Conversation:
Friend: Did you see the news about people being scammed on Match.com?
Me: Yeah....but who the hell gives money to a total stranger?
Friend: You always end up giving money to boyfriends.
Me: Yeah....but that's different.
Friend: They never pay you back.....ask for more later.....and eventually disappear...sounds about the same to me.
Me: I think you just called me an idiot.....at least I must not look like an idiot because with all the whacked out emails that I've received no one has hit me up for money........yet.
Friend: That's probably because you look too disheveled to have any...
Me: Thanks.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Day Forty One-The Laws of Attraction
Do you ever wonder what exactly controls who we are attracted to? I'm wondering. I mean, you can make a short....or long....list of all the qualities that you believe will lead to a happy relationship but does that really guarantee anything? Or is it all a big crapshoot?
I know people who set out with their list in hand...found someone who met all the prerequisites...got married........and are now divorced. I also know people who met someone by chance...married after a brief, whirlwind courtship........and are still married. Some of my friends say it's important to marry your best friend. Some say that you shouldn't share everything with your partner. If you could create an "ideal" partner for your lifetime, would you create the person who you're currently with?
I've been pondering these questions because lately it seems to me that my own attractions seem to have absolutely no rhyme or reason. I've met smart, funny men who I'm pretty sure that I should be quite happy and honored to spend time with....but I'm not. And then I've met odd, quirky men who most would say that I should run screaming from (okay, maybe not literally screaming) but whose company I enjoy and look forward to having. Am I THAT messed up? Am I intentionally sabotaging myself?? Or is it something out of my control?
Why do we connect with some people and not with others?
I read an article discussing reincarnation which suggested that perhaps we go through each lifetime meeting the same group of souls who will help guide us through our travels. The notion was that we will always feel a kinship with these people as they enter our lives in their various incarnations....hence forming relationships with some as opposed to others....you might seemingly be the completely WRONG person for me, but I feel this undeniable connection to you. If this whole run into the same souls thing is true, I REALLY wish this lifetime would send me a smart, kind, funny, hot, generous guy with oodles of money........meh, who am I kidding...I'll settle for just one of the above....
I know people who set out with their list in hand...found someone who met all the prerequisites...got married........and are now divorced. I also know people who met someone by chance...married after a brief, whirlwind courtship........and are still married. Some of my friends say it's important to marry your best friend. Some say that you shouldn't share everything with your partner. If you could create an "ideal" partner for your lifetime, would you create the person who you're currently with?
I've been pondering these questions because lately it seems to me that my own attractions seem to have absolutely no rhyme or reason. I've met smart, funny men who I'm pretty sure that I should be quite happy and honored to spend time with....but I'm not. And then I've met odd, quirky men who most would say that I should run screaming from (okay, maybe not literally screaming) but whose company I enjoy and look forward to having. Am I THAT messed up? Am I intentionally sabotaging myself?? Or is it something out of my control?
Why do we connect with some people and not with others?
I read an article discussing reincarnation which suggested that perhaps we go through each lifetime meeting the same group of souls who will help guide us through our travels. The notion was that we will always feel a kinship with these people as they enter our lives in their various incarnations....hence forming relationships with some as opposed to others....you might seemingly be the completely WRONG person for me, but I feel this undeniable connection to you. If this whole run into the same souls thing is true, I REALLY wish this lifetime would send me a smart, kind, funny, hot, generous guy with oodles of money........meh, who am I kidding...I'll settle for just one of the above....
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Monday, April 2, 2012
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Day Forty-More Signs
I think I've already mentioned that I am a huge believer in signs. Unfortunately, I am not a huge decoder of these signs but oh well.....can't have it all. Several months ago I met up with someone from the dating site. It didn't go particularly well....it was one of those meetings where within 5 minutes you're already sure that this is not going to go anywhere other than to become a story in a blog. We parted and I never spoke to or saw this fellow again.
Well a couple of days ago I received an email from someone on the site. He surprisingly gave me his first and last name (lotsa guys seem reticent to give out that info right away) which kinda rang a little bell in my head....but being that I have the memory of a gnat, it was just a faint, distant bell.......until I read further. He also mentioned his line of work...an unusual specialty type of occupation...which made the bell ring a bit louder. I clicked on his profile picture and there it was......the spitting image (and by the way, is the phrase spitting or splitting?) of the guy that I met several months previous. No, it wasn't THE same guy but obviously his brother (hence the name briefly catching my attention). I spent the day wondering if I should email him back and explain that I do believe that I met his brother a while back...maybe they hadn't told one another that they are on this dating website? It was too funny a coincidence not to reveal it to him, so I did. I said something to the extent of...."Funny story...." and did a brief explanation (not going into the fact that the date didn't go anywhere and also not mentioning that we met off of the site as well). Brother #2 emailed me back with a "small world" type of comment and I thought we were done with this slightly amusing thread. Then the following day I receive another email from #2. This time he's referring to his "f*cking brother" messing things up for him and that it only just dawned on him that I met #1 through the site and not just out in the real world. After another f*cking and a sh*t in there as well (not directed at me but at his brother) I started to recall that #1 had mentioned that he had a twin....yes, TWIN brother who he did not get along with. Yeah....it took that much to jog my memory.
The really funny thing is that even if I hadn't gone out with #1, I still had no intentions of going out with #2 (even before his expletive filled rant) so really #1 hadn't messed anything up for him. I didn't feel the need to clarify details with him though. Mister seems to have some anger issues so I thought it best not to have any further contact with him...
So as far as signs go, I'm taking this as sign #2 that I really should cancel my membership (#1 being the email from the 68-year old). So now I'm just waiting on sign #3.......I'm pretty sure that he didn't say they were triplets.....
Well a couple of days ago I received an email from someone on the site. He surprisingly gave me his first and last name (lotsa guys seem reticent to give out that info right away) which kinda rang a little bell in my head....but being that I have the memory of a gnat, it was just a faint, distant bell.......until I read further. He also mentioned his line of work...an unusual specialty type of occupation...which made the bell ring a bit louder. I clicked on his profile picture and there it was......the spitting image (and by the way, is the phrase spitting or splitting?) of the guy that I met several months previous. No, it wasn't THE same guy but obviously his brother (hence the name briefly catching my attention). I spent the day wondering if I should email him back and explain that I do believe that I met his brother a while back...maybe they hadn't told one another that they are on this dating website? It was too funny a coincidence not to reveal it to him, so I did. I said something to the extent of...."Funny story...." and did a brief explanation (not going into the fact that the date didn't go anywhere and also not mentioning that we met off of the site as well). Brother #2 emailed me back with a "small world" type of comment and I thought we were done with this slightly amusing thread. Then the following day I receive another email from #2. This time he's referring to his "f*cking brother" messing things up for him and that it only just dawned on him that I met #1 through the site and not just out in the real world. After another f*cking and a sh*t in there as well (not directed at me but at his brother) I started to recall that #1 had mentioned that he had a twin....yes, TWIN brother who he did not get along with. Yeah....it took that much to jog my memory.
The really funny thing is that even if I hadn't gone out with #1, I still had no intentions of going out with #2 (even before his expletive filled rant) so really #1 hadn't messed anything up for him. I didn't feel the need to clarify details with him though. Mister seems to have some anger issues so I thought it best not to have any further contact with him...
So as far as signs go, I'm taking this as sign #2 that I really should cancel my membership (#1 being the email from the 68-year old). So now I'm just waiting on sign #3.......I'm pretty sure that he didn't say they were triplets.....
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