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Apparently not having a boyfriend or talking to a guy must mean I'm afraid of them.
They keep bringing up random guys (sons of their friends) and blah blah "we'd be cute together" blah blah.
I feel like I'm way too young for the when are you gonna find someone talk, I'm only 21. None of my friends are married. Well, they have live in baby daddies/eternal boyfriends. That's the new marriage in this generation(teen moms and such) Forever a mother/girlfriend, rarely a wife.
How about telling them you are not afraid of men, and you don't feel like dating?
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I feel like I'm way too young for the when are you gonna find someone talk, I'm only 21. None of my friends are married. Well, they have live in baby daddies/eternal boyfriends. That's the new marriage in this generation(teen moms and such) Forever a mother/girlfriend, rarely a wife.
The most important thing to remember is what matters is what you think. Getting married is too important a decision to let others influence you. Parents included. They need to back off and butt out. I'd be tempted to say that you are considering becoming a nun and I would do it with an innocent look and subtle smile.
My Mother has thought in the past that I might be gay, but I have assured her and myself that I'm not.
It's like she can't grasp the fact that I do like women, but not wanting to be in a relationship at this time for my own personal reasons.
At least it's only her. My Brother and Father pretty much stay out of my relationship life.
At the end of the day, it's their problem. Your parents can't force you to be with someone, or try to change your mind from being single if that's what you want.
Me thinks it mostly has to do with one or more parents wanting grandchildren.
I don't even think my parents understand a lot of guys my age aren't interested in marriage. They don't get that us super filtered instagram/facebook socialates aren't into long turn commitment.
Well, many people will be that way. If you're in your teens and 20s, many expect you to be dating someone seriously, or at least sleeping around. And when it seems you aren't doing either, people raise an eyebrow and wonder "Why?"
Being single, for some means "Something must be wrong with them, since nobody wants them."
Best to ignore it. Long as it doesn't bother you personally, let them guess and wonder. Parents' rushes are probably because they want grandchildren. Or the more narcissistic thoughts that if their child isn't dating, it looks bad on them in some way.
Then parents don't understand dating nowadays is very different. What was, or worked, for them, is a rarity now. Like according to older people in my life, a girl should never ask out a guy, because it's desperate. 1 older man, who's been married to his wife for years now, stating when he was dating, he didn't like aggressive women-saying if he wanted to ask them out, he'd go to them.
Apparently not having a boyfriend or talking to a guy must mean I'm afraid of them.
They keep bringing up random guys (sons of their friends) and blah blah "we'd be cute together" blah blah.
I feel like I'm way too young for the when are you gonna find someone talk, I'm only 21. None of my friends are married. Well, they have live in baby daddies/eternal boyfriends. That's the new marriage in this generation(teen moms and such) Forever a mother/girlfriend, rarely a wife.
I just don't know what to tell them.
jYes, you're way too young for that kind of thing. And how do they know you don't talk to guys? How would they have any idea what your day is like, or your weekends? It sounds like you live at home? But still, they wouldn't have any idea who you talk to during the day. And you're not alone, OP. Your mom watches too much TV, lol! Real life isn't like TV.
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