“What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”
Well duh.
If you were dead in the water you wouldn’t be stronger…You’d be dead.
Kind of like dating.
If you can get through the jungle of booby traps and land mines- not to mention the ambush of wild, blood- thirsty animals hiding out in the shadows- you just might make it. (I think I’ve been reading too much of The Hunger Games).
Dozens of bad dates.
A handful of disappointments.
Shattered expectations of what it should/could/would be if only for ---blank---
And of course the occasional “WTF? Moment” that has only ONE redeeming quality:
It makes for a great Facebook post the next day.
We should have medals for this stuff. Where’s my bleeding Purple Heart? I’m fighting for the greater cause here!
Well duh.
If you were dead in the water you wouldn’t be stronger…You’d be dead.
Kind of like dating.
If you can get through the jungle of booby traps and land mines- not to mention the ambush of wild, blood- thirsty animals hiding out in the shadows- you just might make it. (I think I’ve been reading too much of The Hunger Games).
Dozens of bad dates.
A handful of disappointments.
Shattered expectations of what it should/could/would be if only for ---blank---
And of course the occasional “WTF? Moment” that has only ONE redeeming quality:
It makes for a great Facebook post the next day.
We should have medals for this stuff. Where’s my bleeding Purple Heart? I’m fighting for the greater cause here!
On one of our more inspirational walks, E and I start on the topic of Sacrificial Dating. You know… the dates where you haven’t decided if you’re all that into it, but you feel you sort of have to go because you have to prove that you’re different than what they already think of you.
They’ve let on that they’ve “got you figured out.” For some reason or another they’ve come to a conclusion about you and it becomes your job to nullify their opinions. Nullify. Correct. Obliterate. Choose your weapon.
Females in nature (and women in their 20s & 30s) strut around putting on a pretty face, while they try to scope out Potential. THEN, they have to decide if this Potential falls into one of three categories:
A. Expiration Dating: (This person and/or opportunity will only be around for a short time, thus giving you an expiration date).
B. Limited Time Offer: (Too good to be true, but still good enough to consider it ‘worth the risk’).
C. Definite Potential: (ie Shave your legs).
A is dangerous, B is fun and C is HALLELUJAH I can sit down for a minute.
And C is a very good place to be. Everybody deserves to reach C, and SEE where it goes.
The irony of writing about dating and being single is that when you actually reach C and meet someone who sort of blows your expectations out of the water, you’re left with a kind of…umm…Writer’s Block?
But alas, blogs are meant to grow with us, and so we power through. And despite my most recent relationship status change (and perma-smile on my face), I promise not to harp on and on about rainbows and butterflies. I'm excited to see where this blog will go, and I'd like for you to stick with me. *And if I can swing it I'd like to secretly share funny anecdotes about him without him REALLY knowing because, after all, he's a devoted reader ;)
