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Elayne Boosler

I've never been married, but I tell people I'm divorced so they won't think something's wrong with me.

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The speaker jokes that saying she is divorced sounds more normal or acceptable than admitting she has never been married. This highlights how people often assume being single is unusual or problematic, so she uses a lie to avoid awkward judgment.

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