31-year old Japanese females

I don't know why, but I've gotten to know many 31-year old Japanese females during my short time here. I don't do it on purpose, it's just that almost every Japanese girl I meet happens to be 31...and all single. They're not 30, not 32, they're all 31. It's a mystery to me.

Inevitably, because of their view of their age and marital status, the conversation always veer towards the topic of guys. In each of my initial conversations with them, they always tell me that they don't have a boyfriend. I dutifully nod in response to hearing that. Honestly, there's not much else that I can do aside from nod.

And then the conversation somehow turns to me...albeit unwillingly on my part. Each one of them would say, "So, do you have a boyfriend?" And when my reply's a "no," they always give me a sympathetic nod.

One of them even asked me, "Why not?" one time. At that point, the conversation just turned awkward. I wasn't sure how to tell her that for me, at this current point in time in my life, I feel ok about not having a boyfriend. It's not like I'm trying to reach the nirvana of spinsterhood, but is singledom really that undesirable? Am I really that weird for enjoying my own space and time?

Anyway, my most recent encounter with a 31 Japanese female is my tutor. She is also 31 and single and she keeps asking me whether I like any of my guy friends that she's met.

I will admit that all this talk has made me feel somewhat insecure about my single status. I guess it's kind of like in elementary school when every girl had a scrunchie and I'm still using a rubber band to hold my hair up.