My cousin and I had this conversation last night wherein we talked about falling in love.
I saw an article years ago which claimed that you are either the sort that falls in love, or you are not. So, if you have been in love before, you definitely have the capacity to do so again. You have to come pre-wired with the romantic gene.
I am that sort.
Johanna and I were discussing how you just can't control these things. I think it's rather like finding a great pair of blue jeans. Do you know what I mean?
I could go to the mall today and try on every single pair of blue jeans. I would assuredly not find any that fit. Indeed, I would likely feel deeply depressed when I was through. They would make me feel too short, too fat, too poor, all-in-all totally inadequate. I would need to stay far from sharp objects and open windows until I could apply chocolate. And wine. And then Adkins.
But, some friend might hand me a bag of things she was eliminating from her closet, and they would be in there. The perfect jeans. The sort that feel like a dreamy pair of sweats, but make my bottom look tiny. They would make me feel like a beauty queen, and they would go with everything. They'd be all worn in in all the right places.
But you can't ever find them by looking. You have to stumble upon them unexpectedly.
See?
Just like falling in love.
Now...are any of you clearing out a bag of cast-off men?
4 comments:
Do you really want a cast-off man? I don't think so.
But I'm with you on the cast off jeans... it's a magical thing when one finds the perfect pair. And then they get so worn that you simply cannot go out in public wearing them - for women our age should not be baring our granny panties for all the world to see.
Or how about the perfect bra? Ugh. I hate bra shopping. It requires much chocolate.
Cathy, Bra shopping is easier if you don't wear granny panties!
And a cast-off man....well, some days I'd take any one with a pulse! Not really, it just feels that way.
Awhile ago my friends and I had a "recycle party" wherein everyone brings their bags of old clothes go through them. It was so much fun. You and your friends should give it a try! Maybe it would work with men. Only I'm not bringing my old husband. I happen to not want to get rid of that particular pair of perfect jeans.
Oh, and I think that article is a load of bullocks! Anyone is capable of falling in love (unless she has so damaged her souls as to not be able to feel love). It just takes work. True love really does.
I loved Jo's whole lover theory. It's totally improbable. She offered me another gallon of water to throw on all of her dreams when I told her as much.
That's why God invented thrift stores! Wanna go?
Sorry this is a little behind...I'm just catching up!
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