what's the deal?

it seems to be the age old question that all singles hate.... "why aren't you dating anyone?" i would like to respond with "because dating is a waste of time and i want to be single and go through life all alone and just knit socks for my 200 cats until i'm 80." but that's not true(p.s. i'm not a big cat fan, but dogs wouldn't appreciate socks like a cat). the majority of my single friends all have the same complaints.

no offence to our happily married friends, and no offence to the children of our happily married friends, but being single completely sucks and a lot of us are jealous. this is not a world that is conducive to being single, many social occasions dates are deemed necessary. its only appropriate to bring your mum,dad, cousin, brother, friends (hot) brother (yes you crilly) as your date for so many years.

many times us singletons wonder "why can't i find someone?" (although i'm pretty sure i know why i'm single, more on that later). maybe we are being too picky, put we deserve to have someone that is great, not just ok, but wonderful. could it be that in the area where i live there is a lack of christians who would be considered dateable, that we either haven't dated, or one of our friends hasn't dated? one friend has suggested (must to my horror) that maybe we should start a blog looking for dates specifically just for fun (as in no pictures, no real names)... yes it would be fun, but would i ever venture to meet these people? no way.

i just look around at all my single friends, and i absolutely love them to death, and i know they deserve the best. and we want to have someone to share life with. but where are the people to date? if we all had $1 for everytime someone asked us is we were dating anyone i'm pretty sure we would all be living in more luxury. is there a solution? patience? getting everyone to invite their single christian friends to an event and have their single christian friends invite their single christian friends and hopefully have like 300 singles to meet? maybe a little desperate.

and yes i know why i'm single, its because i'm incapable of liking any guy that would actually be good for me. i instead insist on choosing guys who will walk all over me or treat me like dirt. but no more! not ever again! because i found my knitting needles and later i'm going looking for a stray cat!

p.s. thanks to all the crilly's who have been looking out for me this week, your the best siblings that i consider mine now!