I have two hours before my 8:00 pm conference call with team members in China and Japan. This call is one of three this week. I declined a fourth. It is cold out. Usually, by now, I would be curled up in bed with dinner and TV.
I am disappointed by the late cancellation of a coffee date. She unmatched me a few hours later. Perhaps she did get cold feet. You never can tell what is on another person's mind. Sometimes I wish life had simple answers. They spoon-feed us the idea that you find your soulmate and live happily ever after. My parents may not have lived happily ever after, but they stayed together till death.
My reality has been more complicated than that. I am glad my marriage ended. It was a blessing for me. It was tragic for my boys, which makes me sad, but I played my part faithfully. Still, that path is so ingrained in my head that I cannot help feeling like I have done something wrong.
Unmatched? That's rude. And there are still certain groups who spoon feed their kids that tripe about about marital bliss; that's a terrible shame.
ReplyDeleteThere are pros and cons to everything. I am so full of outside options, I don't know what is right anymore. What I do know is marriage is potentially the biggest financial commitment a person will make in their life.
DeleteHope you can find a better match, Bathwater. Bummer that she unmatched so soon before the date.
ReplyDeleteI like I said before, who knows what she was thinking.
DeleteSorry to hear the coffee date fell through. Hopefully you'll find someone else to meet soon.
ReplyDeleteIt would be nice but I am not counting on it.
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