This question is made even more complicated when you're seeing 2 guys at the same time, because of course I'm not going to explaing THAT to my relatives but then I don't know which one to tell them about (I dont want to leave the other out!) I'm probably just going to say no one special, which isn't true, but less complicated.

Haha.

As a guy, all the comments I get from both aunts and uncles are 'Don't get married! Ever! You're too young, wait until like 30 or 35.'

25 is YOUNG to me to be getting married. I am almost the big
3-0 and honestly, I don't really know a whole lot of people in my age bracket, a little older and even much younger who are married yet. Hell, I know people who've been dating for 5 or 6 years who are not even engaged yet. People need to get over this already and just STFU already like you said. Why do people--not only family members--insist on making marriage into a competition?! Damn, we can't even finish grad school and START in our profession and people want to have us barefoot and pregnant already. UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My grandparents got married young (one grandmother at 18, one at 19, and my grandfathers are 2 years older than them) and my parents married young (my mom was 20 and my dad was 22). Whenever I have a boyfriend, one of my grandmothers is always asking my mom if "he's the one." And I had a boyfriend over Thanksgiving but we just broke up, so that should be fun explaining that to the entire family over Christmas. :rolleyes: But my sister is 23 and not dating anyone, so I think I'm in the clear for awhile.

My husband still hasn't met ALL of my family...

Ladies, don't worry about "when you have a boyfriend" questions... They'll live without one.

When I was single, I just stopped going over to folks houses for the holidays. There were tons of needy homeless people out there disenfranchised with with no friends or family to begin to share the holiday spirit with them...

One can always do that during those times and those folks need you the most...

Ugh. I am so sick of this question it makes me want to gag. I get so tired of hearing it at every family occassion, etc. Especially when it's followed by the ever popular, "Don't worry, you'll find someone." Thanks for the vote of confidence.

That's what my Dad says to me on the rare occasion we talk about anything but finance, school and the state of my car. About 4 weeks ago I mentioned I was going on a date, and he told me, "You don't need to spend time worrying about boys. Worry about getting into medical school." Um Dad, I'm just going on a date. No wonder he's divorced! :rolleyes:

I had a lady at church ask me last Christmas, "Have you found anyone yet?"

Dear Mrs. B.,
A. Why, is someone lost?
B. I didn't know I was supposed to be looking!
Sincerely,
Nun Ya Biznis

P.S. Just because your daughter got married by her senior year of college, and every other kid at this church is either married after high school or before finishing college, DOESN'T MEAN I HAVE TO!

Oh, and I really like my mom telling me that I "better find someone or I'll end up an old cat lady" (like an old single woman who has 37 cats and that's all she cares about.) Gee, thanks mom, that's really sweet of you! :rolleyes:

If your relatives say anything and you're on the young side (say fresh out of college), tell them that the average American bride is 25.3 years old. If you're a guy, tell them that the average groom is like 27 or so.

Everyone in my family that I spend the holidays I'm pretty tight with so they all already know my dating situation and would never ask me that.

However, if my grandpa comes in he will ask me and if I say yes he will say "He isn't good enough for my ladybug" regardless if he's met him or not.

Very cute.

What this quote *really* should read is:
The average American "starter marriage" bride is 25.3 years old. If you're a guy, tell them that the average "starter marriage" groom is like 27 or so.

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Ha ha ha...

I didn't get that question so much from my family (they're all about my starting a career and like, finishing grad school), but I get it from my mother's Southern Belle friends.

"What are you going to do with that boy?" (pronounced like buoy) :rolleyes:

What is the pressure in the "good old South" to go from Daddy's house to the sorority house to your husband's house? I know only a handful of people from college who are married now, but half of my HS class is hitched with kids on the way. WTF, mates?

If my family had such poor social skills that they asked me constantly when I was going to get a boyfriend or anything of the sort, I'd probably respond by saying, "Well mama, he's in prison right now, but he didn't do it and he'll be out soon and he's just dying to meet you!"

I think this has now crossed over the Mason-Dixon line. Soooo many people I graduated HS with are married with multiple children. Which is fine, but that doesn't mean everyone should do it. I was getting my hair done yesterday and the stylist asked me if I had kids, and I said I was too young and she said he was 18 when she had her first child, like 23 is too old to start a family or something.