Accepting Vs. Settling
"Where do you draw the line between accepting and settling?" Omar asked.
A while back, I briefly dated someone I wasn't attracted to simply because he was a "good" guy who had a stable career and goals. He was single, a little older, and a nice person.
But he lacked a certain degree of intelligence. If I told him I had plans, he would ask me about 10 times if I still planned on going out and no matter how many times I would repeat myself, it wouldn't sink in.
It wasn't that he was forgetful. It was simply that he was a blithering idiot.
And what's worse is that I felt no physical attraction to him. There was no chemistry and he kind of disgusted me. He wasn't ugly but... but yuck. Just not the guy for me.
After a month of trying to make it work, I decided it wasn't going to. That if I spent another minute talking to this man, I would simply be settling and I knew I was worth soooo much more. The man was needy, annoying and plain ol…
A while back, I briefly dated someone I wasn't attracted to simply because he was a "good" guy who had a stable career and goals. He was single, a little older, and a nice person.
But he lacked a certain degree of intelligence. If I told him I had plans, he would ask me about 10 times if I still planned on going out and no matter how many times I would repeat myself, it wouldn't sink in.
It wasn't that he was forgetful. It was simply that he was a blithering idiot.
And what's worse is that I felt no physical attraction to him. There was no chemistry and he kind of disgusted me. He wasn't ugly but... but yuck. Just not the guy for me.
After a month of trying to make it work, I decided it wasn't going to. That if I spent another minute talking to this man, I would simply be settling and I knew I was worth soooo much more. The man was needy, annoying and plain ol…