Season: Winter 2020 Location: Salt Lake City, Fort Worth, and DentonAlthough I love the chase of guys beyond my zip code and often timezone, from November to January of 2020 I took the pledge that I would give up dating to re-frame my priorities and... date me?I always found it slightly cliche and a tad obnoxious to announce that you're loving yourself or dating yourself. We've all heard that no one is gonna love you until you love yourself and love will happen when you least expect it so enjoy your singleness while you have it. YADA YADA YA. So, I let a couple more short-term-shorties into my messages and heart with the attitude that we aren't dating or pursuing each other and they loved the idea. Yes, there was a dose of sarcasm there.... we have always been a culture of rapid consumption so waiting is .... well unique and foreign. Yet, I have Mr. Body Boost, Mr. Temporary 2 Step, and Mr. Type A Charleston that have made their way through the busted filter of not-dating-for-2-months-for-Jesus. *rolls eyes* Stephanie!!! It can't really be that horrible being alone with your thoughts that you have to occupy your head space with temporary subject changes. Welllllllll, in the order they were named, we began dancing the dance DatesandCakes is notorious for. I could perform the choreography in my sleep. We flirted shamelessly, showered each other in compliments, never addressed the elephant on the map of our distance, and warmed the phone lines with our smiles. I revealed my promise to God for singleness, which accomplished two things: gaged his position on the man upstairs and honoring my desires. They identified the difficulty in the stance I was taking but all smirked at the challenge..... To be elaborated on...... soon.
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