So I got an email from one of my favorite people in the whole wide world today and she was talking to me about my Friday post, you know, heart vs. head vs. hormones.
You [Tracy] are a bookworm. You must know most of the [original fairy tales] all had horrid endings:-). You're anxious and impatient. I know you see love in Hollywood terms, just like me. I know it. You are also smart as hell and perhaps haven't realized how intimidating that really is to the real live men all around you. I think it scares most of them to death. You are too smart and strong-willed to sit back and play the . . . games most men need. They do. Particularly from US.
I don't post this to alienate my male readers. I love you guys, I do. My male friends are awesome: smart, funny, caring, everything. Some of you are even wicked hot! Okay fine, you're all hot. ;P Geez, the male ego. LOL I kid, I kid...
It's just that my friend is right, I can't play those games. Honestly, it's not that I won't, it's really that I can't. I don't even know how! Am I an incorrigible flirt? Yes. But I don't consider that a game, because I'm not being facetious about how I really feel. I have found that it can be disconcerting to a man when I say "So what's up? I like you! Let's do this!" I guess they feel like I'm treading on their territory. Chicks shouldn't be the "aggressor", so to speak. Oh gads, whatever. When I want something I want it NOW, which tends be more of a "masculine" way of thinking, according to my psych of gender classes. Again, I remind myself that I have resolved to be more patient. When something is supposed to happen, it will. If it's not supposed to happen, then it won't.
My high school friend Walter once told me that there was only one man out there who would be able to "handle" all the madness that is Tracy, and that when the day comes that I find that man, Walter would like to shake his hand and wish him luck. I slugged Walter for that, but at the same time I appreciated the fact that even at 17 years old he knew that I was not your everyday run-of-the-mill girl. I'm a force to be reckoned with. ;)
You ARE a force to be reckoned with. :) I hope Zoe grows up to be the same way.
Posted by: Keely | October 28, 2007 at 08:23 PM
That is the best compliment I have ever received. Thank you, my friend.
Posted by: Fuzzball | October 28, 2007 at 08:25 PM
1. If you ever stop blogging again, I'll hunt you down.
2. Walter's comment was a total compliment and I heart him for that.
3. He was dead on.
Luuuurrve ya.
Posted by: southernfriedgirl | October 29, 2007 at 08:22 PM