Dating...

Yeah, it's the song and dance we all love to hate, or is it hate to love?

Anyway, having been out of a relationship I had a while back (and, I do mean, a while back) I've been dating, fairly regularly, for the past couple of years.

At first, I was having fun, I was optimistic, I had a few one night stands (I still do). Meeting new people, experiencing new things, I never thought of it becoming an egregious process.

Well, it seems it has, now. I don't know whether it's that I'm too picky, or I'm just so incredibly [insert adjective here] that the opposite sex gets tired of me or what?

It's not like I ask for much, you know, no kids (is that too much to ask at 22?), capable of stringing together coherent thoughts, and all of the digits/appendages present and accounted for, also, maybe a little bit of self control.

But, you know, I've met people just about everywhere you can meet people these days: school, work, at parties, through friends, coffee shops/bars/night clubs, the library, I even dabbled in online dating.

It's like should I be bothered by the fact that I can't find people who are capable of spelling at the level a high school graduate should? Or, you know, is it a problm that I don't make 80K/year at my age?

Thoughts? Comments? Concerns?

Maybe I'm looking for advice, maybe I'm looking for consolation or maybe I'm just looking for people who agree? disagree? Am I insane? picky? or justified?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Yeah, you know, maybe you're right. At the sametime, though, I hate to have this feeling that I'm sort of sitting around waiting for something to come along.

I've found that the "Well, there's always tomorrow" or "maybe it'll just get better soon" attitude doesn't work too well.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

The more I think about it, the more I realize it's not that I'm too picky.

I'm not asking for a supermodel or a movie actress, here. Nor am I asking for the next pulitzer prize winner (although, that would be cool. Nerdy journalist chicks are a turn-on). But you know, a cute face goes a long way and so does some intelligence paired with a generally outgoing or amiable personality.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Quote:

Most people within say 4 years of your age are absolute retards

Quoted for truth.

I can't help but think that sometimes I'm one of those retards, though. Because, yes, I will on occasion, date someone for the sole purpose of having sex with them. I don't feel I'm misleading them in anyway, as usually it goes something like "Yeah, I'm not really looking for anything serious" (the silent caviat to that is "...with you") and I usually get, "Me neither, I'm just looking for something fun."

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Uhh, I don't see what you're getting at. Being that I am in the working world, you know, that mysterious place after college and degree holders or not, there seem to be a lot of stupid people.

Again, emphasizing the fact that a degree isn't really a measure of intelligence. If anything, a degree is nothing more than a testament to how much power social constructs have over us.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Well, marriage isn't really a factor. I'd probably sooner become a eunuch.

I mean, I'm more like looking for something that lasts longer than, you know, a month. Nothing serious, but a relationship, none the less.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Kaufman's Law sounds like it's operating on the principle that humans are fallible and/or that we live in a universe of uncertainty.

An interesting turn of events came to pass yesterday, actually. One of my long-standing best-friends ended a two-year relationship, so now we're in the same boat together. We've made a late new year's resolution, now that neither of us have vaginas tagging along with us, we'll do more interesting guy shit (read: invest ridiculous amounts of time and money in our cars and gaming shit) and get shitfaced and party more often with our other single friends.

I think this was a big push for me to start "shopping around" more, because a lot of my friends aren't single, thus I feel like an extra wheel when hanging out with them.

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