Okay so my dating life has been a string of bad decisions. Has any one heard that quote that goes "I do not have ex's I have y's?"' Yep that was my life. I was determined to never get married because marriage is stupid. Before anyone yells at me about that if you are married and happy more power to you. I am truly happy for you, but I was always one of those people who said, I am never going to get married. I want to be like Goldie hawn and whats his face? Or Oprah and her dude. I mean they seem to be happy and have been together for like as long as I have been alive and they aint hitched yet. I couldn't see the big deal in it. But then again I am something people call a "commitment phobe" which is a really stupid term but was probably really true. So I accepted that I was a commitment phobe and set out on a goal to end that, for no other reason then to prove that I could and everyone else in my life could stick that in their juice box and suck it. Well about 6 months into my journey of trying to prove the world I was not a commitment phobe, i was simply just too cool and awesome to actual find someone that could keep my attention for a long period of time, it happened. The thing that every commitment phobe faces as some point in their life, they meet someone and develop these things people call feelings (yuck). Before that I used to be all like yuck feeling, let me just swerve on away from them. But this time I swerved and the stupid feelings swerved with me. So I go into this and I tell my friends, look its no big deal. Nothing is going to come of it we are having fun but come on, he wont stick around. But apparently he is not very smart because he has been stuck with me for almost a year now. During this time, I went through many different stages. I think this is the stages many of us perpetually single girls go through when we actually develop those dreaded things called feelings.
Stage 1: Bafflement
Not sure bafflement is a word but if it was it would mean being totally confused. Its like you have seen a unicorn or a lochnest monster. You are not real sure who this strange human being is or where they came from? You have so many questions for them like "will they understand my obsession with mcdonalds or will they think its nasty? But the most important question is 'who are you and what do I do with you now that I found you?" I mean that is my question for all the people searching for bigfoot, what you gonna do with him once you find him? Once I found this guy, I was like well what do I do with him?
Stage 2: PANIC
Holy crap, what are these feelings? What is going on? Why do I want to talk to him and see him so bad? What is HAPPENING?? WHO AM I?? I am in such a panic I don't know which way is up or which way is down. Have you ever seen the movie Dick and Jane? You know the scene where he is running around yelling
"Indicted JANE INDICTED" That's what I feel like.
Stage 3: Poop your pants fear
You know this fear. It's the type of fear you have when you watch a scary movie and you are relaxing then the music starts, then your heart starts racing, you are thinking where is the killer,. WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?? SHOW YOURSELF?? NO DON"T GO IN THERE!! then they go in there and you scream and they scream and we all scream. Yeah that crap. You know with out a doubt it will end badly. You are ready to pull a chandler bing and tell them you are moving to Yemen because you hear Yemen is nice this time a year and you are sure the people of Yemen will totally love you and some old Yemenite will talk you in and cook for you and you will become the queen of Yemen. That has got to be better then this right? Yep Yemen it is!
Stage 4; NOT HAPPENING
Friends" you actually like him"
Me " No I don't. You have no idea what you are talking about? Who is 'him'? What ever. Shut up"
You start to think I mean I don't actually like him, I mean come on. It's me you are talking about. Get out of her with that Jargon
Stage 5: I DON'T NEED NO MAN
I AM A BAD ASS WOMAN WHO DON"T NEED NO MAN. I got my single lady swagger and you can't stop it. Nope I will not smile when I see it's you that text me *bing one new message* S*** after this one I will not smile when he text me. So what he tells me good morning, It is a good moring I don't need him to tell me. and maybe it's a bad morning. He shouldnt be telling me what kind of morning it is. THIS IS MY LIFE! DON"T YOU TELL ME HOW TO LIVE MY LIFE" I whip my hair back and forth, my hips dont lie, I AM BEYONCE!
Stage 6: Acceptance
It has happened. You have jumped off the feelings cliff, hit every loving rock along the way and fallen directly into the commitment pool. There was no way to stop it. You did you single ladies dance right over the edge. On the way down you start to feel lighter. You are happy to have gone over the cliff. You realize you could have walked away and not cared but then your life would have been plagued with the 'what if I hadn't been a big stupid chicken and given him a chance" You accept that maybe commitment is not so bad and maybe if you give him a chance it will work out and if it doesn't well you tried. You opened yourself up. I mean even miss independent woman Beyonce has a man so get off me.