Are You Now… (What?)… Married?
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@ZedSmart (19786)
Philippines
September 20, 2019 2:44am CST
Have you been a recipient of this question or you consider yourself more an interrogator?
It seems that more people like to dig into the personal lives of an individual.
I often heard such question being asked to individuals who are thought or believed to be in their right age or more than eligible enough to marry. Usually, the questioning would come from an acquaintance that has not seen over the years, from former classmates, from relatives, and even from people you may encounter just in social events. The question may not hurt but, there are people who do not want to hear, avoid, or skip to answer such question; especially those who are already on their late-for- something age. Although, I believe that there is no ideal age as to when to marry, some have put a timeline and start feeling hopeless when they already reach or passed that age.
I think we are not really obliged to know the relationship status of a person. Are we?
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8 responses
@edorms36 (275)
• United Arab Emirates
20 Sep 19
Hi, my take on this subject is that this question should not be really taken on an offensive nature, coz there are such many reasons why people would want to know, it could be that they find you interesting and so they would want to get some more personal details of you that may be of interest to them, it could also be their way of striking up a sensible conversation specially when you are in an event. Such a question for me is harmless and even more a sort of gauge to know that the other person is interested to know me.
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@Behindtheguitarbar (2831)
• Guangdong, China
20 Sep 19
same question to me in every festivals. My relatives will ask you, do you have in a relationship? when will you marry. Sorry, I just don't happy to answer these personal questions!
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@Behindtheguitarbar (2831)
• Guangdong, China
20 Sep 19
@ZedSmart well, depend on my feeling. I will say few words if I have a good mood. Haha.
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@Writingghost (5196)
• United States
27 Sep 19
I guess it would depend on how why and question was asked. Perhaps a person is interested and looking for a mate and is interested. It seems it might be appropriate then.
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@MGjhaud (23240)
• Philippines
20 Sep 19
I find it awkward to ask and be asked that question. For some people, my answer doesn’t really matter I know. It’s more like a conversation starter or their way of asking how am I doing. I sometimes find it personal especially when I haven’t seen the person in years.
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@thelme55 (77165)
• Germany
20 Sep 19
I have a 26 years old cousin who gets annoyed when she is asked about not being married, yet. Some of her younger friends got already married in young age. She asked me how to response to this kind of question. I told her that if they will ask again, tell them, well if I look at your married life, I will not get married at all. I know it is a rude answer but if those people keep on asking you about why not getting married yet, they will stop asking the same thing.
