Stupid Questions

You know those stupid questions people ask like "When is your baby due?" to someone who is not pregnant, just fat.  Or when you ask someone how old their son is and it is actually their husband, thereby calling them old.  You know those questions that you feel really bad for asking.  

So at work the other day, one of our patient's got me confused with the other girl who works there.  This patient asked me how long I had been married now.  When I told her that I was single but she probably had me confused with another girl who had just gotten married in the last year, she looked so embarrassed.  She immediately replied, "Oh my gosh!  I'm so sorry!  I must have gotten you two confused!  I'm SO sorry!  Well, you're a sweet girl, you'll get married soon."  She was so incredibly embarrassed and felt so bad for asking what she thought was a stupid, offensive question.  Very important to note:  I couldn't care less if you just "called me single"  like calling a fat person "so fat they look pregnant".   

Is it really a put-down to be called single?  At least I was amused with her embarrassment :)