You Still Single???

I've had a few conversations with fellow Spinsters about appropriate responses to the question "why aren't you married?"  I get asked that a lot, and lots of other women I know do, too.  I'm a little bemused about the double standard here because, while most people think it's perfectly acceptable to ask someone why they're single, it would seem hostile to ask someone "why are you married?"  So I don't ask, but I often want to know the answer to that question.

 I know that most people who ask are not trying to be insulting and I always feel like the onus is on me to keep the tenor of the conversation light.  So, instead of saying "I'll tell you why I'm not married if you'll tell me why you are", I try to respond without responding; I don't want to offend yet I really don't want to treat this as an important question.  And, honestly, I don't wonder why people, in general, get married; I do, though sometimes wonder why some specific people get married...or married to the person they're married to.

Anyway, I try to always have in the back of my mind an array of responses, depending on the situation, who I'm talking to, and most importantly, my mood.  They range from passive to simple to provocative to ridiculous to quite honest, and they include (always said with a smile):

• Gee, I haven't found the right guy
• Oh, there's still time (which is kinda funny because of my age)
• Clearly there's something very wrong with me
• No one will even go out with me
• It's cheaper and less stressful than a divorce
• Because I'm not ready to stop having sex
• I like dating too much
• Because I want him to go home sometimes
• I'm just too good for any one man
• It just seems really, really hard...and I'm lazy

What I've learned, though, is it really doesn't matter what my response is because the ask-er has usually already decided that there's something wrong with me.  Getting married is the norm and bucking the norm is...abnormal.

I need some new material: please send me a few good responses to this rather tiring question.