Key word: game
The dating game IS bullshyt but only if ur out here playing it too.
A lot of people go into dating with motives that have nothing to do with being in a committed relationship with someone real. This isn't a problem except for a lot of the same people come back and complain that they can't find anybody. But they themselves are playing games too.
If u accept that's ur not perfect, and are willing to take the time to get to know somebody outside of trying to fukk em or fukk them over, if ur positively interacting with people on a daily basis and got a lot going on for urself, u can avoid a lot of pitfalls along the way.
But we don't approach dating with that mentality anymore. We're pessimistic, emotionally closed, excessively shallow to defend ourselves against potential hurt, and out to hurt others before we get hurt ourselves, or we pay lip service to love w/o even putting effort towards it. And this is for the ones who actually put themselves out there. The others who are held captive by their computer screens and cell phones and forums don't even try but merely live bitterly and vicariously through the shadows of others negative experiences.
But I digress. In spite of how shytty the world can be, I meet too many amazing people daily to ever assume that my periods of singlehood = the sky is falling.
And don't get me wrong, in many ways it is, but many of us were shytty before the end of the world. We're just glad to hear about an apocalypse so we can blame that instead of facing our own issues. And that's my point. Forget the world, focus on u and others will come no matter how fukked the game is.
A wise man once said "a man is only as faithful as his options"
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heres to black excellence, I wish them the best and longevity in this cold world ....
