The beginning of my research phase seems to be paying off a little bit already. Last night, I finished a truly terrible "get a man" guide. It contained one relevant piece of wisdom, one chapter that was a little bit of a reality check for me, and a whole load of insanely useless information. I will check back in with a full review (including some of my favorite wonderfully stupid quotes, guaranteed to roll back the clock on feminism) a little later this week. Today, it is the reality check I am interested in discussing.
Without going into book-quoting detail, what happened was that I realized I am completely jumping the gun on being worried about how far things have gone and how far they could go with Mr. Green. It is completely normal for people to date for multiple months before anyone starts hinting at full-on Relationship Status. I realized that my view is completely skewed, because it has been about 5 years since I have had a truly normal dating relationship with anyone. Each of my 3 significant relationships have started like a forest fire, burning suddenly and out of control. The last reasonably-paced dating experience I had was when I dated a classmate from school during the summer of 2004. We dated in a completely fun and civilized way for 3 months before deciding that we weren't compatible enough to continue. I had completely forgotten that that is the way that things are supposed to go.
Mr. Green and I have only been dating for about a month and a half. Our schedules are such that we can really only see each other on weekends. Things are at just about the right place for the situation, as far as I can tell. So I'm going to let this realization ease my mind.
At least that book was good for something.
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"Would you always, maybe sometimes, make it easy. Take your time." Grizzly Bear Two Weeks
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Oh gurl, please. You just strap on that chastity belt and take it nice and slow. I've been in more relationships than I can remember, and this is natural. In fact, healthier. When things begin abruptly, they usually end in the same manner. ;)
I think I need to read this chapter. I have never been able to do anything but go zero to 60.
It's not a whole chapter that gave me the realization, it was only an anecdote - I mean it when I said the book was mostly useless.
But more on that soon!
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Oh well, I think it is all about the luck. Just let the things go and watch where they end.
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