It's not cancer. I'm just single.

I have a great group of friends. They're all really swell people, who are smart, funny, talented, and generally good hearted. They are supportive and wonderful.

That having been said, a small part of me gets the urge to punch them all in the face. Why?
Well, this requires a small tidbit of information.
They are all, every single one of them, in a relationship. This is not why I want to punch them.
I want to punch them because they feel that this means they have a special insight that I must lack, or else I would not be single. The fact that I'm single must be some negative horrible thing.

I can comment that I'm going to go on a date and bam! This must mean I'm asking for advice!
I make a comment about some tard trying to make last minute dates with me, and I'm suddenly lectured about how I need to change myself to be more accommodating to men who think constantly texting 'what u up to tonight?' is ok.

Smug couples are so obnoxious sometimes. I am NOT single because I can't get a boyfriend. I have had many people interested in the role- but I'm not interested in them. And the few I've been interested in, well, they weren't interested in me. I'm sort of the opposite of those people who constantly need to be in a relationship. Commitment phobic? Maybe.

Does this mean there is something wrong with me? No.
I'm pretty content with being single, but would gladly give it up if the right fellow came along.

My friends are not the only ones. Family too.
I think they worry for me, because they are all in relationships- and I am never in one.
I talk about wanting to get more in shape so that when I'm old I won't have diabetes.
This turns into a 'you should get in shape- it will help you get a boyfriend.'
What?

I feel like other people care more about my being single than I do.
It'd be nice to have a boyfriend, of course, but feh. I have met few people that I want to really have a relationship with in my whole life. I don't see the point in just settling with someone because you don't want to be single. I like being single about 95% of the time. Is that so wrong?

If I want to get in better shape, it's for me, not the dudes who are, what, rejecting me because I don't have flat abs? Puh-lease.
If I think someone is being a tard, I tell them- much more nicely than that- but I am a bit old fashioned when it comes to dating, and am not going to suddenly say 'hey baby, why don't I set up our first date- you don't even have to call me, I'll call you!'

You know, this makes me think about the double standards of society in gender roles.
A fella can be a swinging bachelor- but a woman?
WHY ARE YOU SINGLE???
ARE YOU OK???????
LET ME GIVE YOU ADVICE SO YOU WON'T BE SINGLE ANYMORE AND YOUR LIFE CAN BE FULFILLED!!!
I'm happy. I'm busy. It'll happen when it happens, and finding that 'special someone' is just not that important to me right now. I have so much on my plate, that I can't and won't make dating a priority right now. I like to go on dates with people occasionally, but it's not a big deal for me.

Sometimes I feel like selfimprovement so that I'm just better with people in general- but that doesn't mean it's all about 'OMG FINDING A MAN!!!'

I do wish I had more single friends, sometimes, that way I could bitch about my latest lame date and not deal with the slightly pitying look of the smug couples, and the inevitable advice. Sometimes a girl just wants to talk about what's going on, and not be given 'life advice' like she's broken or something.

IT'S NOT CANCER. I'M JUST SINGLE.