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Being called a “single Pringle”

98 replies

ponderoflife · 13/06/2022 22:23

Would this offend you?

if said by someone who could sometimes be a bit smug about their relationship?

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orangeisthenewpuce · 14/06/2022 07:20

AyeUpMeDuck · 14/06/2022 07:03

If I got annoyed by someone calling me a silly non offensive name, I'd seriously have a think about my life and how good it is to not have any real worries in life.

I was about to say something v similar.

Palavah · 14/06/2022 14:15

It's twee, and i bet the people that use it 'as a joke' aren't single, and the single people aren't laughing.

12Thorns · 14/06/2022 14:16

‘Single Pringle’ !? I’d love it and embrace it with pride

GoodThinkingMax · 14/06/2022 14:19

Palavah · 14/06/2022 14:15

It's twee, and i bet the people that use it 'as a joke' aren't single, and the single people aren't laughing.

Indeed.

10HailMarys · 14/06/2022 14:32

Would really depend on context for me.

When I was single, it was mostly referenced by friends in a positive context - like we'd be talking about weekend plans and I'd say I was planning to have a lie-in, lunch with some friends, then chilling in the garden with a good book, and they'd say something 'Urrggggh, you're so lucky, I've got to drive 300 miles to stay with my horrible in-laws, I really envy your single life sometimes'. So that was fine. But obviously there are certainly more negative, bitchy ways of pointing out someone's singleness!

SpangledShambles · 15/06/2022 07:47

RenegadeMatron · 14/06/2022 01:22

Why does this person even need to refer to your relationship status?

They come across as if being in a relationship with A Man is some kind of achievement. It’s not. There are squillions of men out there.

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Who all whip their cock out at a cough 😉

alwaysmovingforwards · 15/06/2022 07:52

EmmaH2022 · 13/06/2022 22:38

Joking aside, it's annoying when people talk about being single as though it's something they think should be criticised or pitied.

Whenever it's been said to me (or similar), I'm simply hearing that persons fears and anxieties around how they lack independence, don't back their abilities to deal with the world without help and probably have their self worth tied up within being validated by another. Bless.

What I actually do though is smile and say "it's not all bad". Smile

AgentJohnson · 15/06/2022 07:56

I'd tell them they are right, I'm a total snack!

this, this, this!

MrsToothyBitch · 15/06/2022 08:03

Depends on context. If I used it to refer to myself or a friend said it fondly about me- not a problem. If someone used it a bit patronisingly I'd hate it.

HRTQueen · 15/06/2022 08:03

Depends how it’s said

for some reason it unsettles some that women can actually be happy being single and manage fine

it’s annoying that I am pitied far more than it’s acknowledged that I’m doing fine and manage just as well as those in a relationship

yes I’ve come across many smug married women not one have I thought what a great relationship they appear to have

ZenNudist · 15/06/2022 08:04

My 11yo referred to him and his friend as going to leavers dance as single pointless. I thought it was funny.

ZenNudist · 15/06/2022 08:05

Autocorrect pringle ffs. It's just slang.

Tiani4 · 15/06/2022 08:09

SpidersAreShitheads · 14/06/2022 01:16

I think I'd turn this into some kind of really shit and annoying rhyming game.

"Sure am, square pair!"

"That's me, supple couple!" (this one is weird - don't use it - I can't find any other couple rhymes though dammit.....)

"Damn right, you gruesome twosome"

"Yep, I am, you poo-ey two-ey" (don't judge me, I spend lots of time with poo-obsessed kids)

And then think of better names for yourself:

"I'm one and ready for fun"

"on my own and ready to bone" (#sorrynotsorry)

"I'm glee and free"

"I'm a solo polo"

"elusive exclusive".

I would annoy her SO much if she did this to be deliberately to be smug. So much fun to be had.......

These are great!!!

What the smug couple woman said to you is irritating and condescending. I think these responses hit the right note to volley back! Wait til she says it again (which she will now she has a taste of getting away with patronising you. I'd love to see her face when you outplay her!

Sn0tnose · 15/06/2022 08:11

I wouldn’t be at all offended but I couldn’t be friends with someone who used such a wanky expression.

Staynow · 15/06/2022 08:12

I quite like the term single pringle for myself - but it's the smugness that probably does your head in.

ChagSameachDoreen · 15/06/2022 08:30

It's twee. I despise anything twee.

Sodthatforagameofsoldiers · 15/06/2022 09:26

I've never heard this before! Is it a well known phrase?

SpringBadger · 15/06/2022 09:39

I don't really get this. She's just saying that you're single, but using a slightly naff jokey phrase. Some people do that for everything (like the friend Tilly on Miranda). Would you object to her ever referring to the fact that you're single?

Tbh the thread title made me laugh out loud and I thought it was going to be light-hearted. "Don't call me a Single Pringle!" sounds like something a toddler would say when mummy's laying the endearments on a bit too thick.

Whereismumhiding4 · 17/06/2022 13:30

Single Pringle is a tiktok phrase doing the rounds so it's "cool" and people call themselves that. So it's not meant to be taken as offensive.

I appreciate it's all in the context and tone of delivery..

OrangeBagel · 17/06/2022 13:34

Someone mentioned “making memories” on this thread and I had a sudden and overwhelming urge to smash my phone with a hammer. That’s how much I hate it.

vegasinthesky · 19/06/2022 14:16

Whereismumhiding4 · 17/06/2022 13:30

Single Pringle is a tiktok phrase doing the rounds so it's "cool" and people call themselves that. So it's not meant to be taken as offensive.

I appreciate it's all in the context and tone of delivery..

No it isn’t.

Marvellousmadness · 19/06/2022 14:20

Single pringle is just a cute way of saying your single. Bit childish
But if you get offended by it... well.. uh.. thats just nonsense.

Tiani4 · 19/06/2022 14:56

@vegasinthesky
Hmm are you in a Punch & Judy show ?? "Oh no it's not.." and you are Punch?

I've heard it from several tiktokers and that's not surprising as ....
#singlepringle on tiktok is at 178.7 M

I suspect those 178 MILLION indicate that it has been and is doing the rounds!!!

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 19/06/2022 15:07

It would if the person was already annoying me, as it sounds like this person is you!

Otherwise no, although I’d think it was a bit silly probably.

CanofCant · 19/06/2022 15:08

Now I want to gorge on Pringles. 😫

I like PP's 'I'm a free pea'.