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Witty response to "How are you still single?" when asked by men

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LilMissRe · 14/05/2020 21:42

Hey everyone


Just that really. If a guy you are chatting to/ chatted to/dating, has asked you this, what did you say?

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Iamthe1andonlyyyyy · 14/05/2020 21:45

Busy sifting through twats.

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fuckyouSaul · 14/05/2020 21:45

Not witty but simply 'I know my worth'

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Curious78 · 14/05/2020 21:46

"I have a hairy chest"

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CountFosco · 14/05/2020 21:47

I am covered in scales beneath my clothes.

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HannaYeah · 14/05/2020 21:47

“Standards”

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stairgates · 14/05/2020 21:48

I have 18 house cats?

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ChandlerIsTheBestFriend · 14/05/2020 21:49

Not witty but “no-one has met the standard”

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ohlookthisisjustdaftnow · 14/05/2020 21:49

'I don't want to settle for second-best'

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DobbyTheHouseElk · 14/05/2020 21:49

@CountFosco I used that once at work when someone rudely kept asking why I didn’t have a boyfriend. It back formed because they believed me.

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WarriorsComeOutToPlayay · 14/05/2020 21:49

Each of my elderly millionaire husbands died

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DobbyTheHouseElk · 14/05/2020 21:50

Fired. Edit buttton

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TheMotherofAllDilemmas · 14/05/2020 21:50

To a married person: “I don’t know, why are you still married?”

To a single man trying to chat me up... “Now, you tell me...”

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PerfidiousAlbion · 14/05/2020 21:56

“Just lucky I guess.”

Gets them every time!

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Allinadaystwerk · 14/05/2020 21:58

@perfidious beat me to it..just lucky I suppose

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Ellie56 · 14/05/2020 21:59

Perfidious Grin Grin

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Aussiebean · 14/05/2020 22:02

@PerfidiousAlbion. Was going to type that one too. Grin

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Thisismytimetoshine · 14/05/2020 22:03

Do single people really interrogate other single people as to why they're single?

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TheMotherofAllDilemmas · 14/05/2020 22:10

I think they say it as a way to flatter you but it is an over used live.

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TheMotherofAllDilemmas · 14/05/2020 22:11

Line, not live.

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LilMissRe · 14/05/2020 22:17

These are brilliant!
Just lucky I suppose 👍🏼

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mellicauli · 14/05/2020 22:17

Well, you've heard of the black widow spider..

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Highlights12 · 14/05/2020 22:25

All the best China is left on the shelf it's only the mugs that get used.

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Russellbrandshair · 14/05/2020 22:26

“Only just got out of prison. Meeting my parole officer later.”

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MyHappinessProjectx · 14/05/2020 22:27

''just lucky I guess!'' is the best answer!

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Fairycake2 · 14/05/2020 22:27

I'm definitely stealing some of these 😂

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