spiritually sound and striving to be like Christ and it's visible to the world.


Agreed. Or there's something really wrong with your personality. Or you're very hard to get along with.



happydays -> RE: Pet Peeves: What are the worst assumptions made about singles? (9/9/2005 11:16:08 PM)

quote:

Now this one gets me good and ticked, too. Especially if you are spiritually sound and striving to be like Christ and it's visible to the world.


It is almost if you are past a certain age, the CHURCH expects you to be in sin if not married. the more perverted, the better.[:o]



Skopos1 -> RE: Pet Peeves: What are the worst assumptions made about singles? (9/10/2005 8:34:22 AM)

Oh…Oh I got one,
I hate when married people tell me I need to hold or take care of their children so I can learn how it's done or baby-sit their children (and in one case their pets) so I can practice being a good Daddy. I have feed, clothed and changed more diapers than many fathers I've meet (who often let their wives do all the hard work) and I've never had any children of my own. I guess it would make more sense if I was still a teen or in my early 20's but I think it’s just rude to assume that I know "nothing" about children at all. Am I wrong?



Pirouette. -> RE: Pet Peeves: What are the worst assumptions made about singles? (9/10/2005 10:27:30 AM)

I wonder why there is a new thread for single pet peeves when one has already been established HERE by SciFiGirl.



A-Tech -> RE: Pet Peeves: What are the worst assumptions made about singles? (9/10/2005 10:30:26 AM)

Because the topic is different. One is for cliches, one is for stereotypes.



Pirouette. -> RE: Pet Peeves: What are the worst assumptions made about singles? (9/10/2005 10:32:52 AM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: A-Tech

Because the topic is different. One is for cliches, one is for stereotypes.

Okie dokie.[;)]



adoration -> RE: Pet Peeves: What are the worst assumptions made about singles? (9/10/2005 12:35:49 PM)

Your selfish, less mature, and less responsible. [:@][:@][:@][:@][sm=icon_smile_disapprove.gif][sm=widecry.gif]



wvugrad -> RE: Pet Peeves: What are the worst assumptions made about singles? (9/11/2005 8:53:13 AM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: happydays

quote:

Now this one gets me good and ticked, too. Especially if you are spiritually sound and striving to be like Christ and it's visible to the world.


It is almost if you are past a certain age, the CHURCH expects you to be in sin if not married. the more perverted, the better.[:o]


Oh, I just love the nun with the cow picture.



happydays -> RE: Pet Peeves: What are the worst assumptions made about singles? (9/11/2005 10:58:52 AM)

quote:

but I think it’s just rude to assume that I know "nothing" about children at all. Am I wrong?


I learned from experience: they just wanna babysitter! and they figure singles have nothing better to do.



A-Tech -> RE: Pet Peeves: What are the worst assumptions made about singles? (12/13/2005 5:26:45 PM)

Someone once said about me that [because I am still single] I'll probably have 20 cats someday. Little did they know that I'm more of a dog person.



InquiringMindSJ -> RE: Pet Peeves: What are the worst assumptions made about singles? (12/13/2005 5:28:00 PM)

That singleness is a disease that needs to be cured!



barbi -> RE: Pet Peeves: What are the worst assumptions made about singles? (12/13/2005 5:45:16 PM)

you guys said it all. the only thing for me is your incomplete and the assumption that i don't know how to do anything or know anything.



spunky-gal -> RE: Pet Peeves: What are the worst assumptions made about singles? (12/13/2005 5:49:13 PM)

Wow, nothing like reviving an old thread, A-Tech!! [:D]

An annoyance I have discovered is when people assume that because I'm young, single, attractive, fun, bright, outgoing, etc., I must get asked out and go on dates fairly often. That simply isn't the case...



p31woman -> RE: Pet Peeves: What are the worst assumptions made about singles? (12/13/2005 5:50:39 PM)

That I should be excited about ANY attention from men, and see EVERY single man as a possbility. [sm=aside.gif]



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