Answers to the Question "Why Aren't You Married Yet?"

Answers to the question “Why aren’t you married?”

I actually think this is a flattering question (so much better than "Oh yeah, I can see why you're single") but here are some better answers than "Haha, I wish I knew!":

-Tom Hiddleston hasn’t met me yet

-I actually turn into a werewolf at the full moon- it usually scares people away

-I’m super nerdy, neurotic, and am always under the impression whoever I’m talking to just wants me to shut up so they can go away

-Rabies

-Well, I am married, but my husband is an involuntary time traveler and actually won’t be born for another thousand years

-Thor is a fictional character

-Well, running a criminal empire means I have weird work hours- I’m usually pretty busy at night which makes it hard to date

-Good question!  What do you think?

-I only marry Russian billionaires with one foot in the grave

-Cillian Murphy’s already married

-If I told you, I’d have to kill you

-The wedding dress I wanted was waaaaaaaay too expensive, so I just called the wedding off

-I’m waiting for space travel to become more common so I can spend my actual honeymoon on the moon

I Watch Cowboy Movies When I’m Homesick.

I watch cowboy movies when I’m homesick.

This is for a couple of reasons.  My dad watches cowboy movies every time they are on TV.  He owns most, if not all, of John Wayne’s cowboy films, but never watches them on the DVDs or videos.  If there’s a western on while he’s flipping channels, he’ll stop.  Cowboy movies in the background on a Saturday afternoon is part of home to me.

Even remakes of classic westerns have good memories.  For example, when the True Grit remake came out, my brother and I went to see it opening day at 10am (it was Christmas Vacation).  We were the only people in there under 60, and that instantly was something we’d brag about for the rest of the break.  Plus, it was pretty fun to see another interpretation of a film we had grown up with.

Finally, I feel like they make me proud of my heritage as an American.  I don’t mean my ancestors were necessarily cowboys (I believe they were mostly the religious pioneers westerns tend to make fun of), but being an American automatically gives you claim to American mythology.  And when you see those stories with grizzled anti-heroes riding into a town to beat the bad guys, it gives me a little thrill of pride.  This is mythology that is uniquely American, yet enjoyed by the entire world.

I am currently flying back from a business trip to a foreign country, and on the way over there I watched the remake of The Magnificent 7.  It helped me with my homesickness. It reminded me of my dad and my brother, and happy Saturdays spent with family.  It gave me something I could claim as my own, even 30,000 feet over in the air and 6,000 miles away.

 I watch cowboy movies when I’m homesick.  And it really helps.