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How do i answer my relatives without sounding offended or ashamed when they ask me questions like this :

Do you have a boyfriend?

When are you gonna get married??

And all sort of questions related to boyfriends and marriage.

I’m asking this cos, tomorrow’s gonna be one of my sibling’s wedding and I’m still single and 21. Most of my cousins are in relationships now or so and I’m not desperate for a guy but it’s so annoying when relatives keep asking me annoying questions!

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jimmy123 offline Verified User (1 year, 3 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 12 months ago (2 minutes after post)

answer them “when people stop asking me that’s when.”

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Anonymous #
12 months ago (6 minutes after post)

I have the same problem as you! When you know what to do, help me! Haha

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gfhsdfd offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 12 months ago (9 minutes after post)

aye im 23 and single soo… i feel your pain. only i am also asked the bloody ‘when are you going to graduate’ too

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12 months ago (10 minutes after post)

gfhsdfd wrote:
aye im 23 and single soo… i feel your pain. only i am also asked the bloody ‘when are you going to graduate’ too

yeah i know right.. annoying.

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12 months ago (12 minutes after post)

ilovetocookyo wrote:
jimmys has class but its not really what your looking for i recommend the subtle admission of homicidal tendencies as in: “i keep trying to get married, but it never works out and i get left bleaching blood stains out of the furniture”

i think they will look at me as if i’m crazy. they don’t really have humor like that. lol

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Laina1312 offline Verified User (1 year, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 12 months ago (16 minutes after post)

Say, “No, I don’t. When I do. I’m happy with my life as it is.” At 21 you’re still living. Most people your age aren’t even close to being old enough or mature enough to be married.

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Anonymous #
12 months ago (20 minutes after post)

yeah i agree Laina! I think 21 is just the beginning. And well, honestly I’m also afraid that I’ll end up being a spinster. :(

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Anonymous #
12 months ago (22 minutes after post)

ilovetocookyo wrote:
im afriad to sometimes, but once i store the dead hooker safely in the basement, everything seems to clear up

Anonymous wrote:
yeah i agree Laina! I think 21 is just the beginning. And well, honestly I’m also afraid that I’ll end up being a spinster. :(

dead hooker? lol. seriously? how old are you?

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Anonymous #
12 months ago (24 minutes after post)

uh.. ok.. you’re weird. LOL.

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Laina1312 offline Verified User (1 year, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 12 months ago (25 minutes after post)

if they’re creeping you out, report them.

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Anonymous #
12 months ago (26 minutes after post)

what happens when I report them??

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Laina1312 offline Verified User (1 year, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 12 months ago (26 minutes after post)

A mod will deal with them. Ask them to stop or ban them.

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Anonymous #
12 months ago (27 minutes after post)

Laina, he’s weird.. eat my soul?? how can you eat my soul?

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Ankit offline Verified User (1 year, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 12 months ago (28 minutes after post)

i m 27 and indian..

i dotn have a gf either..( i mean there are girls in queue..but nogfs yet..:))

dont worry..and believe that u need tell no body nothign abt self.

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Laina1312 offline Verified User (1 year, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 12 months ago (29 minutes after post)

Anonymous wrote:
Laina, he’s weird.. eat my soul?? how can you eat my soul?

Ignore him and report him. (Click the little red flag next to one of his replies)

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12 months ago (30 minutes after post)

ankit wrote:
i m 27 and indian..i dotn have a gf either..( i mean there are girls in queue..but nogfs yet..:))dont worry..and believe that u need tell no body nothign abt self.

girls in queue huh! :P

and **** it how do i report someone!! someone help me report this weirdo! ilovecooko??

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Laina1312 offline Verified User (1 year, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 12 months ago (30 minutes after post)

Laina1312 wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Laina, he’s weird.. eat my soul?? how can you eat my soul?
Ignore him and report him. (Click the little red flag next to one of his replies)

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Ankit offline Verified User (1 year, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 12 months ago (31 minutes after post)

Anonymous wrote:

ankit wrote:
i m 27 and indian..i dotn have a gf either..( i mean there are girls in queue..but nogfs yet..:))dont worry..and believe that u need tell no body nothign abt self.

girls in queue huh! :P

and **** it how do i report someone!! someone help me report this weirdo! ilovecooko??

try the thumbs down icon to the right of the post..

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Laina1312 offline Verified User (1 year, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 12 months ago (31 minutes after post)

ankit wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
ankit wrote:
i m 27 and indian..i dotn have a gf either..( i mean there are girls in queue..but nogfs yet..:))dont worry..and believe that u need tell no body nothign abt self.
girls in queue huh! :Pand **** it how do i report someone!! someone help me report this weirdo! ilovecooko??
try the thumbs down icon to the right of the post..

What thumbs down icon?

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Ankit offline Verified User (1 year, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 12 months ago (32 minutes after post)

Laina1312 wrote:

ankit wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
ankit wrote:
i m 27 and indian..i dotn have a gf either..( i mean there are girls in queue..but nogfs yet..:))dont worry..and believe that u need tell no body nothign abt self.
girls in queue huh! :Pand **** it how do i report someone!! someone help me report this weirdo! ilovecooko??
try the thumbs down icon to the right of the post..
What thumbs down icon?

i thought he/she wanted to report me to the moderator..i m just showing the way..

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Anonymous #
12 months ago (33 minutes after post)

um there;s no thumbs down icon. i only see a red flag. i already reported. how long does it need to take action?

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Laina1312 offline Verified User (1 year, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 12 months ago (34 minutes after post)
try the thumbs down icon to the right of the post..[/quote]What thumbs down icon?[/quote]i thought he/she wanted to report me to the moderator..i m just showing the way..[/quote]

A. It wasn’t you.
B. There’s no thumbs down icon, it’s a red flag that you use to report someone. Thumbs are in Yahoo answers.

Anonymous wrote:
um there;s no thumbs down icon. i only see a red flag. i already reported. how long does it need to take action?

Probably til tomorrow or later tonight because there’s no mod online.

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Ankit offline Verified User (1 year, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 12 months ago (34 minutes after post)

Anonymous wrote:
um there;s no thumbs down icon. i only see a red flag. i already reported. how long does it need to take action?

well..u actually cannot ban someone from here..let the mod decide what 2 do..

Timing is upto the mod also.

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Ankit offline Verified User (1 year, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 12 months ago (35 minutes after post)

Laina1312 wrote:

ankit wrote:
try the thumbs down icon to the right of the post..
What thumbs down icon?[/quote]i thought he/she wanted to report me to the moderator..i m just showing the way..[/quote]A. It wasn’t you.B. There’s no thumbs down icon, it’s a red flag that you use to report someone. Thumbs are in Yahoo answers.
Anonymous wrote:
um there;s no thumbs down icon. i only see a red flag. i already reported. how long does it need to take action?
Probably til tomorrow or later tonight because there’s no mod online.[/quote]

red flag is on the chat page..here u use thumbs down icon next to the post..like mine

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Anonymous #
12 months ago (36 minutes after post)

ohhh.. okay…

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Ankit offline Verified User (1 year, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 12 months ago (37 minutes after post)

Anonymous wrote:
ohhh.. okay…

but donot click on the icon next to mine..or i will get reported..:(

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Laina1312 offline Verified User (1 year, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 12 months ago (37 minutes after post)

ankit wrote:
red flag is on the chat page..here u use thumbs down icon next to the post..like mine

What browser are you on? Everyone else sees a red flag. Trust me, I’m looking at it.

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Anonymous #
12 months ago (38 minutes after post)

no worries. i clicked the cuckoo guy.

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Ankit offline Verified User (1 year, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 12 months ago (39 minutes after post)

Laina1312 wrote:

ankit wrote:
red flag is on the chat page..here u use thumbs down icon next to the post..like mine
What browser are you on? Everyone else sees a red flag. Trust me, I’m looking at it.

oops..sorry it is the red flag…from the distance i m looking at it, it looks like a thumbs down.

really sorry..:)

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Anonymous #
12 months ago (40 minutes after post)

maybe you need glasses ankit.

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Ankit offline Verified User (1 year, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 12 months ago (41 minutes after post)

Anonymous wrote:
maybe you need glasses ankit.

ha ha..exactly what i was thinking…i have a phobeia towards glasses though..:(

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Laina1312 offline Verified User (1 year, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 12 months ago (41 minutes after post)

ankit wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
maybe you need glasses ankit.
ha ha..exactly what i was thinking…i have a phobeia towards glasses though..:(

Contacts?

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Ankit offline Verified User (1 year, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 12 months ago (42 minutes after post)

Laina1312 wrote:

ankit wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
maybe you need glasses ankit.
ha ha..exactly what i was thinking…i have a phobeia towards glasses though..:(
Contacts?

or may be a biiiiiiiiiigger screen…:)

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Anonymous #
12 months ago (44 minutes after post)

anyhoooooooooos, wish me luck for tomorrow guys! wanna answer them coolly. lol

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Laina1312 offline Verified User (1 year, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 12 months ago (45 minutes after post)

Good luck!

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Anonymous #
12 months ago (45 minutes after post)

thanks Laina! =)

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Laina1312 offline Verified User (1 year, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 12 months ago (46 minutes after post)

No prob, Bob.

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An Unknown Location | 12 months ago (1 day, 8 hours after post)

My husband always has a good line for people asking personal questions. He says, “you know that song, ‘Behind Closed Doors’, yeah… that’s one of my favorite songs.” and then he walks away. It’s a line from a movie, but it’s worked every time. People stop asking then.

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walnut tree offline Verified User (1 year, 3 months) Long Term User Shouts: 14 #
An Undisclosed Location | 12 months ago (1 day, 20 hours after post)

Tyranid Tamer wrote:
My husband always has a good line for people asking personal questions. He says, “you know that song, ‘Behind Closed Doors’, yeah… that’s one of my favorite songs.” and then he walks away. It’s a line from a movie, but it’s worked every time. People stop asking then.

lol. that’s a good one!

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