How would you answer the IRKSOME Q: "So when are you getting married??"

me | 21 Nov 2001 | me

[k2blader]

"So when are you getting married???"

Recently, I've been hit with this IRKSOME Q three times over two consecutive days. I'm not even engaged yet!!

Wondering if any of you have suggestions on how to answer?

Many Thanks. :)

[RWG]

As soon as I find a woman my equal, so far the only available women on the planet didn't evolve here and to make matters worse they are rapidly losing their talents for cooking and cleaning making the task that much more difficult.

[k2blader]

K2Blader put up this vanity post, are you accusing her of being a lesbian? Or are you accusing her of participating in the "homosexual lifestyle" because she doesn't want to get married any time soon?

The scopic range of responses has been most interesting, to say the least. I tried to present the issue in a very general sense, so as to get a fairly broad sample from the "Freeper pool." :)

To set the record straight (no pun originally intended), I am not homosexual. I believe Marriage is a Sanctified Covenant between one man & one woman.

Marriage is the most important earthly committment one can enter into.

Which is why I find it incomprehensible that some in our society take the concept of marriage so lightly that they essentially expect it to "hatch" within a matter of months, or even years.

And for those who are dyingly curious: No, I do not believe in nor am I "shackin' up," though Yo tengo el Querido más fabuloso.

Thank you All for your comments. I'll have much to choose from the next time any unsuspecting, inurbane person asks the Irksome Q.

Happy Thanksgiving! :)

[Monitor]

I answer, "Some time after hell freezes over." But then again I am divorced. ;)

Geez, Ivan, last I heard you were getting married to someone from South Africa, and that wasn't that long ago.

[MadIvan]

Geez, Ivan, last I heard you were getting married to someone from South Africa, and that wasn't that long ago.

The marriage, thankfully, was short lived. If you discover a mistake, it is best if you reverse it as quick as you can.

Regards, Ivan

[Nea Wood]

When people ask me why I'm not married, I sometimes reply, "I don't want to make the same mistake once." What I find really amusing is when someone who's gone through a really bitter divorce (or several bitter divorces) tells me that I should get married! LOL I *do* want to get married, but those kinds of questions can get annoying.

It used to be, whenever someone asked me a really rude, personal question, I'd be too shocked to reply. But now I have finally found the perfect response. When someone asks a really nosy question, look at them, smile sweetly, and say, "How much do you weigh?" BELIEVE me, it shuts them up, especially if it's a woman. If you happen to come across one of those rare individuals who don't mind revealing their weight, simply ask them some *other* nosy question they won't want to answer. Like, "How much money do you make?" Or, "Is that your real nose/boobs/hair color"/whatever seems fake on the person! They'll probably respond with shock and say something like, "How dare you?! Why would you ask such a personal question?!" Then just say, "exactly," or "indeed." They should get the hint. Might seem mean, but they asked for it!

[Phantom Lord]

I'm caltholic too, but I have never heard of St. Polycarp.

[Skywalk]

I just encountered this saying a couple weeks ago. Not only does it make no sense, but please explain the origin!

I see no correlation at all between a rabbit dying and...well, you get me.

[Go Gordon]

Skywalk, don't quote me with the particulars, but I believe it had to do with pregnancy testing methods long ago. They used rabbits. I think they injected a rabbit with the woman's blood. If the rabbit died, it meant the woman was pregnant.

[k2blader]

"I don't want to make the same mistake once."

Wow, this response will be useful for all sorts of Q's...

Thanks! :)

[Aristophanes]

You don't know Polycarp?

Weeeeellll, neighbor. Lemme introduce you:

St. Polycarp

[joathome]

Tell 'em you're expecting twins.....Bertha and Hilda. :)

Actually, kids are a lot of fun. We have a few, and are getting ready to adopt two. (Of course, if I raised my kids the way most kids "on tv" are raised, I would be giving mine away, not getting ready to adopt more. :) )

[Phantom Lord]

One of my wifes grandmothers was named Bertha. So we could say it was after her. Then name the other after either her grandmother Blema or Yetta! Talk about fun!