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It’s weird how it happens. One day you’re screaming “THIS IS MY SONG!” every time “Single Ladies” comes on at the bar, and the next…well, you’re doing the same thing, but it’s not actually true. After just over two years of being the most single person on the planet, I actually took the dive. It happened really unexpectedly with a cute acquaintance I have known for years. We started talking a little more, and things took off out of nowhere.
I used to want to jack people in the face when they said, “When you stop looking for a boyfriend, you’ll get one.” And even though that is exactly what happened, that’s still really annoying advice. I think I hate it largely because it takes the situation out of your hands; as if you have to be in some sort of cosmic state of perfect personal balance just to get a damn date. I think a better way to phrase the advice is this:
Beating yourself up over not having a boyfriend or becoming depressed that “there’s no one out there” isn’t going to make your perfect mate appear out of thin are. There are times when 5 guys ask you out in a week, and there are times when your only male interaction for months is with your Environmental Science professor (hopefully not the wrong kind of interaction…). You can control your love life, but only to a certain extent. You don’t completely control who you meet, when you meet them, or (even as much as we try) how they feel about you.
I think what these crappy advice givers mean to say is if you can be happy without a boyfriend, you won’t turn your love life into the biggest stress-sesh since applying to grad school. Hello, school is pressure, work is pressure, your parents are pressure…dating shouldn’t be. It’s not going into your GPA, so live a little. There are perks to being single, and there are perks to being coupled, so exploit what you have. Learning to enjoy your status no matter what it may be is the biggest breakthrough for women since the water bra; both help you work with what you’ve got.
While I do really dig my guy, I’m going to admit it: I already miss being single. My single friends glare at me when I say this, but I mean it. Look, just one week after finally taking the plunge into exclusivity, I met a super hot grad student from NYU while I was out (I’m pretty sure the relationship Gods were testing me). I couldn’t give him my number. It was more traumatizing for me than when my first goldfish died. So the next time you’re blubbering about flying solo, just remember; you get to mack on anyone and everyone, and you don’t have to shave your legs everyday. Love the perks while you can!
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I turned 34 yesterday..Go Scorpio’s! I found myself getting caught up…Tiff another year with no “man”. I’ve heard that when you stop looking he will come-been there done that. My goal is to leave it with God. He knows our desires, wants and even those needs. My best friend has been married for 13yrs as we celebrate this weekend for my B-day tshe knows her sister is not down and out and will soon be joined with the man God has planned for her. Ok you say WHEN? WHERE? HOW? We wait and be the virtous women he taught us to be. Remember God has a plan for all of us. Is yours marriage, being a mother, stepmother….I’m with CC (above) Embrace that singlemness flirt with the guy (keep it clean LOL) pick your head up and walk tall. Its not putting on a front because a man should not define you. YOU define YOU! Believe me “he”s watching. Embrace what you have now-God sacrificed everything for us so don’t you think he will look out for YOU!?!
Maybe the Easter bunny will keep an eye out too?