I had an epiphany the other day:
I HATE the question: "Are you dating anyone?"
It's pointless. It adds an unneeded pressure to dating. Or when I say, "No," the inevitable questions come up: "Oh, why not?" or "Well, are you at least liking someone?" or the worst: "I don't understand why you're single!"
Truth of the matter is that I haven't found anyone worth spending my good time with. I'm absolutely open to the idea of dating, but I'd rather spend my time doing the things I want to do; putting an extraordinary effort into finding someone to date is not what I want to do.
I find that often people ask this question as an "I'm curious what you've been up to because I never talk to you" type of inquiry. The fact of the matter is that this is my personal business. If we're not that close, I'm either going to give you a 'yes' or a 'no' and I don't want to elaborate any further. But you will ask me to. If we are close, and you ask this question, you should already know the answer. If I am dating someone, you will know. Most likely, when I decide the time is right, I will introduce who I'm dating to you, and you will know. There's no need to ask the question.
That's all. For now.
