Love.

Sometimes I don't think I have ever been in love. Other times I think I'm in love with everybody. I mean, HOW DO YOU KNOW? What if it was only infatuation? Lust? I mean, how well do you know the person you are 'in love' with?

Being single as long as I have and having people around me in relationships I hear a lot of their 'venting' about their 'in-love' partners. Why do people tell me all their love woe's? You would think that asking me what I would do is something that wouldn't cross their mind knowing that I can't keep a relationship going to save my life, but they do. They go on and on about their man or chick and tell me all their problems.

They think 'Susie' is doing the ex but has no proof and they think 'George' is floppin' around with 'Martha' on his lunch breaks but heaven forbid they do anything about it. Like for instance LEAVE THEM. I mean, you don't trust them either way so it's time to GET OUT. Of course there are many other reasons people stay and some make sense but really if you are settling for one reason or another that you justify in your head the rule should be - you can't complain.

When I ask people, "So what do you LIKE about the person?" most of them actually can't think of anything. Of course, don't get me wrong once in a while someone will actually spout off nice things in an uncontrollable fit of passion but it's super rare in my experience. I mean, so minus the super rare people because they are probably high on crack or marathon runners, what is the point of love? NOTHING! What the hell? Then why are you in it?

"Because I love them (him, her, saskwatch...)" No matter that behind your back the dude is porkin' a well-fare, Jerry Springer acting, baby pooping fat chick on his lunch break because she will do things you won't in bed? No matter that your chick is using you for your money because she can't or doesn't want to get a job of her own and how else would she ride her ex-cowboy all day if you weren't at work and she was?? NO matter that when he says he is going out with the guys hunting he is nailing some dude at the downtown gay bar pretending his name is Judy and wearing your red lipstick?

I suppose I'm jaded but seriously, there are people out there that are with people for millions of years and their significant other has no idea how crappy they really are. I mean, you just never know. A perfect example is this BTK killer guy. I mean, he was a killer and his chick knew nothing about it.

My sense of people is probably pretty screwed up considering I have experienced 'shit-for-people' ex boyfriends and husband but in the end we have no one else to blame but ourselves. It's not like we don't have a choice on who we choose to spend our time with right?

Ok.... time to get off the soap box. I need a drink.