Questions I don’t have an answer to

I’ve been roaming the earth for nearly 27 years and I consider myself a reasonably communicative person. But there are still a few situations that leave me tongue-tied. I never know how to react appropriately, let alone react in general. Whoever has a solution please tell me.

‘Why don’t you have a boyfriend?’

I have discussed this single shaming situation to the tiniest detail but it’s still a hot iron in my book. Why do people ask this question? What answer do they expect?

‘Did you manage?’

A question asked when coming out of a fitting room with three stacks: a yes, a no and ‘need a different size’. Yes, I managed to get into some of the items but didn’t like all of them so yes I managed partially, I guess. WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?

‘Oh how nice, a business trip. Did you have fun?’

I’m so lucky that I have a job that involves lots of traveling. Just recently I was in Milan with May-Britt, New York is coming up and of course the fashion weeks. All wonderful but terribly tiring. But when I say that people consider me an ungrateful snob so I usually just mumble something about it being fab. Still I haven’t found the right answer yet.

‘Hi, how are you doing today?’

I get this question all day in New York. In every store or restaurant I’m received with a ‘Hi!!! How are you doing today?’ I say the complimentary thing: ‘fine, thank you’. But still feel uneasy. I stumble over my own words resulting in a mumbling that no one understands.

‘Why do you always lose everything?’

I ask Jet this all the time. It’s true, she always loses everything. But she doesn’t do it purpose and I doubt she has an answer as to why she does it? Dead end.

‘When do you plan starting with children?’

Girlfriends who have been happy with their boyfriend for a while get inquiries about when they’re planning to start giving birth. Why do people stick their noses in? It’s none of their business, is it? We’ll tell you when we’re ready.