The number of women marrying in their late 30s and 40s has doubled in the last decade.<\/p>\n
However, given\u00a0some people\u2019s reaction when you tell them you\u2019re single post 35, you\u2019d think we were still living in a time where the average life expectancy was 37 and a half.<\/p>\n
Looks of sympathy, comments of concern and \u2018constructive\u2019 ideas about how to meet \u2018the one\u2019 \u2013 If you think going it alone isn\u2019t without its consequences, think again.<\/p>\n
Here are 14 comments every single girl in her 30s is tired of hearing.<\/p>\n
1. But you\u2019re gorgeous! Why are you single?<\/strong><\/p>\n Ah, the old favourite.<\/p>\n There\u2019s nothing a smug couple enjoys more than asking single friends why they\u2019re single \u2013 with an obligatory \u2018You\u2019re so gorgeous! You\u2019re such a catch! What a waste!\u2019 to soften the blow.<\/p>\n Yawn.<\/p>\n 2. Have you tried online dating?<\/strong><\/p>\n Jeez, no, that *never* crossed my mind! Why didn\u2019t I think of that?<\/p>\n If I had a pound off every 38-year-old who\u2019d met the man of her dreams, sitting on her sofa in a onesie watching Coronation Street with nothing but a cat and a bottle of Shiraz for company, I\u2019d be a very rich woman by now.<\/p>\n Not.<\/p>\n 4. Stop being so fussy<\/strong><\/p>\n Because \u2018you\u2019re not getting any younger\u2019 wink, wink.<\/p>\n 5. Tick-Tock<\/strong><\/p>\n Nothing gets a family get-together off to roaring start quite like a conversation with a \u2018concerned\u2019 relative about your eggs and the dwindling chance of them being successfully fertilised.<\/p>\n *Adds \u2018getting pregnant\u2019 to list of things to do next week*<\/p>\n Because it\u2019s *that* easy.<\/p>\n 6. Have you thought about freezing your eggs?<\/strong><\/p>\n Have you thought about giving me five grand?<\/p>\n 7. Get out of those Uggs!<\/strong><\/p>\n Whilst I recognise that Ugg wearing is not always conducive to hot man dating, there comes a time in every woman\u2019s life when certain things take priority.<\/p>\n It\u2019s November, it\u2019s raining, I\u2019m hungover.<\/p>\n F**k relationships \u2013 I choose sheepskin heaven.<\/p>\n 8. Tell us one of your hilarious dating stories<\/strong><\/p>\n And make sure you bring some modeling balloons and a pack of cards.<\/p>\n Because there is nothing a single girl in her 30s loves more than entertaining \u2018proper grown-ups\u2019 at dinner parties.<\/p>\n 9. You don\u2019t need a plus one, do you?<\/strong><\/p>\n 10. We put you next to Uncle \u2018roving-eye\u2019 Ron<\/strong><\/p>\n Excellent, why would I want to bring the cute guy I\u2019ve been newly dating to your wedding when I could spend the evening being perved at by a 62-year-old man with personal hygiene issues.<\/p>\n And you wonder why I\u2019m single.<\/p>\n 11. I envy you<\/strong><\/p>\n From someone who married before online dating\u00a0was invented.<\/p>\n Lolz.<\/p>\n 12. It was all couples so I didn\u2019t think you\u2019d want to come<\/strong><\/p>\n Eh?<\/p>\n 13. I\u2019m thinking of starting Oscar on Kumon<\/strong><\/p>\n Is it a food? Is it a sport? Is it a language?<\/p>\n Here\u2019s a secret. Not only does your child-free, single friend think Kumon is a tropical fruit, Montessori is an area of southern Italy and Gina Ford is a reality TV star from Geordie Shore \u2013 but she has no interest in finding out otherwise, either.<\/p>\n 14. Maybe you should cut back on your drinking<\/strong><\/p>\n Because middle-aged booze bloat isn\u2019t going to get you a man!<\/p>\n *Pours wine, lights fag, de-friends*<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n Source: Metro UK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The number of women marrying in their late 30s and 40s has doubled in the last decade. However, given\u00a0some people\u2019s reaction when you tell them you\u2019re single post 35, you\u2019d think we were still living in a time where the average life expectancy was 37 and a half. 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