I Think I Have Just Been the Victim of an Intervention

I was having Christmas breakfast when I was accosted (honestly, there is no other word) with the question, "When are you gonna start to date again"?

There is a fair amount of talk amongst the bitch posse about what exactly makes me shun (their word) men. Ordinarily this wouldn't faze me, but these people know how to get to me. They have thrown down the gauntlet in the form of a challenge. I am naturally a competitive person so I can't back down. It all has me feeling like I am on the receiving end of a very well thought out plan.

The challenge is for me to go OUT (in public), give a man my number and go on at least 1 date with him. Now, I will completely admit that I agreed to this whilst drinking champagne so there is a slight chance that my initial judgement was clouded. I mean, I have no idea where men hang out. A sports bar? I seem to meet an awful lot of men in the grocery store....but I think the point here is to leave my comfort zone. On the other hand, I have been given a year to complete my little project so I have some time to figure it out.

I was relaying this story to my friend Ala (she of the "I'm an engineer, I don't do math" fame) who then asks me why I continually dwell on what a relationship will take from my life versus what it can add. Ummmm, do I do that? This entire time I've just been thinking that I don't have time for another person in my life. And I wanted to fix some things that were, for lack of a better word, wrong with me. In the end I just realized that I was happier alone. And significantly more focused and productive.

But, I think I am going to give it an earnest try. Re-evaluate my stance on dating....perhaps go on a couple of dates......maybe with different people. The girls have never steered me wrong before.

What I am reading: I am in between books right now, but I received "The Known World" as a Christmas gift. I'll be luxuriating with that this week.
What I am listening to: Toni Braxton - Take This Ring.