Why are you STILL single???

So I went on a date the other night and was asked the inevitable question "So..why are you still single?" This is a question men seem to often have on their mind after a couple of dates. And I have the answer down to a science by now. I simply reply by saying "Why am I single?? Hmmm...I'm single because I just haven't found the right person. Because guys in Vegas are flaky and not genuine...ect...ect"
What I really want to say is "I'm single because the guys I met in college and High School were such jack holes with no direction other than the next keg party of the day that their mom was going to do their laundry that I kinda gave up on the idea of commitment...or even the idea of love all together. Most guys at that time saw that I was the kind of girl that they wanted to end up with...but they weren't ready to settle down. So that let me with getting hurt and stung along with false hopes of possible maturity or them maybe changing their attitudes. So amongst all of this emotional strain...I developed a taste for distrust in men all together. They were selfish and played games...so I learned to protect myself and play games too.
That is until I fell truly, madly, deeply in Love. I was enjoying the fact that I was single and having fun with a meaningless string of men...and then there he was. I will go into detail about him and that relationship some other time...but for now know that he is a huge reason why I am STILL single. This man slowly gained my trust, convinced me to move away from everything and everyone I knew to be with him. He messed with my head and turned my confident, strong personality into a cowardly puddle on the ground by the time our relationship ended with him literally leaving me without anyone or anything. I then spent two years trying to pick up the pieces of my self worth. I went to school while I worked full time and got my master's degree, dated a string of men who were far beneath me and riddled with self esteem issues themselves. Then after I finally felt myself again and started to date men more my speed...I have found that they are guys like you that say they want to settle down and say they are looking foe a relationship but when things get real they up and run like a little B----! If they see even one tiny flaw and live isn't just golden roses and sunshine everyday...then something isn't perfect and they string women like me along with false sentiments and talk of relationships and futures that will never happen!! Because guys have so many options that they never have to deal with LIFE. They don't have to 'work it out' or 'compromise'. They just stop calling, texting, or talking and disappear. So that is why I am single!! So...how about a second date??"