# Why aren't you married yet? The Holiday Question **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 22, 2005, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-married-yet-the-holiday-question/332264 "2005-11-22T16:31:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Seren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@Seren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seren)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-married-yet-the-holiday-question/332264/21 "2005-11-22T18:15:27Z")
“You can get married without being pregnant?” (courtesy “Stop the World - I Want to Get Off”) ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-married-yet-the-holiday-question/332264/22 "2005-11-22T18:35:57Z")
“I haven’t yet met anyone whom the voices in my head have approved.” > [@Big\_Norse](#): > > Why aren’t you married yet? > > I’m a librarian, it’s part of the job description (right along with the bun and the granny glasses). Besides, librarians are the secret Masters and Mistresses of the world, and we really don’t want to upset them, do we? ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Norse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/big_norse/32/9954_2.png) [@Big\_Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Norse)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-married-yet-the-holiday-question/332264/23 "2005-11-22T18:45:51Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Besides, librarians are the secret Masters and Mistresses of the world, and we really don’t want to upset them, do we? Damn straight! Now shhhhh! ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-married-yet-the-holiday-question/332264/24 "2005-11-22T18:57:10Z")
“It’s either because I’m ugly or because I have a horrid personality or maybe both. Which one do you think it is?” or “The obvious reason.” Which lets them fill in the explanation for themselves. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-married-yet-the-holiday-question/332264/25 "2005-11-22T19:02:02Z")
Hang on, everyone – once you hit 50, they stop asking. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-married-yet-the-holiday-question/332264/26 "2005-11-22T19:12:17Z")
> [@Silentgoldfish](#): > > I’ve never been asked that question. Either people are more polite in Australia or I’ve been being subtly insulted all these years… It’ll be so nice to see the rellies for Chrissie! But… Oh Dear… another year gone by and the Goldfish still isn’t married. Well for God’s sake let’s mind our own bizzo! No earbashing about it, you know how sensitive Goldfish is! Bloody oath! Like a mimosa leaf. One touch and … Oh my! Right, that’d be … we don’t want to go there! ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-married-yet-the-holiday-question/332264/27 "2005-11-22T19:13:41Z")
Even in text form fake Aussie accents suck. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-married-yet-the-holiday-question/332264/28 "2005-11-22T19:28:01Z")
Just so you know, once you _do_ get married, the question tranforms into, “When are you two going to have a baby?” The rudeness never ends. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-married-yet-the-holiday-question/332264/29 "2005-11-22T19:31:04Z")
> [@Big\_Norse](#): > > Damn straight! Now shhhhh! :: swoon :: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-married-yet-the-holiday-question/332264/30 "2005-11-22T19:44:17Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > “Why are you asking me that question?” > [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > ‘Do you have Need To Know?’ Around here, “I’d tell you, but then I’d have to shoot you” is frighteningly close to an acceptable answer to that question. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-married-yet-the-holiday-question/332264/31 "2005-11-22T19:50:07Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > Just so you know, once you _do_ get married, the question tranforms into, “When are you two going to have a baby?” > > The rudeness never ends. At least that one has an easy answer: “When we’re good and hungry.” ---
**Author:** ![sj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@sj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sj2)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-married-yet-the-holiday-question/332264/32 "2005-11-22T20:09:24Z")
Well, she’s not “legal” for another 8 months. Do bunny ears for “legal”. Extra points if you are a girl. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-married-yet-the-holiday-question/332264/33 "2005-11-22T20:30:01Z")
Court order. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-married-yet-the-holiday-question/332264/34 "2005-11-22T20:55:51Z")
_Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free_. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-married-yet-the-holiday-question/332264/35 "2005-11-22T21:03:20Z")
To the baby question I always answered “about nine months after we get pregnant.” I suppose the marriage question would be “Oh, I don’t know, I suppose about a year after I get engaged.” ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-married-yet-the-holiday-question/332264/36 "2005-11-22T21:03:41Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > Just so you know, once you _do_ get married, the question tranforms into, “When are you two going to have a baby?”. "We did. We got $50,000 for him on the open market and paid off the morgage. Can’t wait until next year when we can buy a boat 😃 " ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-married-yet-the-holiday-question/332264/37 "2005-11-22T21:04:01Z")
The one that I want to tell my aunt whenever she asks me this (and she does a lot, especially at funerals) is “Because the UK won’t let me marry the woman I love” Its dated now since gay marriage is soon to be legal, but I just want to see her face. I wonder what’d faze her most, me being a lesbian, or me marrying “outside” our community… ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-married-yet-the-holiday-question/332264/38 "2005-11-22T21:06:29Z")
We’re waiting for the parole to come through. Don’t I already have enough laundry? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-married-yet-the-holiday-question/332264/39 "2005-11-22T21:09:10Z")
Whenever I tell my girlfrineds about my family, they dump me. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-married-yet-the-holiday-question/332264/40 "2005-11-22T21:38:30Z")
Speaking of Miss Manners, she says this is one of the rudest questions you can ask. The only answer to “Wouldn’t you like a husband/wife” is obvious: That depends. WHOSE? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-married-yet-the-holiday-question/332264.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-married-yet-the-holiday-question/332264.md?page=3)