Lj Idol: Topic 16 -- Breaking the Fast
Three years is a long time for nothing to happen.
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About six months ago, one of the girls in my office was talking about how it had been so long since she had been with anyone.
I totally get what you're saying, I said. I'm in the same boat.
Yea, it's been a month since I've even made out with anyone!
I shut my mouth. I really don't like to play the who's more pitiful game, and in this case, I don't need to be my competitive self and win.
An hour and a few drinks later, and she was making out with a guy she met at the bar.
I'm surprised it took her so long to find someone...
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Every single time I see or hear from someone from home, the first thing out of their mouth is, So, Katie -- how are you? Are you seeing anyone these days?
Really? Is that all people think about? Why don't you ask me if I've gotten laid lately? And why do you pity me when I look at them and say - Actually, no. I'm still single.
Oh crap, it's the S word...and while I don't think she's gotten it completely right, I do like Beyonce's recent emphasis on the Single Ladies status...
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Maybe I'm a creature of habit, maybe I've set ridiculously high standards for the type of guy I want to date, maybe I just don't want to put in any effort, or maybe I've just been single long enough that I'm comfortable with it and don't really feel like breaking the fast and trying to start something new. Or maybe, just maybe, I haven't met my lobster yet and I don't want to crawl around with any other crustaceans in the meantime.
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What causes people to be obsessed with sex and relationships and all of that? I mean, is it true that 70% of men & 34% of women think about sex every single day? I guess I shouldn't be surprised. We are completely inundated - tv shows, movies, advertisements, books, clothes. Sex is everywhere.
And don't even getting me started on people who find every chance they can to make out in public. Really? Do you really need to make out on the escalator on the way to work, people?
But for those of us who aren't obsessed with sex, aren't flirting, aren't sexting - why do we get the queer looks? Does not obsessing about sex look as weird to the average, sex-seeking individual as the obsession with sex looks like to a not-as-sex-focused person?
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Thinking about sex? Not a problem. It is a problem when your thinking about sex affects my day, though. It really does.
Like when my friend decided that it was OK to text me, out of the blue, flirting and teasing me and then all of a sudden started sending me pictures of his cock and asking for sexy pictures in return.
- Did he want to hang out? Make out? Get drunk? Go to a party? NO
- Did he want me to send him pictures of my tits? YES
- Did I decide that wasn't for me? HELL YES
How about that time I was riding on the metro car and a guy decided to start rubbing up on me like we were at a night club dancing to Lean Back? Honestly, it was 8:30 in the morning - why would that be appropriate behavior?
I can honestly say that I don't want my most exciting sexy story to involve this perv on my commute to work...
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Three years may be a long time for something to happen, but three years of independence and growth and love for myself and overall happiness isn't a bad thing to have. I'll take that any day over some random booty.
Sure, I wouldn't mind making out with someone or more but at this point, I'm just along for the ride and am going to see where the next three years go.
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This is for therealljidol's Week 16 Prompt: BREAKING THE FAST. If you enjoyed what I wrote (or even if not!), I would definitely recommend that you check out therealljidol to read some great entries and vote (likely starting tonight/tomorrow and ending on Saturday/Sunday).