:: The Ideal Person ::
We all have an 'image' of how our ideal person would be. Some might even think they know who their ideal partner is. Who's yours? I remember, when I was younger (and alot sillier), my girlfriends and I would have our personal checklist on attributes our other half had to possess. Good-looking, check. Character, check. Sense of humour, check. Height, check. And there we'd be, mentally checking off item by item. Sounds superficial? Maybe. But if you're brutally honest with yourself, you probably did it yourself!
As I grew older, I found that my own list started getting shorter and shorter. It's not something I think about everyday, but once in a while, something will prompt me to retreive my list, and go over it once more. Is this practical? Do he really have to be a drummer (or just know how to play the drums)? Arrgh... f*ck it! Singaporean guys aren't very good musicians, anyway. *proceeds to scratch that off the list* And so on and so on...
Just the other day, I was just talking crap to my 'sister' Emelda and my GM at the club... and we (my boss and I) were just teasing Mel on her current obsession with some guy from some chinese boyband... and my GM asked me what kind of a guy was my ideal partner. Hah! Simple question. I was just about to pull up my list of pre-requisites that my guy couldn't not have, when I realised that I no longer cared what was on that list. I said 'I don't know.'
IDIOT!!! I reprimended myself mentally. You don't know? You've got a freakin list, for God's sake! What do you mean you don't know?!?! Than I realised that that was the truth. I really didn't know if I wanted the guy that would fit my list anymore.
And my general manager said something that made a lot of sense to me. 'You'll know who he is when he comes along. And when he does appear, you won't need your list, because he probably wouldn't have half the qualities you wanted in the beginning. It's all about feelings, and how you feel.'
Wow! Not something I'd have expected from an old man, but who am I to say anything? But what he said did strike a cord, and I'm gonna sleep on it.
So who's your perfect guy/girl?
We all have an 'image' of how our ideal person would be. Some might even think they know who their ideal partner is. Who's yours? I remember, when I was younger (and alot sillier), my girlfriends and I would have our personal checklist on attributes our other half had to possess. Good-looking, check. Character, check. Sense of humour, check. Height, check. And there we'd be, mentally checking off item by item. Sounds superficial? Maybe. But if you're brutally honest with yourself, you probably did it yourself!
As I grew older, I found that my own list started getting shorter and shorter. It's not something I think about everyday, but once in a while, something will prompt me to retreive my list, and go over it once more. Is this practical? Do he really have to be a drummer (or just know how to play the drums)? Arrgh... f*ck it! Singaporean guys aren't very good musicians, anyway. *proceeds to scratch that off the list* And so on and so on...
Just the other day, I was just talking crap to my 'sister' Emelda and my GM at the club... and we (my boss and I) were just teasing Mel on her current obsession with some guy from some chinese boyband... and my GM asked me what kind of a guy was my ideal partner. Hah! Simple question. I was just about to pull up my list of pre-requisites that my guy couldn't not have, when I realised that I no longer cared what was on that list. I said 'I don't know.'
IDIOT!!! I reprimended myself mentally. You don't know? You've got a freakin list, for God's sake! What do you mean you don't know?!?! Than I realised that that was the truth. I really didn't know if I wanted the guy that would fit my list anymore.
And my general manager said something that made a lot of sense to me. 'You'll know who he is when he comes along. And when he does appear, you won't need your list, because he probably wouldn't have half the qualities you wanted in the beginning. It's all about feelings, and how you feel.'
Wow! Not something I'd have expected from an old man, but who am I to say anything? But what he said did strike a cord, and I'm gonna sleep on it.
So who's your perfect guy/girl?
posted by Lynette at 5:51 am
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