Chasing Windmills

Feedback Response

I'd like to take this time to thank those of you who read my incessant ramblings and those of you who provide feedback.
I wanted to respond to one from my being a "playa" entry.
I understand women have to kiss a lot of frogs and as much as I think that I am a nice guy I can even handle being viewed as a frog. But I have been waiting 30 yrs for someone to kiss me. People keep saying 30 is young, but it is not. It is over the hill in the dating world especially when you haven't been kissed and there are 13 and 14 yr olds out there getting pregnant.
Besides with everyone in my age range getting married and having kids, the dating pool is getting mighty shallow. All we hear from the media is if he is over 30 and single he is either gay or damaged goods (ie a lack of suitable men). That might be the case in New York and L.A., but not so here in the south. There are plenty of men; but there is a shortage of available women because they get married so young. Here women marry their high school sweetheart or some frat boy they meet in college. So, by age 25 they are off the market. That leaves us to gawk at 18 year olds who think of us at grandpaw. Or the alternative is some older divorced mother of three whose kids tell us that we can't tell them what to do because we are not their father. Don't get me wrong (I am not trying to be an asshole), I realize their are some wonderful women out there who have not done so well their first time out, but as I once heard a woman say about this very situation, "I want to start my own story, not finish someone else's".
I want to be young and in love not be one of these guys who marries for the first time at 45. Unlike most single guys, I have gotten up in the middle of the night changed diapers, made bottles, and rocked my nieces back to sleep. I look forward to being a dad, teaching my son how to ride a bike or throw a football, or watch my daughter's dance recital or gymnastics meet.
So in conclusion, in reality I will always be waiting for Cinderella just as I always have. Now if only that darn fairy godmother would show up.

posted by Michael @ 7:17 AM