This troper is barely turning 25 this year and is constantly being pestered to go for arranged dates by her family. At one point, a picture of her (and a short CV) was circulated to parents of eligible bachelors. Results have been... mediocre... at best.

Should we turn this into a dating forum?

There's a TroperDatingService page, and another for shipping tropers...

This troper freely admits to wondering "She's that old and she's never been married? What's wrong with her?" of ChristmasCake-type women but being in his early thirties himself would prefer to find the answer to the latter question through experience.

This troper's favourite aunt is a 30 years old hot latina, a well-paid psychologist and she runs 5 kilometres every morning. When she reached 25 the family started an aggressive campaign to make her marry ''anyone''. Didn't work and this Troper has the theory that she don't like men.

This troper will be turning 22 next month, and has been putting up with this BS since HighSchool! (Wall banger!) People are constantly asking her why she doesn't have a boyfriend, and even questioning her sexuality. The lack of boyfriend is related to the troper's life circumstances up till now: meeting guys who were either taken, gay, or {{Jerkass}}es, overprotective parents, etc. The fact that this trope is not as much of a DiscreditedTrope as it should be in the 21st century is not only a wall banger, but a BerserkButton. (What really frosts this troper's behind is that this BS never seems to apply to guys of comparable age. Fact is, this troper would rather make sure that a guy isn't a jerkass and is compatible with her than be with a guy just for the sake of being with a guy. Even if that means waiting awhile.

This troper's cousin is 24, and I've heard my grandparents discuss how weird it is that she doesn't have a boyfriend, since she's so "pretty and everything" (which is true, by the way). I myself am 20, and I fear that they will start pestering me about the same thing soon.

When a (male) cousin of this (male) troper got married, a respected elderly aunt asked me when I was going to get married (I was ~30 at the time). She went to her grave never knowing how much the question offended me, considering how difficult it is to find someone who's interested in me who isn't broken in some way herself.

Im 19 and have never been romantically interested in anyone, and my family, especially my 15 year old sister, who has already had more boyfriends than me, all think its strange how ive not had a boyfriend and want to set me up with people!

This troper's first experience fell into the ChristmasCake category, she being 30 going on 31 at the time - ''while he was only 21''. Unfortunately, that didn't work out well at all. And while he would hope that if someone new came along at his current age of 23 going on 24 she'd be closer to that age, this troper may very well ignore the past by the same token, particularly in the case of if she came from a certain Far Eastern archipelago nation (just 'cause the Japanese men would pass up a Japanese woman over 25, doesn't mean this troper would reject such himself. Indeed, there was an Australian girl who was part Norwegian that he was JustFriends with but nevertheless he had some UST about her. She had turned 30 this year, the same year this troper turned 23. Obviously an IgnoredEpiphany is to blame...

This troper knows a particularly weird version of this: this lady, a neighbor, really hates younger women who could be more beautiful than her. This has reached AxCrazy levels sometimes.

This (male) troper will be this. I've never had a relationship so far (18), and probably won't bother with one for a while, simply because I'm an {{Asexual}}.

ThisTroper is one right now and she isn't trying to let it bother her. Easier said than done. Anyways, there's not much alarm or concern considering that women on her mom's side tend to marry at a later age. Her mother married in her early 30s, two cousins married in mid-30s, and one is getting married this summer and she's in her late 30s. So there's always a glimmer of hope.

Averted with this troper's mother. She was 36 when she married, 37 when she had this troper, and 41 when she had her AnnoyingYoungerSibling.

Wait, are you my DistaffCounterpart?

This troper (XuxiRawe22) is 26, still single and still a virgin (Yes, really), which frightens a lot of the girls who lost their virginity and/or married young and keep asking why I'm not like them. I'm actually proud that I'm not tied down because I have my culinary career to think about, meaning I got a good 5-10 years before I really want to consider marriage and/or kids. Besides, I'm trying not to be like my mom; she was 23 when she had me in 1985, 24 when she had my sister in 1986, and 31 when she had my youngest sister in 1993 and all those relationships failed miserably.

Gender-flipped with this troper's cousin. He just turned 26 this March, and his mother has been sending him on an endless stream of dates with various women that he doesn't really care for. Of course, this trope is subverted with another cousin of mine, his younger sister, who is going to turn 25 this December, and getting married in November. Everyone is ''horrified'' at this prospect and believes she's "too young". But then, ''that'' cousin has never been known for her sense of responsibility...

This troper is convinced she'll be this when she's older. I've never kissed or had a boyfriend or girlfriend and am not really interested in romantic relationships. I've already decided that I don't particularly want to get married, nor do I want any children. Lot of people find me weird because of this and assume that I'm asexual (I do carry some interest, but it's not much).

This troper hopes to God she won't be a ChristmasCake. However, she probably will be one. She's far too shy about relationships and is not good with them in general.

In this troper's country, you are more or less expected to marry one, because average marriage age is keep getting older.

This troper's mom. Despite being married and having kids from ages 22, 15, and 6, she refuses to admit she's a day over 29.