why, yes. i still believe in my thoughts on love as i did last year and the year before, even though i’m standing solidarity, once again, on this february 14th.
i’ve accepted the fact that i’m going to be one of those single 30-somethings who are stressed about finding their “one.” sometimes i notice my friends with their husbands, starting their families, and i wonder why i’m so far behind. and other days i think of it, not as being behind, but as being privileged that i get to experience falling in love with a man, not a boy, or a guy, but a man. 30-somethings and 40-somethings surely date and flirt differently than 20-somethings, and i look forward to that.
i think of cary grant at times like these. how falling in love with cary grant circa late 1950′s would be much more passionate and romantic and fun than falling in love with cary grant circa late 1930′s.
a co-worker once told me, as cheesy as it may sound (but it stuck with me), too think our ourselves as apples. perhaps we are just placed higher up on the tree and need a more skilled climber to retrieve us.
regardless of my confidence in my single-state-of-being at the time, i still wonder if i’ll feel the same in 5 or 10 years or if i may grow impatient because i still wish a little to be going out to dinner tonight and having a wildly fascinating conversation with a better half. (but who wouldn’t want that supposed to delivered pizza and downton abbey aka- my valentine’s day… which still doesn’t sound all too bad)
so whether you are lucky enough to be in love, or lucky enough to not be- enjoy today and remember that february 14th is not the only day for chocolate, roses, and sweet surprises- so it is our duty to make others aware of that.
xoxo.lindsay
