You know you are getting older when going out two nights on a row seem challenging... So instead of attending an event tonight, I stayed home and caught up on my dvr offerings...First, Glee. Thanks to Omar (also known as Tamale Ringwald) I am addicted to that show. Plus the whole episode was dedicated to one of my fav's albums of all times, Fleetwood Mac's Rumours
which made me sing out loud "Go Your Own Way
" and Landslide
whole heartly (hint tonight's playlist). Following Glee, I watched The Voice which I thought was actually pretty good and that Adam Levine is pretty easy on the eye I must say...
But back to last night... As the host told everyone at dinner my story (she happened to be at my house super shortly after the breakup), one of the guys there, Kyle, late 20's, volunteered to give me his perspective... It went a little something like this: "you girls get hit on by the time you grow boobs and it never stops. Us dudes, we try and try and hardly get anything going till we are in our early 20's... So you ladies get a head start to live and love while we just try... Then we (dudes) get to our mid 20's, get into a relationship and realize we are a hot commodity so before we actually settle in our late 20's, we ask ourselves, "what else is out there???". Then we have this urge to find out.. That simple! So don't be mad at him" he concluded. I reassured Kyle I was not mad (at least not at that moment) just highly disappointed. Believe it or not, Kyle's theory somewhat made sense to me. Could it be really that simple?? I ran this by my friend Becky and she too concurred, it might just be that simple... Mind you, there is a billion + dollar industry trying to tell us women the how and why of break-ups when in reality every situation is different and unique. What works for me and moves me forward is probably not what works for you but we all have to go through our own journey and share our experience and tips along the way. I am always happy to hear people's opinion as it gets me out of my own head and back onto life itself. I was telling becky how I felt a part of me died along with the relationship and one of my main challenges at the moment is to rebuild that part... Makes me wanna start singing Gloria Gaynor's I Will Survive and at times Harry Nilsson's Without You
at times when I feel I can't take it.
Super highlight of my day:
My friend and former co-worker Eleanor reminded me of the time I manage to talk the local UPS guy to give me a pair of UPS socks... My young and freakish ways! At the time I loved the socks and rocked them proudly. My point being, I truly laughed out loud remembering that story!! Thanks Ele!!
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