# Latest Survey shows you should be married by now lady dopers. Get cracking! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 25, 2002, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-survey-shows-you-should-be-married-by-now-lady-dopers-get-cracking/120725 "2002-07-25T06:51:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-survey-shows-you-should-be-married-by-now-lady-dopers-get-cracking/120725/21 "2002-07-26T00:43:33Z")
Considering that I’ve been married and divorced twice and re-married again before I turned 31, someone can have the first two marriages. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Sinshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Sinshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinshine)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-survey-shows-you-should-be-married-by-now-lady-dopers-get-cracking/120725/22 "2002-07-26T01:35:55Z")
I am single, white, and a little over the age cut-off. (Did I say white? I mean something a little closer to glow-in-the dark, with sunburnt edges for contrast.) I am, however, excluded from this statistic by virtue of being Canadian. Therefore, I will claim that I am a member of **Kallessa’s** glorious 19% (Of which there are a few more in the Great White North, even with **Ginger of the North’s** defection!). I have a bumper sticker which sums it all up: Beautiful, Intelligent, Talented, Charming, and H\*\*\*\*. Now I just have to stick it on my car… ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-survey-shows-you-should-be-married-by-now-lady-dopers-get-cracking/120725/23 "2002-07-26T01:54:04Z")
Well, seeing as I’m Chinese and therefore don’t fit into the statistics, I guess I’m just an anomaly. F\_X ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-survey-shows-you-should-be-married-by-now-lady-dopers-get-cracking/120725/24 "2002-07-26T02:02:09Z")
Have you tallied how many lady Dopers have gotten married or engaged in the past year? I posted a list on **JavaMaven** ’s and **JustPlainBryan** ’s engagement thread. It wasn’t short. And it didn’t even include couples like **moi** and **that darn cat** who already knew each other before joining the boards. I’d say they’ve gotten plenty busy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-survey-shows-you-should-be-married-by-now-lady-dopers-get-cracking/120725/25 "2002-07-26T03:41:49Z")
Well, that’s good. The more people that get married, the fewer single people will be here. The fewer single people, the lesser the competition. - StillSingle! ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-survey-shows-you-should-be-married-by-now-lady-dopers-get-cracking/120725/26 "2002-07-26T05:28:00Z")
BAH! Maybe some of us just haven’t met the right guy. (No - REALLY!! I’m just going to go fling myself in to traffic now… ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-survey-shows-you-should-be-married-by-now-lady-dopers-get-cracking/120725/27 "2002-07-26T06:26:31Z")
I think we should have t-shirts made up–I’m Part of the Proud 19%. And when people ask us to explain it, we can meet single men. Or married people who know single men. Or parents of single men. Children that know single men. Gay men that know single straight men. We will meet single men, I mean, they are out there, aren’t they? Oh, and **JohnBckWLD** , about this: > [@](#): > > 9% Financially Independent, Well-Adjusted Heterosexuals: Who’ve come to the conclusion they neither want childen or a life time commitment. You got it partially correct–Independent, (though not necessarily financially–marrying for financial security is a bad idea), and well-adjusted, but I hardly see what marriage has to do with the desire to have children or a life time committment. Women can have children outside of marriage, and I’m committed to my family and my friends for life and beyond. I’d like a life companion and lover as well, and I like the idea of marriage, so sooner or later I’m walking down an aisle, and I don’t think I’m in the minority here. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-survey-shows-you-should-be-married-by-now-lady-dopers-get-cracking/120725/28 "2002-07-26T06:50:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RTFirefly \* > \*\*Have you tallied how many lady Dopers have gotten married or engaged in the past year? I posted a list on **JavaMaven** ’s and **JustPlainBryan** ’s engagement thread. It wasn’t short. And it didn’t even include couples like **moi** and **that darn cat** who already knew each other before joining the boards. > > I’d say they’ve gotten plenty busy. 🙂 \*\* Yeah, now if they would just get busy in _my_ direction! ::sigh:: ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-survey-shows-you-should-be-married-by-now-lady-dopers-get-cracking/120725/29 "2002-07-26T07:14:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ultress \* > \*\*Yea right, been there and done it three times, and could have done it more but I’m tired of buying new appliances. \*\* See, all you really had to do was buy new batteries! The “appliances” themselves are good for years… jayjay ---
**Author:** ![ems](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@ems](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ems)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-survey-shows-you-should-be-married-by-now-lady-dopers-get-cracking/120725/30 "2002-07-26T14:10:51Z")
I have got 5 years to remain in the minority then. Fantastic 😃 I agree with **Kallessa** - I wanna T-shirt Oh and where are all the men then? ems - who is tired of being single & is going to find some nice traffic to play with… ---
**Author:** ![Osip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4491bb/32.png) [@Osip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osip)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-survey-shows-you-should-be-married-by-now-lady-dopers-get-cracking/120725/31 "2002-07-27T00:10:47Z")
I want to be a statistic. ``` So, Being a single Male I would be willing to quit running so one of you fine ladied can catch up :) ``` **Lsura** You and I have been on the boards together a long time with never a cross word. So, we already have a comfort zone established. We are in the same region of the US, plus, I know you well from you posts, It would be nice to have someone around who has such interesting things to say. \*\* cjhoworth\*\* Well, I have been running into your posts on regularity, seems we are attracted tot he same topics, might our general intrests be alike? I would hazard to guess Yes. Sure here is much hotter than there in the summer, but we have a nice sized SCA light fighter group. Merredias does not have eppe, but Schlager is easy enough and I have more than I can use as it is. Think of the fun we can have road tripping to events 🙂 Ok, enough already, you other ladies I do not know well at all, but I am willing to learn if you make an effort and e-mail me. I shall stop now before I start to mention bribes and such things. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-survey-shows-you-should-be-married-by-now-lady-dopers-get-cracking/120725/32 "2002-07-27T00:26:16Z")
Oh **Osip** , you insufferable kissass. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ResIpsaLoquitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@ResIpsaLoquitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ResIpsaLoquitor)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-survey-shows-you-should-be-married-by-now-lady-dopers-get-cracking/120725/33 "2002-07-27T00:43:33Z")
OK, I’m gonna have to challenge **Osip** to a duel over **cjhoworth** ’s fair hand…shall we say pistols at dawn? Swords at noon? Cream pies at 3:28? ---
**Author:** ![Osip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4491bb/32.png) [@Osip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osip)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-survey-shows-you-should-be-married-by-now-lady-dopers-get-cracking/120725/34 "2002-07-27T01:59:42Z")
swords will be fine 🙂 rapier alright? I promise to make it reasonably painless. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-survey-shows-you-should-be-married-by-now-lady-dopers-get-cracking/120725.md?page=1)