So, I think I've figured out this whole "dating" thing. See, I feel like I go in this cycle: I want a boyfriend, I find a guy I like, we go on a few dates, he asks me out, we date for a month, I start feeling trapped, he starts to seem clingy, I get out of that mess as fast as I can, then I refuse to speak to him forever more.
.... Steve says I have commitment problems.
Which, upon reflection, is probably true. But, I've found a solution!
I'll just skip the first six months! The first 2 are the hardest, because those are my "run months". The next two are when you start to figure out the nuances of your "significant other", which is both annoying and endearing. I'd rather not, thank you very much. The next two months are the acceptable "L-word" months, where you've been dating long enough so that whatever feelings you have for the person can be construed as love and not be rebuffed.
But all that seems like a hassle to me, and I can't even make it past the first stage. I just need to test this theory. Summer's going to be interesting.
The name is Nik.
"Then, all of a sudden, something very spooky started happening. Every time I came to the end of a block and stepped off the goddam curb, I had this feeling that I’d never get to the other side of the street. I thought I’d just go down, down, down, and nobody’d ever see me again."
-Holden Caulfield, The Catcher in the Rye
So, I think I've figured out this whole "dating" thing. See, I feel like I go in this cycle: I want a boyfriend, I find a guy I like, we go on a few dates, he asks me out, we date for a month, I start feeling trapped, he starts to seem clingy, I get out of that mess as fast as I can, then I refuse to speak to him forever more.
.... Steve says I have commitment problems.
Which, upon reflection, is probably true. But, I've found a solution!
I'll just skip the first six months! The first 2 are the hardest, because those are my "run months". The next two are when you start to figure out the nuances of your "significant other", which is both annoying and endearing. I'd rather not, thank you very much. The next two months are the acceptable "L-word" months, where you've been dating long enough so that whatever feelings you have for the person can be construed as love and not be rebuffed.
But all that seems like a hassle to me, and I can't even make it past the first stage. I just need to test this theory. Summer's going to be interesting.
