Mind your business!
Its wierd.
At my work they are practically all married or have an significant other.
Its just me, this older guy, and this RPN.
We are the singledoms.
However, it is me that they ask:
"So do you have a bf?"
Or they joke:
"Oh you made cookies... you must have a man in your life"
Or they ask:
"So lets hope by next year you are engaged to be married" (that one was from a patient)
I was in the staff lunch room today and the RPN was there and some younger married guy. We were talking about the staff Christmas party. RPN asks me : so what are you bringing to the potluck?
I attempt to answer and the married guy says under his breath " 5 men"
WTF?
Now this guy jokes alot and always is the one to ask if I am seeing anyone or getting married soon.
I was thinking ..... sup with that?! Why does he ask me that? Why cant he joke like that with the RPN? I never see anyone buggin her bout a significant other.... why me?They never ask the old guy - so you seeing anyone ? So are you married? Divorced? So you bringing a special lady to the party?
Is it plastered on my head "SINGLE HERE - BUG ME" or "JUST ASK ME ABOUT MY PERSONAL LIFE - GO ON, I LIKE IT"??
I duno.
Maybe I'm being touchy.
But seriously.... I do often wonder what it is about people that impell them to ask others about their personal life?
I never ask people, let alone colleagues, if they are seeing someone or if they are married or dating someone. Why do they feel they have to ask that? And why especially me?!
I never bring it up - they do! I mean if they were talking and mentioned their wife or husband or boyfriend or girlfriend or kid or cat or dog, then I ask about it - just for conversations sake. But ask out of no where?
Sheesh!
(yes in another mood of mine today)
posted by ~Moi~ @ 1:41 PM
2 Comments:
Ya know... it sounds like you work with a bunch of jewish mothers. Wait until they start asking about grandkids (heheheh).
I think your problem is one that seems to have been forced upon our society. People who are in a stable relationship have been led to believe that young, single people have much more exciting personal lives. If you pay attention to any aspect of the entertainment industry you'll see this as an underlying theme in much of what is produced. That's what they're curious about. They want to know if being single is everything that they've been told it is, or perhaps if it's changed since they were single.
It's either that, or they just want you to be as miserable as they are (heheheh).
I totally know what you mean, at my work and in my circle of friends who are in my profession, i'm the only single one. People simply can't get over that i'm single, they're almost frantic about it, it's kind of funny actually...
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