Two heads are probably better than one

Lately I've been complaining about being single.

My coupled friends try to be encouraging by pointing out that relationships aren't all they're cracked up to be.

I get that.

But my point is, how many of them would give up their less-than-perfect partners to join me in the world of the single?

for all we know

a kiss that is never tasted
forever and ever is wasted

dooce

I read Dooce because Heather's writing moves me even though her life and mine have nothing in common.

This quote from her husband, Jon, makes me want to cry, "Is now a good time to tell you that everything is going to be okay? Or should I just be quiet?"

I hope I can be a partner like that one day.

from the desk of dr. oz

This advice refers to people currently in a relationship, "...a loving, healthy sexual relationship is an indicator that things are great all over, and a lack of one means the opposite."

But I can't help but wonder, for the rest of us, is our single-hood also some kind of indicator?







(sorry for the Carrie Bradshaw impression.)

memories of a vegas wedding

Several years ago some friends got married in Vegas by an Elvis impersonator. I had a kitscherrific time, but wedding-wise a few things went wrong:

1. At those Las Vegas wedding chapels they schedule ceremonies back to back. If someone, like the bride's sister, is running late they might miss the wedding all together.

2. Having the dinner at a casino's buffet might be funny, but eating in a generic banquet room with no decoration, no music and terrible lighting is depressing.

3. The best man and maid of honor need to understand that they have to get up and make a toast. It doesn't matter if they're shy or can't think of what to say; the night is not about them. If they don't toast, no one else will and then the happy couple won't get to hear how much everyone loves them.

just airbrush it

Linda & Sara are sisters. Linda married Dave. They appeared in many professional portraits taken at Sara's wedding. Before the portraits were printed and delivered, Linda & Dave got divorced. So, Sara and her new husband, Chuck, had Dave "photoshopped" out of all the portraits. It's as if Dave was never a part of the family. Except, Linda told me, there is one portrait in which the photographer forgot to delete Dave's feet.

Sometimes realism is terribly unrealistic.