There is no such thing as a single woman. Like unicorns and “spontaneous” anal sex like you see in porn, it’s a myth. In the real world women have three basic modes of relationship status. They are as follows;
“Single”
When a woman says “I’m single” it means she’s seeing someone, but is ready to move on. Most women at best have a brief transitional period where they officially end their old relationship and openly reveal their new one already in progress. There may not be any sex involved during this transition so most standards it’s not cheating, but as Jeff Foxworthy once said, “she’s already pulled a pony from the heard, and if she’s not riding ‘em yet she’s at least taken the saddle out of the barn.”
“Kinda Seeing Someone” or “Dating”
This is really the default mode of relationship you will find most girls regardless of what they tell you. This means she’s involved with someone but still open to a better offer. It’s also used by women as a filter or blow off line. Basically if you make a move on a girl and she says she’s “kinda seeing someone” she’s usually trying to politely say she’s not interested in you. However sometimes she’s seeing how aggressively you will pursue her. By putting up the hurdle of relationship she leaves it to the guy to either walk away or to be bold and go after what he wants.
“In A Relationship” or “With Someone”
There are many levels to this mode. It could really mean that she’s in a long term relationship. Or it could mean that she has her eye on someone, or has just made a transition and is not looking at other options at this time. Or it could mean that she recently — or not so recently if she’s a bit psycho — got dumped and she’s still pining over her ex waiting for them to get back together. But don’t fret, 90% of the time “in a relationship” still doesn’t mean she’s off the market completely.
If you’re confused right now it’s because you’re male. When it comes to relationships men see things in physical terms. For the ladies reading this, that doesn’t mean that guys see relationships only as sex there is an emotional connection however that connection is typically sealed with sex. Quite honestly women play so many head games that sex is the only solid indicator of interest that men have from women. And then its not always clear.
On the flip side, when a woman says “I’m with someone” she’s referring to an emotional attachment and unlike guys, who throw out old things as an excuse to get something new, women don’t typically throw out last seasons handbag until they’re looking at the sales receipt for the new one.
So what it comes down to is when a woman says she’s “single” it really means that she has left her current relationship emotionally and is looking around for something new. The sad thing about this is that it could’ve been over for weeks or months, and the poor bastard she’s with won’t even have a clue it’s over until after she finds his replacement. What’s even sadder is you could be that poor bastard right now!
How do you know? It really depends on the woman and how good she is at her emotional subterfuge. One sure sign is if the sex has stopped or she doesn’t seem to be into it as much, you’re probably on the chopping block. That one is pretty clear but surprisingly a lot of guys miss it.
Why would women do this? Wouldn’t it be easier to just cut the dead weight and move on?
This is one of those situations where the female mind makes three lefts to go right. Although they may be tired of their current relationship for whatever reason it’s better than nothing. We won’t go into the emotional and psychological reasoning behind this either, or we’ll be here a LONG time. Lets just say, like the sun is hot, that’s just how it is.
The key point here is that a woman is never really single, but she’s never really off the market either. This is great news for single guys because no matter what, if you ever had a shot with her in the first place, you still got a shot. So when you meet that perfect girl and she says she has a boyfriend, she’s not telling you “no chance”, she’s really saying “show me a better offer”.
*Of course referring to attractive women between 18 and 25 years of age. I’m sure there are lots of legitimately single fatty’s and ugos. And at around 25 or when they stop getting hit on reguarly women tend to clamp onto the first stable thing they can find, otherwise known as “settling down”. These are usually the girls you hear saying, “I’m in a relationship” and it’s also why you find hot women with fat, slobbish, loser guys… but that’s another article.
