I’m at a complete and total loss as to how to “meet people” now-a-days. I currently work Monday through Friday from 8:30AM – 5:00PM and then usually have class Monday through Thursday from 6:00PM - ~9:00PM. That doesn’t leave me a lot of time for a social life or to go out much. With failed relationship after relationship and the age of 26 (gasp!) approaching, I’m feeling more and more pressure (from myself only, mind you) to find “the one.”
I mean, seriously – assume I met someone today (which is obviously highly unlikely) – I’m 25.5 currently. We hit it off and begin a relationship. Well no one really moves on to the “next step” (I.E. engagement) until you’ve been dating for at least a year, if not longer. So that puts me at 26.5, say, if/when we were to become engaged. Then you figure about a year for the engagement, so that puts me at 27.5. Then you’ll want to be married for at least a year before you even consider having kids, so now I’m at 28.5-29. You’re pregnant for 9 months (which is damn close to a year) so figure I won’t be having said child #1 until I’m pushing 30. 30 to have my first child?! I’m so screwed! Then you figure you wait a couple more years for the second – now I’m ~32. UGH, I don’t want to have kids in my thirties! :( And this is all assuming I meet someone today. Today!! Not even feasible. What if I don’t meet that person until a year from now… or TWO years from now!? :headdesk:
Anyway… the purpose of this blog is to bitch and complain about how I suck at meeting people – mostly because of my busy schedule. Friends have suggested everything from meeting someone at work (everyone in my department is middle aged – I work in Accounting for heaven sake! I’m the youngest person in my entire department by a good 5 years), meeting someone at school (I go to night classes therefore the majority of people there are middle aged as well – usually looking to make a career change or getting their degree now that their kids are grown), meeting someone at a coffee shop (yes, this was honestly suggested to me. ME! A person who absolutely hates coffee), meeting someone at the gym (I rarely work out and when I do, I have a free gym inside my apartment complex – no use wasting money on a gym membership), etc. The list goes on of places that just don’t work for me. And I definitely don’t wanna meet some guy at a bar, you know what I mean? I’m not saying it can’t happen, but chances are somewhat slim I feel.
So I did what all depressed, lonely (ok, I'm not really either, but work with me here) 25.5 year olds do – I put a profile on Match.com. Am I the most pathetic person ever?! A dating website, guys! I’ve resorted to a dating website! I figure the most I have to lose is a $30 subscription fee. Even in the worst cases, I guess I can get a couple free dinners out of it and some comical first date stories to share with all of you here. So I did my best to be completely honest on my profile. I even said that I was unsure about this online dating thing, so I wasn’t putting too much stock in it. I’ve had a plethora of both nice messages and just downright retarded ones. We'll see how this goes...
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