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We had our family Christmas party tonight! I'm talkin' my immediate family, aunts, uncles, cousins, and cousins' kids. It was fun, great to see everyone, but oh my gosh, talk about feeling out of place. I mean, I wasn't the ONLY single person there, a few of my cousin's kids were single too. They are all under 11 years old though.
So there I sat, single as can be. My sister and her boyfriend are playing euchre with my cousin and her husband. My dad and his girlfriend are playing euchre with my aunt and uncle. My cousin and her fiance are talking to my other cousin and her husband. My other cousin is helping his wife chase their kids across the room.
What am I doing? Sitting at a table playing not euchre, but Go Fish. Not even with real cards. These are animal cards, "Do you have an Octopus? a Turtle? a Sea Horse? a Crab? Go fish." Not only am I playing Go Fish, but I'm playing with a 7 year old and a 4 year old. No only am I playing Go Fish with a 7 year old and a 4 year old, but the 7 year old beats me. Twice in a row. The second game he had 3 matches right away, one card in his hand, asks me if I have a Turtle, I say "Go Fish", he goes and he fishes, and he fishes out a Turtle, and boom he's out, game over. I didn't even have a chance to ask anyone if they had anything. What is that?
That was the moment I realized I will be a child in my family forever until I have a "better half".
Not only that, my aunt gave Christmas cards to all her brothers. My one uncle's was addressed to Jerry and Monica, since Monica is 15 but his other 3 kids are all married. My dad's was addressed to Rick and Autumn. Apparently I'm out of the family.
So, I try not to worry about the singleness. I try to say, "It's okay, you're single now because God has someone for you later and He is saving you the pain of a sucky break-up." But guess what? When I'm the only person over 11 in my family not dating someone, it's kinda hard to convince myself of that.
People in my family think I'm too picky. My standards are: Christian, then funny, the nothing else. I don't think that's very picky at all. The last 4 guys I have liked have each been entirely different than the 1 before. It's not like I have this super high standard that is impossible to reach ever and I will be single my whole life if I don't settle. But that's what everyone in my family tries to make it sound like.
<< stalker? >>
Well it was good seeing everyone at the Laing's Christmas party last night. Erica, Bachar, Kali, Amanda, Terah, Stephen, Paul, Dave, Annette, Ali, Garza (I won't hold it against you that you route for that team up north and hate me because I'm sweet and go to Ohio State), John and Theresa, Jodi, Matt, the whole gang. Well there was this guy there who I've never met named Dane. We're talking, I say I want to promote Christian music. "What kind?" he asks, saying, "hopefully not music like SANCTUS REAL, because they suck." WHAT! So I'm like, "Did Stephen tell you to say that??" and he's like "No.... I read it on your xanga. Oh, and don't you usually have curly hair?" I'm a little weirded out at this point, but sanctusgirlie, my picture, he could just look at my xanga one time to get that. So we're talking more and he says, "Didn't you live in New Jersey recently?" Okay, stalker, it's time to go. A little bit weird. Eh, he was nice, it was just creepy. And I know you're reading this Dane. Don't creep people out like that until the second time you meet them, trust me.
On that note, Merry Christmas... remember that God laughs at the plans of man. Something like that. It's in Proverbs somewhere. Maybe chapter 16 or 17. It's probably because we make all these plans and they don't happen, because we don't see everything like God does. Keep that in mind during the holidays! Oh, and remember. As you think about Christ this holiday season, remember this: He was single for 33 years, then he died. So it's really okay. The end. |
