My grandmother's response to my decision to be single and celibate

Not verbatim, because it was in a foreign language, but she said, "who hurt you?"

No disrespect to her, or any female for that matter, but it's mind boggling how they all have the same reaction and response to this sort of thing, whether you're family or a stranger.

If you belittle their greatest asset (if not their only) and suggest that you can live without it, they immediately go on the attack and assume that you're bitter and resentful, rather than pursuing your own best interest, spiritually, financially, emotionally, etc.

In many aspects, AWALT