Single ladies, how do you respond to "why aren't you married yet?"

[DGTerp06]

I'm forever single. I don't get the "when are you going to get married" question as much as I get the "Do you have a boyfriend yet" question.

On my 23rd birthday, my grandmother called me and said, "You know, when I was your age, I was married and pregnant with my 3rd child!"

My dad married in his mid-30s, my mom was in her late 20s - maybe I just see that they both got to do their thing for a while before marrying. I'm not in a long-term relationship and I never have been. On those Debbie Downer days, I ask myself "what is wrong with me?" I am fully aware that there is nothing wrong with me, I just don't care to settle. I think it's fair to expect what you want. And that's what I'm doing.