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Did you ever have one of those situations occur where you say something and everybody around you just assumes you're being sarcastic, but you're really not? That was the end of my evening. My friend had a birthday party, which I was looking forward to because it meant seeing a group of people I don't often get to see and possibly meeting some new people, which I get precious little of right now. I enjoyed the party, even if it just reinforced my bitterness about everybody around me being in a serious relationship, engaged, or married. So once the party started to peeter out and I was out of beer, I did my handshakes and hugs and left. When I said goodbye the to birthday girl, she asked me why I was leaving. The first though to make it to my lips was "You're out of single women." Everybody got a good chuckle, but it wasn't me trying to be smarmy. That was my real logical reason. While I still enjoyed everybody's company, I now officially the odd man out of the numerous couplings, so I decided it was time to go. This only helped to reinforce a conversation earlier in the night when my love life came up and I had to admit that I don't even have so much as a crush right now. The well is that freaking dry. 95% of the women I know are in relationships, and the other 5% are off limits for one reason or another. I'm almost considering going back to school in the fall for the express purpose of meeting women. Then I remember the associated cost and kibosh that idea.