What if something wonderful is about to happen

What if everything you’ve gone through in dating, relationships, or marriage, are preparing you for what you’ve been asking for?  This inspired me because today I was thinking about someone that had a recent breakup and now seems to be past his rough patch and in great spirits!  Awesomeness is always around the corner if you let it be.

Maybe this is why we date multiple people before we find the one we want to settle down with….the process of elimination, and not knowing what we need but finding out what is not good for us.  For instance, at a family dinner last night we were talking about circumstances of people’s lives and the background of what would be good for a long term relationship specific to us. Maybe you need someone that likes to be outdoors, and not a couch potato, or maybe you do need that couch potato.  Maybe you need someone that has had children because you’re a parent, whether the children are still living at home or not, you feel like someone that hasn’t had children are just a bit different than you and vice versa.  How would you know this if you hadn’t dated that person that never had kids?  You truly wouldn’t.

A male once told me that dating is a numbers game…such a guy thing to say, right??  I must admit I was a little bit taken back because we were on a date (!) but he was probably correct in that the more people you date, the quicker you’ll find your shiny red apple at the top of that apple tree, because who truly wants the low hanging fruit?  And then finally you will get to the point where you don’t need to serial date anymore…

And so all the growing pains and bruises of  dating and being in a relationship is worthy of the ride, and maybe, just maybe, something wonderful is about to happen.