Closing Down the Shack, Just like That!

I was out on Friday night with some friends, we were discussing men and how to meet them.  My friend JI is in a relationship with someone that she went to school with, however, 32 years later they became reaquainted at her Uncle's funeral.  So thus - no limits to where or how you meet someone.

Later on that night, I overheard a couple talking.  I didn't know if they were dating, on a date, married; I just saw their faces, their body movements and heard a few comments.  They themselves made me want to never date again.  They looked unhappy, the man, looked angry.  The one comment I overheard him say was, "he said 'I will never let another man raise my kids.' "  While I have no idea who he was talking about, I kind of smirked to myself.  If you don't want someone else to raise your children, then do everything you can to keep your marriage together.  And if need be, do it FOR the kids.   Yes, that means, stop drinking, stop gambling, stop thinking "its greener on the other side."  Its never greener on the other side; its life.  Stop yelling, stop abusing, STOP BEING MEAN.  Work on yourself for a change.

As soon as he said those words, and I had my thought, I seriously wanted to "close down my 'dating' shack....and yes, just like that."

Not because I think all men are like that, not because I think my next significant other will be like that (because I'd rather be alone)... maybe because I am taking some time to work on myself.  Do some things really for myself - art things.  Get back into the art of my life, and doing creative artistic things that feed my soul.

Closing down the shack, just like that!