I've been through an abusive relationship, and have been single for nearly 8 years. I had a 2 short term "relationships", the last one was 5 years ago. I felt pressured because of my family (and basically, society's) expectations, because where I live, women around my age are either in a long term relationship or married already. My best friends that I met in college are both married & have a little family of their own. My close friends at work who are around my age are all in a relationship or have kids. 

In the last company I worked for, I told the truth and kept getting the usual questions like why are you still single, what's wrong with you, don't you want to be with a man, etc .. So when I transferred to my current company, I told this lie. I didn't expect to make a connection with anyone at all, so I thought what would I lose? I feel terrible for lying to the new friends I made at work, but back when I started & decided to lie about this, I thought I will only have a short stint at this company and that I'd soon work abroad. I was wrong though, I grew to love my job and the people I work with. Trying to keep up this lie is getting harder. 

Would they hate me too much if I tell them the truth? It would lower their opinion of me, I don't doubt that, but I'm tired of lying. :(
Any advise/insights would be appreciated.
user
I lied to my work friends and coworkers about my boyfriend, and now I'm fighting with myself for someone who loves me and
assistant
I've been through an abusive relationship, and have been single for nearly 8 years. I had a 2 short term "relationships", the last one was 5 years ago. I felt pressured because of my family (and basically, society's) expectations, because where I live, women around my age are either in a long term relationship or married already. My best friends that I met in college are both married & have a little family of their own. My close friends at work who are around my age are all in a relationship or have kids. 

In the last company I worked for, I told the truth and kept getting the usual questions like why are you still single, what's wrong with you, don't you want to be with a man, etc .. So when I transferred to my current company, I told this lie. I didn't expect to make a connection with anyone at all, so I thought what would I lose? I feel terrible for lying to the new friends I made at work, but back when I started & decided to lie about this, I thought I will only have a short stint at this company and that I'd soon work abroad. I was wrong though, I grew to love my job and the people I work with. Trying to keep up this lie is getting harder. 

Would they hate me too much if I tell them the truth? It would lower their opinion of me, I don't doubt that, but I'm tired of lying. :(
Any advise/insights would be appreciated.
user
I lied about being single, I'm afraid I'll get fired from my current job, and how should I tell my new friends at
assistant