Since I haven’t been interacting with the real world much lately - once again not much to report. I should’ve gone to see my bud - Andy’s gig in Kensington Market with his OTHER band last night…especially since he got me the UO job & I got off work early…but I punk’d out & went home to spend some QT with the beau.
On that note, I have been ping’ing with an ATX bud that is experiencing an existential dillemma of the dating world - is it okay to enjoy the company of someone that is less-than-interesting?….ifyouknowwhatimean.
Well, here in the glass house, I am the last to pitch stones. So I will be brutally honest & say that I have dated less-than-Rhodes-scholar guys (who enjoyed, quote: “Entertaining movies…& music with a beat.” & have penned such hits as “Don’t be afraid to fall in love with me” - no joke, sadly 2 different dudes, also. Squirm.)
Tho an optimist would say, as I have often, that you need to spend a lot of time with someone & get to know them & blah blah blah - before you deem them….uninteresting…sadly, the instantaneous sniff test is 96% accurate.
I fully endorse fun & casual dating when the stars align. It kills time, occupies the mind, gets you out of the house & not feeling sorry for your single-ass & in my case, kicked my butt back into getting into shape & looking after myself. So long as you don’t promise mortgages & college funds to the blissfully unaware date, no hard feelings, right?
Maybe it’s easier for girls, being the woo-ee & not the woo-er…but overall, if you have a willing warm body to lug around to museums & galleries & shows & restos, what’s the harm done? Silver lining & all that crap, just as every poopy post-Happy-Gilmore Adam Sandler movie has a handful of quotable quotes - every dud dating run has at least a funny anecdote or moment to share with your closest buds….Just ask the entire Sales staff of OP that asked ex-of-Meghan-receptionist for ‘a small favour’ (while miming the teeny sign with their thumb & index finger) for the entire summer of 2002 (hell hath no fury, trust me.).
All in all, companionship in general is driven by insecurities - If we were
completely & totally enamoured with our own company & state of being,
there would be no need for the seemingly endless & sometimes brutally painful dating mating ritual.
Any feedback or funny stories are welcome as replies - bad dating is karmic, I’m convinced…you need to pay your dues & eventually something worthwhile circles ’round your way….
meegs
Currently listening:
You’re a Woman, I’m a Machine
By Death From Above 1979
Release date: By 26 October, 2004
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