When you tell some ppl you’re not interested in a romantic relationship their 1st assumption is you must be career-focused then and social climbing, or you must be reeling from trauma. Tell them it’s neither one of those things and you simply don’t desire a romantic relationship?
Then you’re all types of “delusional” and “liar” and “bitter” and all types of things *they are projecting* onto you that has absolutely nothing to do with you. It’s their one size fit all knee jerk response due to *their own lives* and of course socialization.