# I'm not getting married!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-getting-married/540732
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [May 25, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-getting-married/540732 "2010-05-25T19:08:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-getting-married/540732/21 "2010-05-25T20:30:27Z")
I’m not getting married, just getting old.
(Want to say that I don’t begrudge the folks who _are_ getting married. Hats off - I hope to be like you some day!)
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### Author:  [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-getting-married/540732/22 "2010-05-25T20:31:44Z")
I’m not getting married, I have no SO, I’m not pregnant, I’ve never been to Disneyland, and I had nothing to do with the BP oil spill, and I’m subletting a cat for the summer. Do I get a prize? 🙂
> [@Surly\_Chick](#):
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> Wait - that’s so not fair! I’m not getting presents because I’m not getting married and now I have to send presents to the non-invitees? I’m being robbed!
No, no. That’s not right. You send _non_-presents to the non-invitees.
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### Author:  [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-getting-married/540732/23 "2010-05-25T20:44:12Z")
I do have cute pet pics, but the cute one is the gecko and I have no furry rugrats. I have a turtle, too, but I don’t think he is very cute.
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### Author:  [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2010, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-getting-married/540732/24 "2010-05-25T20:50:02Z")
I would like to get married- I admire the idea of it. But then there’s that whole catch-22 about there being another person around me 24/7. Damn!
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### Author:  [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2010, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-getting-married/540732/25 "2010-05-25T20:53:26Z")
I’m not getting married.
I’m not going through a divorce.
I’m not having problems with dating.
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### Author:  [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2010, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-getting-married/540732/26 "2010-05-25T20:53:57Z")
I’m not getting married either - I did that 10 years ago and figure that doing it now would just make my spouse mad. Kids are definitely not happening.
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### Author:  [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2010, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-getting-married/540732/27 "2010-05-25T21:04:29Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#):
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> I would like to get married- I admire the idea of it. But then there’s that whole catch-22 about there being another person around me 24/7. Damn!
meh. I’ve lived with my gf for a few years now. We have friends that we socialize with as a couple, and some that we see separately. We have activities that we do together, and sometimes I just take a kayak and disappear for a day or two.
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### Author:  [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2010, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-getting-married/540732/28 "2010-05-25T21:05:05Z")
> [@Surly\_Chick](#):
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> With the proliferation of Dopers announcing their intention to enter into the institution of matrimony, I feel it necessary to point out that I am not getting married. Nor am I seeing anyone. In fact, I’m wallowing in my aloneness.
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> Who’s with me??!!
Is this a “reading for comprehension” test? I can do this, I can do this!!
No one’s with you.
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### Author:  [@little\_bit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/little_bit)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-getting-married/540732/29 "2010-05-25T21:09:29Z")
Not getting married, no babies, no pets (scaled, furred, feathered or nude).
No divorce, no SO, no job troubles, no dating troubles.
Wow, am I boring.
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### Author:  [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-getting-married/540732/30 "2010-05-25T21:09:29Z")
I’m always up for wallowing in aloneness.
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### Author:  [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-getting-married/540732/31 "2010-05-25T21:12:46Z")
> [@little\_bit](#):
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> Not getting married, no babies, no pets (scaled, furred, feathered or nude).
> No divorce, no SO, no job troubles, no dating troubles.
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> Wow, am I boring.
But are you moving or buying a new house, or have you recently found your brother-in-law’s diary in your spouse’s underwear drawer?
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### Author:  [@little\_bit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/little_bit)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-getting-married/540732/32 "2010-05-25T21:18:23Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#):
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> But are you moving or buying a new house, or have you recently found your brother-in-law’s diary in your spouse’s underwear drawer?
Nope. Bought my condo 6 years ago & have no plans on going anywhere.
I have no spouse, so they have no underwear drawer.
I don’t even have any recent “idiot driver” stories.
Maybe I need to get out more…
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### Author:  [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-getting-married/540732/33 "2010-05-25T21:19:22Z")
> [@little\_bit](#):
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> Nope. Bought my condo 6 years ago & have no plans on going anywhere.
> I have no spouse, so they have no underwear drawer.
> I don’t even have any recent “idiot driver” stories.
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> Maybe I need to get out more…
Wow, you really \*are \*boring…
so am I. I like it like that.
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### Author:  [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2010, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-getting-married/540732/34 "2010-05-25T21:24:23Z")
Well after this morning I have to congratulate you on your wise choice. I was chasing my 4-year-old this morning with a box on my head, saying “I am a robot going to catch you”, and he decided to defend himself. I never knew he could punch so hard, and he is just at the correct height to aim his fist right where it would do the most damage. My wife was rolling on the floor laughing while I was doubled up in pain.
Sometimes I regret the single days.
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### Author:  [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2010, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-getting-married/540732/35 "2010-05-25T21:26:42Z")
The latest squeeze decided to disappear on me two weeks ago, and I haven’t been further from marriage for quite a while.
Three of my best friends are moving or have moved from the city.
My lodger has moved out.
Now it’s just me and my cat.
I am wallowing a little bit.
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### Author:  [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-getting-married/540732/36 "2010-05-25T21:43:18Z")
> [@Surly\_Chick](#):
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> In fact, I’m wallowing in my aloneness.
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> Who’s with me??!!
Yep, wallowing. Been doing it so long, I’m almost good at it.
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### Author:  [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-getting-married/540732/37 "2010-05-25T21:58:22Z")
> [@jjimm](#):
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> Now it’s just me and my cat.
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> I am wallowing a little bit.
At least you have your own cat! I had to rent one!
(I’m looking after it for the summer…)
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### Author:  [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-getting-married/540732/38 "2010-05-25T22:02:04Z")
> [@little\_bit](#):
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> Nope. Bought my condo 6 years ago & have no plans on going anywhere.
> I have no spouse, so they have no underwear drawer.
> I don’t even have any recent “idiot driver” stories.
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> Maybe I need to get out more…
The only drama in my life is my ongoing lack of career, and my husband’s salary is still paying the bills.
I’m not getting married, either. Or having babies. And our cats are old and boring. There’s one just over there, doing her excellent impression of a fuzzy lump on the couch.
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### Author:  [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2010, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-getting-married/540732/39 "2010-05-25T22:06:27Z")
I’m not getting married, and neither is my wife.
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### Author:  [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2010, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-getting-married/540732/40 "2010-05-25T22:12:54Z")
> [@Asimovian](#):
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> I don’t have any cute kittens or puppies, and I don’t have any pictures to prove it!
You should post pics as proof.
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