"Love is patient, love is kind...love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends." Except in Playa del Carmen.
There are two kinds of men in the City of Broken Hearts ~ the Disappearing Man and the Desperate Man.
Why do men leave? Why did he disappear? Did he see something in my medicine cabinet? I didn’t mention my ex, I didn’t talk about kids or marriage (none of which I want anyways), I was fun, sexy, spontaneous, adventurous, I followed all of Matthew Hussey’s moves - what went wrong? Did my hair go flat?
How come men can't come away from a date and let it have a natural flow, let it unfold, and not have to get desperate or disappear? Men can be the desperate ones these days, yearning for commitment, and women are running like there is a fire! Men either want forever the first night or they disappear. Why can't they just be normal and let the relationship proceed in its own natural way? They start texting me incessantly, one even said he didn’t think he could breathe without me in his life, oh cielos, he was 55 years old! This really scares women. How come there is no middle ground?
I guess this all comes from my recent work in weddings, every day I see these people's images and I think, How are all these people getting together when I can't even get a date for a Friday night?
I get asked a lot, “How is it possible that you are still single?” It’s an easy answer: Because I want to be.
If I meet one more guy who says he's in a "complicated relationship"…..what does this mean exactly? I think Facebook started a trend with this term and people use it so loosely. I have never said this, you are either with someone or you're not, can someone clarify this? Because I just met this guy who is really great and then he lays it on me after we kissed that he's in a “complicated relationship” that he doesn't want to talk about. So I'm thinking, he must have a kid with her or be separated. When I found out the only thing complicated about it was that she went to visit a sick parent in another city, I told him, “I'm not willing to share you with another woman” and his response to that was "Me gusta compartir contigo” (Translation: I like to share myself with you) and I said, "We can share a taxi, or a pizza even, but not a BJ!" And he said, "OK, let's go for a pizza?!!" Is "complicated" just a loop-hole for "FYI I have a girlfriend but I'm not happy so it's okay that I'm cheating?"
I was recently in a taxi and the trip was going to be about 30 minutes, so I figure I might as well make the most of it and chat up the driver. My friend pipes up in the back: “She’s always trying to get a date..." Well, I suppose this is somewhat true, it's like saying "Oh of course I don't want a boyfriend or a serious relationship" but with our attitudes and things we say it's like we have on our forehead a big big label saying "I'm so desperate, I'll take anyone/anything."
But we do live in the "catch and release" capital of the world! Most of my dates will only last 2-3 and then I just release the hook and throw them back in the ocean. And as each relationship ends, I just smile and say, "Oh well, I’ll just have to keep living in paradise, be single, and remember there are plenty of fish in the sea!"
