"Everyone is getting married and having babies but you're just getting more awesome."

Words of wisdom from my brother who is married with 1 kid and another on the way.

This is the kind of advice some family members start giving you when you're closer to 30 than 25, single and have no prospects.  I guess they're starting to give up on the idea that I will find someone to marry and settle down with so they might as well tell me how awesome I am (I know, guys but keep saying it!).

On the other hand I have a cousin who recently told me that I will never find the man of my dreams in Boston so I should move down to the southwest where he and various other family members live.  After he told me that I "need" a boyfriend, he decided that I will definitely find someone down in the southwest (I do enjoy myself a cowboy from time to time) therefore I should quit school and my jobs here and resume it all down there.  When he felt that wasn't convincing enough this happened:

Cousin: Grandma wants to see all of her grandchildren get married. (Grandma is 93).  You're the only one who isn't married or getting married.

Me:  I don't think she's going to get her wish unless some sort of miracle happens.  I'm just not good at relationships.

Cousin:  You're not getting younger. Neither is Grandma.

If that doesn't give me permission to down a pint of ice cream and think about how alone I am, I don't know what does.