In the beginning

Dating has long since been a fascination of the single. The fascination only grows in intensity as one gets older, as years pass them by and they find themselves still unmarried. I am one such person. Don't get me wrong, I don't spend my days pining for marriage. Married life and Single life have one main thing in common, they both have their problems, their pros and cons. So, while I wait for the next trial-filled stage of my life, I am learning as much as I can from this stage. I didn't begin to date until I was 16. All of my life I grew up knowing that dating came when you were 16, just as a driver's license does, or voting comes at 18, or being able to rent a car comes at the ripe old age of 25. I had my crushes in the meantime and dreamt about one day being asked out by them. I tried to visualize myself at 16, I would be tall and skinny with long, flowing brown hair and I would date this guy:

That's what you do at 16 right? Well, at least I was tall.

When I was young and idealistic I told myself that I would always give boys a chance. Everyone deserves at least one date right? I also thought I would meet the love of my life and be married with a little one on the way by the time I was twenty. It's interesting to think back to how simply I thought life could turn out, as though I could, with a Bewitched twitching of the nose, make my dreams come true.

I started this blog, because while I'm no expert, I have a lot of experience. Experience in falling on my face, messing up relationships, going on dates, having my heart broken, falling too quickly, and the list goes on and on. I have learned a lot about myself in the process, I wouldn't exchange even one heartbreak because every bump and bruise along the way as taught me something, has made me who I am and has prepared me to one day be someone's incredibly awesome, tough skinned, loving, go with the flow, wife. Yes, I've got one lucky man waiting for me in the future.

My purpose here? To write about my past and my present, to hope for the future, to talk about the good dates and the bad, the losses and the wins, and to share my overall general and random thoughts on this game of life and love.