So when you first read the title of this you probably thought to yourself "OMG! Michael has finally found a girl!". Well I hate to break the bad news...but I'm single as ever. Who would've thought. But I think that it would be good for me to write down my thoughts about all types of relationships: this would include friends, best friends, and lovers/soul mates. Seeing as I am now of legal drinking age in my country, it comes as no surprise that more and more my family is pushing me to find a girlfriend. It is not that my family continuously bugs me about it. Instead, I get hints dropped here and there. People talk about carrying on the family name. Seeing as I am the only son it is very important to some that I do get married and produce offspring. Now don't get me wrong. I hope that I will one day fall in love with a beautiful girl. After courting her I would love to ask her father's permission for her hand in marriage. There is only one problem: I haven't found that girl yet. So I must continue on with my life as I have for the majority of it--flying solo.
However, I am not really alone. I have tons of friends who are trekking through this life with me. I would have to say that I never really noticed that I was single in high school because all of my friends were single and happy. We didn't feel this ginormous longing to have someone to love. No. We were happy to spend time with each other. Some of my high school friends have followed the same path as I. Others have gone on to be in relationships. I noticed that many of us were happy to have good friends who we could call upon when we were sad or something was wrong. It is interesting that I have studied how more and more people are continuing to remain single in my country. This has led some singles to band together. This is because it can be really awkward to be the third or fifth wheel. (Trust me. I hate when I'm with my a friend and their significant other.) I think that it would be really cool to find a group of people like this: single and chillin. There wouldn't be the pressure to be in relationships or the awkwardness of going out alone in a society that values marriage and couples.
The final topic of the night is best friends. Just a couple of years ago I took the concept of best friends very literally. There can only be one who is the best. Therefore, I could only have one best friend. Although this type of thinking is grammatically correct, it stopped me from allowing myself to develop closer friendships with people in my life. Thanks to a good friend of mine (now one of my best friends) I can see that I can have more than 1 best friend. What a revelation. Duh! Sometimes I wish that I had a best friend from my childhood. However, it is impossible to go back and make friends. I guess that I can only learn from the past and change my future. Wish me luck!
I hope that you enjoyed this totally random post. If you are like me and are ok with being single write a comment below. I probably won't check it for awhile but thats ok. Peace out mi hombres!
