Wednesday, November 11, 2015

The Struggles of being Single and Sexual


I’m confident. I’m intelligent. I’m sexual. I’m independent.  I’m me……. Now what does a woman with such amazing qualities have to do to get a date!

I have a serious struggle when it comes to my personality and finding a man that is open minded enough to understand me and see me as more than a hook-up. I see the millions of “relationship goal” memes and I always think to myself I have all of these qualities yet I only seem to be seen  as the one I’d sleep with never the one I’d date. That sucks, mostly because I’m amazing but also because so many men I meet cannot see past the sexual part of my personality. Know when I say sexual I do not mean giving “take me now” eyes across the dinner table, it just means I’m comfortable discussing the topic as I would be discussing current events. I’m not disclosing all of my desires on a first date, but as a general topic it intrigues and excites me and I’m not afraid to talk about it. Once this is discovered it seems like men put up their relationship blinders and focus strictly on getting me into bed. Please understand that just because the topic is up for discussion does not mean that I am in a hurry to get naked with you. I’m also well aware that not every guy I meet is looking for a relationship, but I’m not talking about them. I am talking about the decent guys I have met. The ones that are intelligent and can hold an intellectual conversation.  The guys that are able express their goals in careers and life with me on the first date. The people that I expect more from seem to only view me in one way. I have had people tell me that it is a compliment, but I completely disagree. It’s an insult to every other part of me. It means that you view me as 85% sexuality and my intellect takes a back seat.

I tried asking a number of guys what separates the desire to just have sex with a woman versus perusing a relationship (hell maybe I'm doing something wrong) and I seemed to get an astonishing amount of cliché bullshit. I was met with the typical we want honesty, trust, loyalty, and all kinds of other blah blah blah. No one was really able to tell me what it is that a woman does that puts her in the friends with benefits/one night stand category. I understand that not everyone is ready for a relationship, but if you aren’t then why are you taking a woman on a date? Why are you wasting time calling and texting her as if you like her? Why are you putting so much effort into what seems to be just getting her into bed? There are women that are not looking for a relationship and would be happy to share a bed with you for a night. Why not find one of those women? Dating in an age where a hook up is so easy to come by makes it hard to find anything long term, and when you do find something long term it seems to be tainted with lack of trust because it is so easy for cheating to occur. A booty call is only a swipe away.

It seems likes it takes a special kind of person to make a relationship work in this day and age. Until I come across that person (and believe me there is no rush) I’ll continue to try and figure out how to be single and dodge the people with the wrong intentions.