Valentine’s Day just recently passed. When you think of Valentine’s Day images of the commercialized holiday pops up as the colors red and pink, chocolates in heart-shaped boxes, dinner dates, hand-holding, and Cupid’s chubby angel baby self shooting arrows through two people’s hearts so they fall in love.
Or maybe you just think about the discount candy that will be available at half-off the next day and the week after plus the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream you’ll be consuming in your room while you watch another episode of “Friends” on Netflix.
The latter scenario is me. Single and currently not mingling.
Generally, I don’t care that I’m single. I don’t consider myself alone- I have wonderful people in my life as it is! But once in a while, you do end up wondering what the heck is up when most of your friends have S.O.’s while you don’t.
Is it because I don’t go out enough? College is painted as Thirsty Thursdays and Dirty 6th (Don't know what it is? Click here!) on Friday nights, but honestly I don’t care too much for that stuff. Once in a while, I’ll go out with some friends but I’d rather stay in.
Or maybe it’s because I never look cute for class? Maybe once every two weeks I’ll look put together for school but usually it’s t-shirts and shorts or workout gear for classes. Let’s not even talk about make-up. Unless it’s a recruiting event or something formal, it’s probably not happening.
And just say I do like someone… Am I just really terrible at showing them or what? Sometimes I realize that I act cold and distant towards people when I don’t mean to. When there’s some grey area in a relationship between me and another person, I’ll probably just be really lost and unsure of what the heck I’m suppose to be doing. In retrospect, there are so many things I need to work on.
At the end of the day, however, these thoughts are temporary. Life holds so much more than just being in a relationship with someone. My focus right now is on my future. I’m constantly busy because I want to create the best possible life for myself and my family. I’m not saying that I would reject spending time on anything outside of career-building and academics, but I won’t intentionally go seek something like a relationship right now.
Plus, I have candy and ice cream to keep me company. Smile on.
- Jenny
Or maybe you just think about the discount candy that will be available at half-off the next day and the week after plus the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream you’ll be consuming in your room while you watch another episode of “Friends” on Netflix.
The latter scenario is me. Single and currently not mingling.
Generally, I don’t care that I’m single. I don’t consider myself alone- I have wonderful people in my life as it is! But once in a while, you do end up wondering what the heck is up when most of your friends have S.O.’s while you don’t.
Is it because I don’t go out enough? College is painted as Thirsty Thursdays and Dirty 6th (Don't know what it is? Click here!) on Friday nights, but honestly I don’t care too much for that stuff. Once in a while, I’ll go out with some friends but I’d rather stay in.
Or maybe it’s because I never look cute for class? Maybe once every two weeks I’ll look put together for school but usually it’s t-shirts and shorts or workout gear for classes. Let’s not even talk about make-up. Unless it’s a recruiting event or something formal, it’s probably not happening.
And just say I do like someone… Am I just really terrible at showing them or what? Sometimes I realize that I act cold and distant towards people when I don’t mean to. When there’s some grey area in a relationship between me and another person, I’ll probably just be really lost and unsure of what the heck I’m suppose to be doing. In retrospect, there are so many things I need to work on.
At the end of the day, however, these thoughts are temporary. Life holds so much more than just being in a relationship with someone. My focus right now is on my future. I’m constantly busy because I want to create the best possible life for myself and my family. I’m not saying that I would reject spending time on anything outside of career-building and academics, but I won’t intentionally go seek something like a relationship right now.
Plus, I have candy and ice cream to keep me company. Smile on.
- Jenny