The Way I See It... Girls Are Cursed.

Girls are cursed. No joke. Don't get me wrong--I love being a girl! A girl can hide her pizza face with some lovely Maybelline or BareMinerals; mask her B.O. with Burberry Brit, or Victoria's Secret Love Spell; hide her muffin top with a $9 "fat sucker" from Wal-Mart or Spanx; elongate her legs with a pair of glorious Jimmy Choos or sexy stilettos. Being a woman is great. BUT--oh yeah, that's another thing we deal with--we share universal curses. There are many I could expound upon. Let's see...there's never truly being satisfied with our bodies. Don't deny it--you can be completely happy in your skin and still feel a slight twinge of jeaoulsy when you see a girl with a negative jean size walk by, or that girl who has the perfect cleavage to wear that shirt, or this girl we know who has perfect skin naturally. Oh, there's always seeking some sort of approval be it from men, friends, even strangers. Don't deny that either--insecurity is a temptation for every woman. But what I want to talk about is men. Boys. Boy-men. Why is it that at first contact with a guy, our minds immediately jump to "could I love him?"

For example: I just moved in to this apartment (see previous post). My second night here, my roommate's friend (of the male persuasion) and stayed for a little bit. He talked about his life, how he took a year off after graduating to visit other branches of our church all around the country. He talked about all his convictions, how he views life, etc. He's amazing. He also has a thing(ish) for one of my roommates! Anyway, no big heartbreak there, becuase I've talked to him for all of, what, twenty minutes? But that's not the point. The point is, for the next couple days, I kept on thinking about how cute it would be if we started dating, what our relationship would be like, if my first name sounded good with his last name, etc.

So I guess my quesiton is this: Why do we do that? Why can't we help it? Why is it, after spending hardly any time with a great guy, or any guy for that matter, we start contemplating china patterns?!?!