How to avoid looking desperate<br>Avoid constantly complaining about your single status. Even if you joke about it, it makes you appear that you are desperate for any date. This might not only make you look desperate but also make you look like you do not respect your friends who are in relationships.
Looking like you make you look like you do not respect your friends who are in relationships is one potential side effect to joking about being single.
( z1 affect :ARG0 ( z2 joke :ARG2 ( z3 single :ARG1 ( z4 you ) ) ) :ARG2 ( z5 make :ARG0 ( z6 look :ARG1 z4 ) :ARG1 ( z7 look :ARG0 z4 :ARG1 ( z8 respect :polarity - :ARG0 z4 :ARG1 ( z9 person :ARG0-of ( z10 have-rel-role :ARG1 z4 :ARG2 ( z11 friend ) ) :ARG0-of ( z12 relation ) ) ) ) ) )