The idea for this blog started off as a book, really. It's a product of many a drive between "home" and "school", and pretty much any conversation that began "hey, got a second? I got a couple questions."
To set the tone, Dumb Boy and I have never been romantically involved. We are very good friends. We have dated our share of dumb guys and stupid girls. We have acted like a dumb guy and a stupid girl. Though two time zones away, our friendship has remained the same, the inside jokes still reek of sexual innuendo and "that's what she said"-esque commentary. As we've gotten older, the relationships we find ourselves in are supposed to get easier, more mature, less complicated, right?
Yeah, right. Maybe we're not "boys and girls" anymore, and perhaps sneaking into that quarter-life crisis "men and women" stage that post college grads do everything to avoid -- but the mysteries of the opposite sex still pose a daily, albeit often unnecessary problem. Everyone blogs about relationships -- the whole entertainment industry is practically centered about the awesomeness and tragedy that "falling in love" is. Five hundred years ago Shakespeare make a f'ing killing on some dumb teens who couldn't stop making out in front of their parents.
This blog doesn't seek to unravel the complicated webs that boys and girls -- men and women -- weave around each other. It is simply the catalog of a twenty something man and a twenty something woman who are friends that are trying to keep each other afloat as they spring from one "dumb" relationship to the next "stupid" one.
That being said...
I'm currently in a position where boys aren't so "dumb" right now. I'm kinda sorta happy with the way things in that department are going. It's called the "new" or "honeymoon" phase, right? Don't get me wrong, there is a neurotic little voice in the back of my head saying the "goodnight shorty" followed by the "good morning beautiful" text messages will soon end in a hurry. Is that wrong of me? Women are inherently self-deprecating. It's not a secret that lack of confidence n behalf of a woman will usually lead to the first silly fight. We know better, and act in such a way that indicates otherwise.
This behaviour drives Dumb Boy crazy... I've known him long enough to be most confident in that statement. We can't help it! We want you to be sweet all the time... tomorrow, next week, next year, in ten years! But we're afraid it's going to end in ten minutes. I'm not sure if that's a product of "newness" or a product of bad past experiences... whatever the case, I apologize to a male on behalf of all females. We don't mean to cause anxiety, but we do. Be sensitive towards it? Please?
I'd like to note, though, that some wounds are still fresh. You know a relationship is over when you deauthorize someone's computer from your iTunes.... or when you electronically purge them from your life. I'm young, a little silly, and just looking for something that will share things with me, and that I can share things with. I'm too scared to call it "love".
Take it away friend...
