{"id":4896,"date":"2019-11-22T08:00:26","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T08:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bracketyackrc.wpengine.com\/?p=4896"},"modified":"2019-12-06T03:04:47","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T03:04:47","slug":"answering-questions-on-your-relationship-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/?p=4896","title":{"rendered":"Answering Questions on Your Relationship Status"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by Kaelyn Spickler<\/em><\/p>\n

Thanksgiving is time spent with family and friends around a table full of food. With that, comes plenty of time to catch up with your second cousins who you only see once or twice a year. Once you get past the typical \u201chow\u2019s your semester going?\u201d and \u201care you ready for exams?\u201d questions, they\u2019ve gotten you all buttered up to get to the real stuff- your relationship status. You know it\u2019s coming, and here are some of the most likely asked questions and how to respond:<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Question<\/b>: \u201cSooo, are there any cute boys\/girls in your life?\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What you\u2019re thinking:<\/b> \u201cWell of course there are! There\u2019s one who sits in the center table of Commons, one who I always see at the gym, one who lives on my hall, and one I sit beside in class.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

What to say:<\/b> \u201cSure there are, but none that really stand out to me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Question<\/b>: \u201cWhen are you going to bring someone home for Thanksgiving?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

What you\u2019re thinking: <\/b>\u201cYikes. Am I at that age where it\u2019s expected for me to bring a plus one to Thanksgiving? When did that happen? Who will little cousin Jack sit with at the kid\u2019s table?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

What to say:<\/b> \u201cWhenever I find someone worthy of meeting you guys.\u201d This will make them go, \u201cAww you\u2019re so sweet,\u201d and hopefully change the subject. Unless they say\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Question<\/b>: \u201cYou are so sweet and have the nicest smile. I\u2019m sure you have dates lined up.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

What you\u2019re thinking:<\/b> \u201cWell, Gramma, unfortunately now a days, it takes more than a nice smile.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

What to say:<\/b> \u201cThank you, Gramma. By the way, I love the green beans you made.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Question<\/b>: \u201cDid you know your uncle and I met in college and got married the summer after we graduated?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

What you\u2019re thinking: <\/b>\u201cOf course I know that because you have told me every year since I got to college, and now I\u2019m past the age where you guys met, and there\u2019s only a little bit of pressure.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

What to say:<\/b> \u201cYeah, I think you told me that one year. That\u2019s nice!\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Be prepared for questions from your dear Aunt Gabby, cousin Max, and lots from your Gramma. You know it\u2019s coming, so be polite, answer their questions, but you don\u2019t have to go into great detail.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Written by Kaelyn Spickler Thanksgiving is time spent with family and friends around a table full of food. With that, comes plenty of time to catch up with your second cousins who you only see once or twice a year. Once you get past the typical \u201chow\u2019s your semester going?\u201d and \u201care you ready for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":4898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/relationshipstatus.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}