A friend just "completed" a week-long series of dates with a fella from out of town.
She said its helped her get over Charlie, a fella with bad intentions. Not necessarily towards her, or women in general, just not with good intentions for a life.
She is feeling better than she has in a long time. And that is great!
She also said, "I think I like expiration dating better. Just go out and have fun with no expectations."
I replied, "I think that's how dating is suppose to be. You go out and have fun. Date for the experience of dating, of meeting someone, of experiencing them for that amount of time and go forward. Much like going on a vacation to somewhere you've never been."
When did, or has it always been that dating was "expectations" versus "expiration or experiencing"? Certainly its been this way for a very long time, its not something that showed up in the 21st Century.
Though, I say this again, because I haven't "learned" it, though I am reminded of it... men are just the same as women, and that is generalizing. There are men that are willing to be in a relationship JUST TO HAVE a relationship. Even if its the wrong relationship, they don't want to be alone.
I replied, "I think all dating
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