Women are Crazy
Monday, May 7, 2007
I overheard a convo about crazy women in relationships. I didn't actually hear the stories but the point was what makes women so crazy? And how do you get rid of them? So it got me thinking about the crazy ones I had.
First of all I am a recovering crazy woman, anyone who knew me when I was dating my ex, whom I like to affectionately refer to as the Pearl, knows that she drove me absolutely insane. Being a Gemini (me too), naturally she likes to mind fuck people, one minute telling you how wonderful you are and the next telling you that no one will ever want you - as she's slapping my ass on the way out the door. We broke up with each other about 20 times, each time describing another fault of mine/hers that meant we weren't soul mates.
Which is how I became a cool girl – well I was always cool. After this debacle, I made my personal mantra to be "I have been single before and I will be single again – no biggie". Now this is not to discredit dating and love, it’s to save me from 14 months of crying, driving my female (but mostly male) friends crazy with anger and bitterness, and another 20 breakups.
Women have a tendency to drive me to distraction with their careless and self-absorbed ways. If a girl shows too much attention, I lose interest and think they are too easy. Case in point, the last girl I dated, was totally enamored of me from the beginning, but because I wasn’t mutually engaged to the relationship, I stepped back. That's when it all went wrong, its like I could see the way my mind was working it out, "why does this girl like me so much, there must be something wrong with her". That's when it starts; I start looking at other girls and talking about other girls. Unbeknownst to me she was apparently too clingy (Friends give honest opinion after the fact) and I could do better. But this was the first time (since the break-up with Hope, my heart went totally crazy) I actually stop liking a girl because she really liked me back.
But on the opposite hand, if a girl likes me too much, I become disgusted, and find them to be effeminate and weak minded. It’s this double-edged sword that dooms the sexes and drives everyone crazy. I hate when a girl that I am not interested in pursues me, it’s a waste of time and energy. The only way to combat it is to drive all our energy into something else – like buy me my drinks at the bar. This right here folks is why I am still single but at least I have a lot of hobbies and besides the fact that I am waiting for a woman who looks like Angelina Jolie – eh it’s a different story.
Having a woman in my life is like a warm summer breeze in an otherwise chilly world. I love to be entertained, so therefore I date entertaining people. But in my own experience I have learned to set my expectations low and to treat each meeting as if it were the last, lets give thanks to the Pearl for this one.
During my courtship with the ex, of whom I was very captivated by, I had to adopt a new theory. Be cool, be excellent, and be gone. Now while it did work, it didn't work well enough, because sometimes you can’t be too suave. I know its hard to believe that I, an adorable charming lezzie, could be so complacent, but I tell you I was.
My point of this is I opened myself up to each new experience as if I were a carnival ride for women to enjoy while I felt uneasy and discontent. I let their interests and hobbies guide the relationship. It went so far as to each breakup felt like a release from the crazy girl box. And now I am trapped in this cool/suave girl box – where everyone wants to be my friend because I am funny and witty, and I have to express my craziness through drunkenness and inappropriate conversations.
I can never win.
First of all I am a recovering crazy woman, anyone who knew me when I was dating my ex, whom I like to affectionately refer to as the Pearl, knows that she drove me absolutely insane. Being a Gemini (me too), naturally she likes to mind fuck people, one minute telling you how wonderful you are and the next telling you that no one will ever want you - as she's slapping my ass on the way out the door. We broke up with each other about 20 times, each time describing another fault of mine/hers that meant we weren't soul mates.
Which is how I became a cool girl – well I was always cool. After this debacle, I made my personal mantra to be "I have been single before and I will be single again – no biggie". Now this is not to discredit dating and love, it’s to save me from 14 months of crying, driving my female (but mostly male) friends crazy with anger and bitterness, and another 20 breakups.
Women have a tendency to drive me to distraction with their careless and self-absorbed ways. If a girl shows too much attention, I lose interest and think they are too easy. Case in point, the last girl I dated, was totally enamored of me from the beginning, but because I wasn’t mutually engaged to the relationship, I stepped back. That's when it all went wrong, its like I could see the way my mind was working it out, "why does this girl like me so much, there must be something wrong with her". That's when it starts; I start looking at other girls and talking about other girls. Unbeknownst to me she was apparently too clingy (Friends give honest opinion after the fact) and I could do better. But this was the first time (since the break-up with Hope, my heart went totally crazy) I actually stop liking a girl because she really liked me back.
But on the opposite hand, if a girl likes me too much, I become disgusted, and find them to be effeminate and weak minded. It’s this double-edged sword that dooms the sexes and drives everyone crazy. I hate when a girl that I am not interested in pursues me, it’s a waste of time and energy. The only way to combat it is to drive all our energy into something else – like buy me my drinks at the bar. This right here folks is why I am still single but at least I have a lot of hobbies and besides the fact that I am waiting for a woman who looks like Angelina Jolie – eh it’s a different story.
Having a woman in my life is like a warm summer breeze in an otherwise chilly world. I love to be entertained, so therefore I date entertaining people. But in my own experience I have learned to set my expectations low and to treat each meeting as if it were the last, lets give thanks to the Pearl for this one.
During my courtship with the ex, of whom I was very captivated by, I had to adopt a new theory. Be cool, be excellent, and be gone. Now while it did work, it didn't work well enough, because sometimes you can’t be too suave. I know its hard to believe that I, an adorable charming lezzie, could be so complacent, but I tell you I was.
My point of this is I opened myself up to each new experience as if I were a carnival ride for women to enjoy while I felt uneasy and discontent. I let their interests and hobbies guide the relationship. It went so far as to each breakup felt like a release from the crazy girl box. And now I am trapped in this cool/suave girl box – where everyone wants to be my friend because I am funny and witty, and I have to express my craziness through drunkenness and inappropriate conversations.
I can never win.
women are crazy - in every sense of the word.
being cool is fun. but being yourself is even better. girls should like you for who you are not who you know (seems that you are the Brad Pitt of the Lesbian world!)
xoxo