| Everyone keeps asking me if I have a boyfriend... and I'm sick of it! Really, even people that would never normally have spoken to me about this kind of thing before. My grandparents generally avoid the subject, especially one set of them, but even they've been asking questions while I've been at home this weekend. I just wanted to complain about it and see if anyone else is being annoyed by the same thing.
My mum never, ever used to talk to me about relationships & stuff, though when I split up with my ex boyfriend in January she asked a couple of times "how are things with Joe?", "why did you split up?" and gave up when she didn't really get any answers. When she calls me in Nottingham she's always asking if I have anyone interested in me, or coyly enquiring as to if anything is happening, "relationship-wise" and this weekend, a few times too: "I wish you had someone to look after you in Nottingham."
a) I can look after myself, I don't need a man. And if I do want a boy to walk me to my hall to put off potential rapists and/or murderers (as my mother fears are hiding on every street corner, behind every dustbin) I can ask a friend. It is always, emphatically, a male, though she did ask today in a jokey way "you're not lesbian, are you?" when I told her I wasn't interested in anyone/there was nothing going on, quickly adding "not that there would be anything wrong if you were."
b) It's my choice! I don't get why they are trying to force me into a relationship all the time. I know it might only be her being concerned, but it's annoying.
c) it's always her asking if anyone is interested in me, and though I don't know if she's noticing that she does this, it's implying that I can't choose who I like myself, I can only pick from men who have already expressed an interest in me.
AAAAAAAAAAAAGH
Sorry, just wanted to rant and see if anyone else has the same problem. |