7/26/2005

They are all going to be bad but one...

Truer words were never spoken. Deep into my drink the other night, i was discussing relationships with my compadre Adam. He is so cool, that he gets his full named typed on the internet. He and I are the exact same age. In his 28 years, he has been in a Metal band, managed a restaurant, worked as a bartender, and has completely gutted a house, and remodeled it, entirely on his own. And he sounds like Boomhauer from King of the Hill. He is, as some say, a "Coonass" - Down here in Texas, y'all know that means, he is from Looziana. Ok, that's enough about Adam. Anyways, we were discussing members of the opposite sex, and our inability to figure out each others gender. Seriously confusing. I have known one of Adams girlfriends. He has known, sadly, three of my dating disasters. What can I say? I play the numbers game. One of these times I am going to get it right. Right? Well that's what we were talking about. Surely, after all these practice dating disasters, one of these things is going to work out. I mean, that's why you date, to get to the person you are supposed to be with. To be with the person that actually wants to spend time with you. Am I wrong here? Have I read too many romance novellas? Adam has had some doozy of girlfriends. The only one I have ever met, lets call her Crazy. Because she was. I will admit that most women have a percentage of crazy running through their veins. This woman was full octane crazy. She would throw drinks at him because she felt undervalued. I am not kidding you, those were her words. She would yell at him, scream at him, hook up with guys in front of him to make him jealous. Oh yes, she was a grown up. Luckily, she was banned from all of our favorite bars, and we don't see her anymore. His next girlfriend, well she told him she didn't want a serious relationship with anyone. Two weeks later she meets a guy at Starbucks. 7 weeks later she is married. Hell, who knows what happened there. So, I guess his statement holds some truth- all relationships are going to be bad except for one. Lord help me, all these practice ones are starting to wear thin.