My Mother has decided that (even though she was calling him my boyfriend at Christmas) things with Doodlepants are moving too quickly - she's jealous that Witty and Mildly Jaded got to meet him first, apparently. So she's giving me all this parental advice - don't do this, do that, don't pay for anything so you don't have to have sex with him (but what if I want to?), don't have sex with him regardless (WTF? Is this 1958?), don't go out more than once a week, don't got to his house, run a criminal background check (what am I, the CIA?)...and on and on.
She's sounding very paranoid and kind of strange. I mean, I know she worries, but she was making it sound like this guy is going to kidnap and murder me. So I told her that I'm 37, I'm no spring chicken and I'm not getting any younger, and that things will happen as they happen. Then I got down to brass tacks.
None of my relationships have worked out. I always picked the wrong guy or the wrong guy picked me. I was married and now I'm divorced. I was seeing someone I really liked who married someone that wasn't me. So far, following the "rules" hasn't been successful and thinking everything to death hasn't saved me from trouble or heartache, so what's the point?
I want to have fun, I want to have a good time. I want to feel fun and pretty. I want to get butterflies before a date. I want someone to tell me I'm pretty because he thinks so, not because he thinks he has to. I want someone else to pay for a change. I want someone else to take the lead for a change. I don't want to overthink things. I know the red flags well enough now that I can put on the brakes if they pop up - like I told her, he doesn't have my house keys or my ATM card, and I'm not planning on marrying him, so we're okay.
Yes, he likes me, a lot. Yes, I like him, a lot. But I'm also much more of an adult than I was when I got married, and I'm also unfortunately a little wiser after the experience with Married Guy. I'm not going into this with any expectations other than having a good time. I'm not obligated to anything, regardless of who pays or if we have crazy sex in his kitchen, and I'm not sure why she's not getting that when I explain it to her.
And the crazy sex wasn't in the kitchen anyway.
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2 comments:
this is your mom, she has always been like this !!!!
hahaha, I met him first.
and I say go have hot sex in the kitchen
Hey! Do what you want to do! No one is judging - at least none of us on here!
And, sex in the kitchen could be really fun!
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