Tell me, is it one in four marriages that ends in divorce now or one in three?

So, a couple of days ago I went to get a chemical peel. Basically, a chemical peel consists of paying someone 100 bucks to pour acid on your face so that later your face will peel and look better. They are made for people like me with disgusting skin. My normal esthetician, Marthea, was out of town so some other girl, who will remain nameless to protect her lack of tact, did my chemical peel. Before I could even get onto the facial table she said to me,

"So are you married?"
I said, "no."
She replied, "well do you have a boyfriend...are you dating anyone?"
And I replied, "not right now."

Now, I'm not sure exactly why I said "not right now..." as if I had been dating someone a few minutes prior and had just gotten dumped or something. But if you ask me a dumb question you should expect a dumb answer...I mean, what was I supposed to say? And she didn't shut up after that! She went on to ask

"Well, do you have any nieces or nephews?"

"No," I said, "my only sibling that is married just got married a month ago"...and I thought to myself "and I haven't gotten around to asking them yet when they are going to start making babies!"

Ok, and get this, the next thing she said to me was,

"Did they get married in the temple?"

And I thought to myself "Oh my heck am I wearing my 'I AM A MORMON' shirt again!?" So within two minutes of meeting me this girl, who was married with three kids, broke the CARDINAL RULE of talking to single people. Never, under any circumstance ask a single person (even if you know them) any of the following questions or any variation of the following questions UNLESS you are asking them because you have some RAD person that you want to set them up with and you want to make sure that they are available. And, as a side note, never ASSUME that someone is LDS. It just makes you look like a stupid Utard.

Here are some no no questions:

"So, how's your love life?"
"Are you dating anybody?"
"Anything exciting/new going on in your life (wink, wink)?"

Now, this girl was probably just trying to be nice and make conversation(although I wish that she could have just shut-up and let me listen to the peaceful waterfall music), but HOW SAD is it that she was so un-rounded that the only thing that she could make reference to in life had to do with dating, marriage and kids! LAME! Needless to say, I did not give her a tip $$$$$$$. But let me give all of the tactless married people out there a tip...and I don't think that all married people are tactless, but those of you who are... you know who you are, listen up. You should never talk to a single person about their dating life, or the lack thereof, unless they bring it up. Just as I shouldn't ask you,

"So, how much money do you make?"

"When are you guys going to have another baby...it is about time, isn't it?"

"How's your LOVE life (wink, wink)?"

"When are you planning on starting a family?"

"Do you think you'll go on a diet soon?"

"How much equity do you have in your home?"

"Are you planning on doing anything about your receding hairline?"

Etc!

Or, I might say, as Bridget Jones replied when asked, "So Bridge, how's your love life?"..."Tell me, is it one in four marriages that ends in divorce now, or one in three?"