I tell them to mind their own business...it's my life,not theirs.

More often I get the related "Why are you single?!"

I tell them it's because I'm kind of a bitch.

This thread is too long to see if I posted this quote, but I had this "quote of the day for women" type calendar a few years back. My favorite of them all was:

"I think, therefore, I am single"

God, talk about a long engagement. Two people I went to college with got engaged a few months back after 5 months total (counting breakups) of on-and-off dating. The night of the engagement, my friends who are still in school with her were asking her about it (how did he do it, etc.) and she seemed less than thrilled and said they probably wouldn't get married for 3 or 4 years (she's 20, he's 25 or 26).

They broke up maybe a week later. They're both dating new people now.

So, who's going to see He's Just Not That Into You? :p

I want to but I have no girlfriends here to see it with - and I would have to drag live-in to it.

I might go by myself though - I like going to movies by myself but I have a feeling this one would be more fun with a couple of girlfriends.

I'm thinking about it.

I am!! I think its going to be hilarious.

It was funny and rang true one too many times. :p There was a couple things that I didn't like, but overall I'd see it again.

I saw a lot of myself in certain scenes...duly noted. :o

I get this question from my parents believe it or not. Ive been dating my BF consistently (so no "breaks") for 4 years this April. I get it from my friends too but mostly from the 'rents, which is ironic because my mother has outright said that she cant afford to give me a dime for a wedding! I wouldnt mind being engaged right about now, but it would have to be a long engagement (1-2 yrs) for me and my bf to save $ for a wedding.

Answer both my younger brother and give, ....based on our family's batting average, 0-3, proceed with caution.
Parents: divorced, after 22 years married.
Older brother: divorced, after 8 years married.
Older sister: divorced, after a year.
Me: engaged twice, one time the guy decided he wanted to find himself (Looking in the yellow pages, perhaps), and the second time, I decided I wasn't ready.
My youngest brother: Tries to avoid the topic because of the above.

When people have asked me that recently, I say stuff like "We're not so good at marriage in my family" since my history looks worse than yours, justabeachbrat:

Parents: divorced after 23 years married
Brother: just got married a week ago, his third
Me: divorced twice, 1 after 14 months, 1 after 7 years

I won't do it a third time. I see no reason to. My kids will be in college. Unless I end up doing it for health insurance purposes or something legal like that, I just don't see it happening.

twinkle555: I can understand parents asking after you've been in a 4 year relationship, depending on how it's asked. There's a way to nag about it and there's a way to just be interested in whether your child is thinking that way about a long term boyfriend. Although, if you're like my brother, you just don't mention that you're seeing anybody until a month before your wedding and then you say "By the way, Dad, I'm getting married next month". You call your sister 6 days prior to tell her.

My mom always used to say that the only way we would know he was getting married would be when he called my mom asking for my dress size, and then a week later calling and saying "OK I'm getting married this weekend, Nicole's in the wedding and I have her dress at my house."

As luck had it, however, he fell in love with one of my best friends, so I had a year's notice!