Location: back at my desk
Mood: thirsty
Music: we’ve got the movement that bends us to break
Her: It’s too hot to grill. It’s too hot to do anything.
Me: (panting) In fact it’s so hot that all we can do is sit here and talk about how hot it is.
Severala my friends find themselves newly single at this point, which explains all of the dating related entries again these days. It’s like old times.
Him: My date last night said she doesn’t want a guy that treats dating like an occupation.
Me: That makes zero sense to me. Think about how much work y’put into a getting a good job. Meeting someone that you love should deserves at least that much dedication and care.
Him: Where’s the romance in that?
Me: What’s more romantic: Telling someone that y’love her because she had the locker next to yours in high school or telling someone that you’ve met the world and she’s the best thing in it? Telling someone you’ve set her apart. Romantic is: I will bust my ass to make this work cause you’re my favourite.
Him: She’s just looking for someone who dates…normal.
Me: Normal means average. Average means just like everyone else. Normal here means that most marriages end in divorce 66% of the time, dude. Even if she wants average, y’should want something more for yourself. Be honest with yourself and her – tell her the truth.
Him: And what’s the truth?
Me: That you’re looking for someone, something more. Something y’can’t put inna words.
Y’should want something more than the reality that, if you get married, chances are over 2-to-1 that you’ll also get a side of divorce to go with your fancy wedding.
Goodness, people, y’should want something more than just average.
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For anyone taking the bar exam, you’re probably already sitting and writing like mad. But good luck anywho.
YASYCTAI: Treat it at least as importantly as you would your occupation. (1 minute/1 pt)
4 replies on “Something better than average”
Sometimes I wonder if your conversations with friends include hyperlink references to your previous posts 🙂
I'm hoping that they recall that we had related conversations in the past – which is not as true as one would hope.Glad to see you're still reading! I was wondering what happened to you and a couple of other people.
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