Not too much new has been going on. Mom and Dad came to visit, which was awesome! I got some great meals and some free touristy stuff. They’re always a lot of fun.
The dating life continues. I decided to vent something. Primarily this friend stuff women try to pull, ridiculous! If I take you out two to three times and you decided you’re not interested, but want to try to be my friend, forget it. In my opinion it’s kind of emasculating. Obviously if you like me enough to try to have a friend relationship, you like my personality. Yet you don’t want to date? It makes me laugh.
Women are adamant that men are shallow, probably true, but they're on par with us. I’ve heard tons of women have a height requirement at 5’10” to 6’. Women are also pretty vocal about this. However, if a man so much as mentions some type of physical characteristic he’s looking for he’s a pig or somehow shallow? I grew up in a family where I truly saw my parents as equal. Thus I tend to think that rules that apply to one sex should apply to the other. When they don’t, it drives me nuts!
Also, I never ever thought of my height as prohibitive, until I came out to Boston. I’m 5’8”, a little below average, but I’d like to think I’m not short, and I’m in pretty good shape. However, it would appear that this is not within the acceptable realm. I’m a fairly handsome guy, so I don’t have that working against me. The problem as I see it is the dating pool out here has expectations that are not realistic. I’m pretty sure they don’t even know what they’re looking for.
Luckily I have a few ways I sort. My roommate helps immensely. If a girl will go out with my roommate, at least once, I figure she’s worth considering. However, if he asks her out again and then ends up in the friend zone listening to her problems, I’m not a fan. I basically told him he was allowing women to cheat. Usually the role he fills is what a boyfriend is for. If you’re getting that type of male listening ear, except family members, without having to date, well that is cheating.
That's enough of my dating rant. Can you tell I love it? It's way better once you date one person for a long period of time. This semester is coming to a close. This school year has been tough, but I've learned a ton. I have an internship for the summer, in Vegas. I know Vegas in the summer is no place for a red head. I'm holding out for another internship that would be in Boston. Hopefully, they pick me as an intern and I don't have to fry my brains out.
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4 comments:
Har, har, har. I read the whole thing and had misread "men that are shallow" for "swallow." Yes, Tyler, you must swallow or the chicks will just not dig you. I wish I'd kept a journal of my "man rants."
Phew! I thought I'd made a mistake. I guess not being able to swallow would be a hard sell.
Love your post! I have to let you know that after being involved in the singles program for the last 8 years I feel your pain. Keep trucking and always take the green bean casserole to break the fast... it worked for one of the guys in our ward.
No one can blog like you with your dry humor & honesty except for your Mom (and Dad). I think there are a lot of shallow people in this world that spend very little time looking at themselves honestly in the mirror before setting up their criteria... your girl is out there somewhere... keep fishing!
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