Are you single?

I wouldn't go that far. You're a bit of an asshole yourself.

 

Yes

 

meh... I'm "on a break" right now.

That's what we're calling it.

I'm both...

 

Well I'm an outsider. I still think that most other aussies are among the most down to earth and friendly people you'll ever meet. I'm just an asshole who belongs to his own country.

 

i'm single and i'm not the relationship kind

i think the last time i was in a relationship was last year

i would not consider that a real relationship although we stayed together for a really long time
i basically entered into it thinking that maybe it'd be good for me to be normal and in a relationship like a normal person
however that really blew up in my face

it seems to me that every guy just wants me as their fire hydrant to piss on

i will never settle for anything but the best
so it seems i might be looking for a while

 

Australians are some of the racist people I've ever met!!

There was barely any of that shit in New Zealand.

When people are cruel to immigrants it offends me because I Am An Immigrant

Just because I'm white, and so weak I've lost most of my accent, doesn't mean anything.

 

i`m not exactly single and not exactly into a relationship. the last very serious relationship i had ended 3 months ago.

 

Now that I look back on it I've never considered myself to be taken, but I have been temporarily unavailable

 

i'm single. while i haven't been in a relationship that was defined as monogamous in my mind for over 6 years, i was in a relationship for a couple years that ended in december. while i was in that relationship, thought it was defined as open, i did not feel single or in any way non-monogamous. so it's a relatively new thing for me of late.

truthfully, i'm struggling with it. i don't want to be single. i want to be in a relationship. i want a girlfriend. yet i know what i want, and what i want is a level of depth and intimacy that when i'm honest with myself, i realize i'm not quite ready for. so i seem to be needing to be single. alone.

fuck the stigma of singledom. i'm actually quite happy that i am able to do what i want and don't have to consider another person's feelings in my decisions. too bad it seems to go hand in hand with loneliness and not getting laid.

 

You must live in a different Australia then, too many bogans in this one

 

Not single... until this last winter I had been single for 20 years. It took a good long time for me to learn that the best way to find a good match is to not be looking.

 

haha, which is it? if it was 02, that would be seven years, but you keep throwing 03s in there too...

 

That is damn true. I only meet people when I'm not expecting anything at all. Of course, I'm not interested in an actual relationship yet so meeting them or not, I'm still single.

 

Gee whiz. This gives me some hope.

I'm not bothered about being single. Too much like hard work (relationships).

 

that's very true. when i looked for a boyfriend, although i found one, he just wasn't right for me and it didn't last. then i found someone in the most unlikely way when i wasn't expecting anything. we were friends and then we just fell in love. been together ever since. 3 years now.

 

yeh and never

it fuckin sucks

 

My first and last relationship ended 5 months ago...

Probably should have ended wayyy sooner then that.

 

Single, never had a serious relationship. I'm just waiting to have something meaningful with someone special.

 

That's because you saw each other as you are, not as your imagined ideal that the opposite sex is looking for... which is little more than an inaccurate form of self promotion... and transparent- even insulting- to anyone who is even marginally perceptive.

"Accidental" couplings have a better chance when neither party has to cover up any lies or try and live up to an act. The dating scene is often the mother of all bait and switch schemes. Even with the best of intentions people will inadvertently pass themselves off as something they're not and set up any potential partners for disappointment.