Since recently putting it out there that I am looking for a bit of commitment, I am worried that I have added to perpetuating the myth that all girls over thirty still on the dating scene are just looking for a hubby and babies. Considering this makes most guys pack up their instruments and back away quietly, this is not going to work in my favour…so I am here to dispel it! After all, there is a reason there is Beyonce’s latest perfume is not called “Desperate” (Not that “Heat” is any better!)
Or even worse, when you signpost that you are “single” and “looking for commitment”, suddenly every bald man you know wants to take you out for a coffee.
The reality is that I have just come out of a long term relationship with a guy who was more Mr I’m Right than Mr Right and I am enjoying being free- to – do- what- I- like- any- old- time.
I love not having to make someone else’s sandwiches or to fold their underpants.
I love waking up on a Saturday morning and deciding what I am going to do with MY weekend.
I love making sentences using I not WE and MY not OUR.
But most of all I love going on dates (with men with hair). Getting to know people from scratch, hearing stories for the first time and never knowing what is just around the corner.
So next time I find myself at a Karaoke bar, I intend to steer away from “Single Ladies” because quite frankly, right now I don’t want anybody to “put a ring on it”. Instead, I’ll select “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” and belt it out like its 1983!
Tags: Beyonce, Cyndi Lauper, Dating, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Liz Skitch, Skitch and the City
