Thursday, July 3, 2014

Somebody That I Used to Know







MEN are a lot of work.  Getting to know them is very stressful.  Women have to work very hard- TOO hard in my thinking to impress them, please them and keep them around.  I will admit that I kinda slid into complacency as a married woman.  Shave your pits and legs once a week- hey, that should be good enough for the mister shouldn't it?  Besides the center of the bed only gets warmed up a couple times a week anyway.  And aren't socks made to be worn to bed?

Not so fast, dearie. The single woman does not get to play by those rules anymore.
So here I am. I don't have the luxury of having a decent guy safely in the palm of my hand, so I've been dealing with a person of interest who is very UN reciprocal to my efforts to whip myself into shape to please him.
Jeez! This should not be a one way street, should it? Why don't *I* get to control this part of my life? Ask another woman, especially one was once but now no longer married, and they'll say, "Listen, you need to know enough to say Enough!"

Actually to this 'sometime lover' I have said, "Enough!"  Some men appear to be rather dense and don't get it though.  Arguing via texts is so not how I want to spend my time while I'm shopping at Target.  Making ultimatums via texts has proven pointless too.  Unlike hearing a voice, a human will scan a text and pick out what his mind thinks is most important and disregard the rest.  I guess this is how Mr. Text operates.

For his part, he is tenacious, so I'll give him that.  He is like all men, consistently on the same track. However, its not the third rail that I'd like to throw him on though.  He thinks that all he has to do is show up with a fresh stick of gum in his mouth and that should be good enough. Oh yeah, baby!

Meanwhile, I've spent a lot of money and put a great deal of time into my appearance- but that's how its supposed to be, so there is no mention of anything about it.

Oh hell, I need to listen to my female friends and wise up. Quit caving and answering his messages.  Three of my friends are divorced and all tell me the same thing- you will happen upon a man who is worth it when you are not looking. Hmmmm... but that's exactly how I landed this fish on my boat!  When I decide to quit putting my life on hold, I will start up the troller and see what is really out there.  There's gotta be a secret spot on this lake that holds all the 'keepers'.  And now, I've really got to do something about that carp- he's just somebody that I used to know.



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