So all of the girls I was ever in a long term relationship are either engaged or married. The last one made things public today. That's kind of an odd figure, all of them. The really, really creepy part, they're all engaged/married to the guys they got with after me.
What I want to know is why are people in such a hurry to get married? They're not even out of college yet. I'd feel bad, maybe even going so far to think that I was some kind of horrible significant other in some way, except that they're so young that I'm pretty sure that all of them will be going through divorces in the next 3-4 years once they realize that they should have dated for a few years before getting engaged after 6 months.
Then again, I was engaged once, for an extremely short period of time. It helps if the person you ask to marry you isn't, you know, fucking everyone. Ah, the folly of youth.
So I was hanging out with my friend who is recently engaged (The one with the fiance who has a kid, and she recently flipped out thinking I was consorting with his ex-girlfriend. Long, stupid story) today, and Vic, his soon-to-be stepson. We were having the standard man conversation, "If you could date any woman, who would you date?"
His were pretty standard, Jessica Biel, Jessica Alba, Jessica Simpson, really anyone famous with the name Jessica in the past 10 years.
My top 5 (amended, excluding women I actually know)...
1) Kate Winslet in Little Children, on the assumption that I could be the Prom King, Patrick Wilson and carry on a wonderful love affair with her
2) Marisha Pessl, author of Special Topics in Calamity Physics. She's hot and she's a writer, double whammy.
3) Nora Zehetner from one of my favorite movies, Brick. She's super adorable, and it's hard to believe that she's actually 4 years older than me.
4) Audrey Hepburn, back in the Roman Holiday and Sabrina days. I'm going to need a time machine.
5) Kate Winslet in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, the perfect mix of crazy and adorable, well worth losing your mind over.
As for women that I do know...that would be kind of a weird list to make public, wouldn't it? Of course every guy has a mental list like that. Mental being the key word. Remember, this isn't a "Who do I want to sleep with?" list but a "Who do I want to date?" list. I mean, come on, I'm a single guy, you could pretty much put anyone on that first list, but a girl you'd want to go out with and have an honest conversation with? That's a lot harder to judge. One thing I've learned from previous relationship debacles (Especially the horrendous engagement deal) is that looks are the absolute last thing to look for in a woman.
I do still have a list that I made a few months ago, everything I would conceivably look for in the perfect woman. I won't put the full list (It's embarrassing enough to admit such a list even exists), but here's a few snippets
* Likes to dance (And I don't mean club dancing, even though that's not always bad, but I mean real dancing)
* Owns at least one sundress (How come you never find girls in cute summer dresses anymore? Memphis is such a backward town when it comes to women's summer fashions)
* Likes jazz music
And there's nothing about looks on the list, if I was making a list of the perfect looking woman I might as well title it "best looking hooker" because that's what it's really all about. Call me crazy, but I find that looks and personality kind of go hand-in-hand, in that if you have a great personality I'm going to find you physically attractive regardless.
I mean come on, I'm nowhere near the perfect looking guy, so if I went looking for a girl based solely on looks (Which would end me up in that whole engagement situation again, looks alone does not a woman make), I might as well just count myself single until the day I die.
Funny side note, I'm invited to all the weddings. I don't think I'm going to go, that might be a bit awkward.
Edit - Here's a pic of Vic, my friend's soon-to-be stepson. He wouldn't hold still for anything, and for some reason keeps striking that weird pose anytime a kid is around. Also, I apologize for the messy desk, all of my art stuff was out.
What I want to know is why are people in such a hurry to get married? They're not even out of college yet. I'd feel bad, maybe even going so far to think that I was some kind of horrible significant other in some way, except that they're so young that I'm pretty sure that all of them will be going through divorces in the next 3-4 years once they realize that they should have dated for a few years before getting engaged after 6 months.
Then again, I was engaged once, for an extremely short period of time. It helps if the person you ask to marry you isn't, you know, fucking everyone. Ah, the folly of youth.
So I was hanging out with my friend who is recently engaged (The one with the fiance who has a kid, and she recently flipped out thinking I was consorting with his ex-girlfriend. Long, stupid story) today, and Vic, his soon-to-be stepson. We were having the standard man conversation, "If you could date any woman, who would you date?"
His were pretty standard, Jessica Biel, Jessica Alba, Jessica Simpson, really anyone famous with the name Jessica in the past 10 years.
My top 5 (amended, excluding women I actually know)...
1) Kate Winslet in Little Children, on the assumption that I could be the Prom King, Patrick Wilson and carry on a wonderful love affair with her
2) Marisha Pessl, author of Special Topics in Calamity Physics. She's hot and she's a writer, double whammy.
3) Nora Zehetner from one of my favorite movies, Brick. She's super adorable, and it's hard to believe that she's actually 4 years older than me.
4) Audrey Hepburn, back in the Roman Holiday and Sabrina days. I'm going to need a time machine.
5) Kate Winslet in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, the perfect mix of crazy and adorable, well worth losing your mind over.
As for women that I do know...that would be kind of a weird list to make public, wouldn't it? Of course every guy has a mental list like that. Mental being the key word. Remember, this isn't a "Who do I want to sleep with?" list but a "Who do I want to date?" list. I mean, come on, I'm a single guy, you could pretty much put anyone on that first list, but a girl you'd want to go out with and have an honest conversation with? That's a lot harder to judge. One thing I've learned from previous relationship debacles (Especially the horrendous engagement deal) is that looks are the absolute last thing to look for in a woman.
I do still have a list that I made a few months ago, everything I would conceivably look for in the perfect woman. I won't put the full list (It's embarrassing enough to admit such a list even exists), but here's a few snippets
* Likes to dance (And I don't mean club dancing, even though that's not always bad, but I mean real dancing)
* Owns at least one sundress (How come you never find girls in cute summer dresses anymore? Memphis is such a backward town when it comes to women's summer fashions)
* Likes jazz music
And there's nothing about looks on the list, if I was making a list of the perfect looking woman I might as well title it "best looking hooker" because that's what it's really all about. Call me crazy, but I find that looks and personality kind of go hand-in-hand, in that if you have a great personality I'm going to find you physically attractive regardless.
I mean come on, I'm nowhere near the perfect looking guy, so if I went looking for a girl based solely on looks (Which would end me up in that whole engagement situation again, looks alone does not a woman make), I might as well just count myself single until the day I die.
Funny side note, I'm invited to all the weddings. I don't think I'm going to go, that might be a bit awkward.
Edit - Here's a pic of Vic, my friend's soon-to-be stepson. He wouldn't hold still for anything, and for some reason keeps striking that weird pose anytime a kid is around. Also, I apologize for the messy desk, all of my art stuff was out.