Why did time progress past the singularity?

I hope this doesn't sound stupid but I've always wondered:
Why didn't time stop with the singularity before the big bang?
I might be mistaken but doesn't time slow in proportion to the distortion of space-time caused by a massive object? And,if that's so, and if the singularity was infinity massive then wouldn't time theoretically stop?

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