PERSONAL/ DATING/ LOVE: MAYBE I SHOULD JUST GIVE UP

Maybe what I am waiting for....doesn't exist

We think that someday some beautiful stranger is going to waltz in, strike up a conversation that we believe is intellectually stimulating, look deep in our eyes and say, “I know what you’ve been holding out for all these years. I’m here,” and make us change our false sense of I’m-happy-to-be-single disposition.Well, it’s not going to happen.

The fairy tale must die. We need to be honest with ourselves and admit that soulmates do not exist.

And that’s what they want me to say. All of them. They want me to believe that the idea of soulmates is false, that I’ll spend all my life waiting for her to show up while what she really is nothing more than a figment of my imagination. An unattainable dream. A good looking Frankenstein, who can only be conjured up in a lab.

It must be terrible to not be in love with anyone. It must be terribly lonely to have no-one to dream about. And it must be equally horrible to have all your dreams come true and inch towards indifference. And so I’m led to believe that maybe, just maybe, I don’t want to meet the one I dream about. What good is a superhero with quirks and flaws? What good is a dream once it has come true? It’s only the build up the matters, only the chase that is romantic, only the longing that’s glamorous and worth writing or reading or making movies about. Why else would all masterpieces involve a love unrequited?

Do you really want to meet and be with your soulmate? .

Think about it. If you meet him/her, here is what you stand to lose:

1.       Your stress/drama free existence.
2.       The time you spend with friends, irrespective of what’s between their legs. Or worse, you will have a +1 wherever you go. If you’re someone who is so conversationally challenged and socially awkward that going out is a pain, then it’s a good deal because you’ll have someone to bore out of their minds. If you’re confident and make friends easily, you can get a different person to bore every time you go out.
3.       Your single friends.
4.       The air of mystery that surrounds you now. People aren’t sure whether you’re genuinely happy, naturally obnoxious, perpetually whiny, emotionally challenged or just plain whacked out crazy.
5.       Your dreams of perfection in a human being. He/she will have annoying habits like zoning out in the middle of a conversation, pointing out your blemishes, pinching their pimples and heaven knows what else.
6.       Inspiration to be better, fitter and kinder.
7.       Money- soulmates may not want gifts but who is to say that you won’t rest easy till you buy them everything you think will bring a smile to their gorgeous face?
8.       Space- in your head and bed.
9.       The urge to take a chance on the ones that look good and dangerous. Oh come on, everyone does that- some of us a bit more often than others.
10.      Excuses to watch movies alone without the incessant chattering, finish reading 3 books in a single week, write posts about soulmates.

And again as Homer said, “If something’s hard to do, then it’s not worth doing.”

So no, dear Soulmate, I’m not looking for you anymore. Your move.