Here you go, living proof that you don't need gifts, and chocolate, and flowers on Valentine's Day. Even when I was in a relationship, I hated Valentine's day. Why do we praise each other for doing something special on a holiday? Praise and bragging are more deserved on the most random of occasions, not on a holiday where society says you have to show someone how much you love them. It's the little things in life that say "I love you" the most.... It's sending her a picture of a duck, because a flock of ducks attacked you on your first date and since then ducks have been your thing, or recreating the restaurant you ate at right after getting engaged in your living room months later. Those are the moments, those are the "things" that truly say "I love you". Don't get me wrong, every girl loves getting flowers, but do it when she least expects it. I swear I'm not a pessimist when it comes to love, or to Valentine's day; I'm just saying, do everything you can to make everyday a holiday worth celebrating. Don't fall into the routine of doing because it's expected, or because that's what one should do.
Now switching gears... Sometimes the journey leads us back. Back to somewhere we never thought we would be again. For me, this was coming back to my childhood home, my childhood bedroom, and the small town life I'd left right after college. I have a small family; I'm talking I can count immediate family on one hand small. We have always been close and there for one another but, with the loss of my grandfather followed not long after by my moving home, we have grown even closer. We are going out of the way to help one another, we are talking with each other more, we have fallen into a routine again and have honestly grown to appreciate each other more. I've also been reconnecting with old friends. It has been one of the best things since coming home. I've connected with both high school friends and college friends, and I am amazed that no matter how far apart life takes people that we can nearly pick up where we left off. The only difference now is we can legally drink! Do yourself a favor, and reach out to someone you used to be close with. You never know how one text or message might change someone's whole day.
Well by this point, you're wondering why has this woman titled this blog "Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire!" and babbled on about nothing of the sort... well here you go. There are a lot of people on online dating sites. Some people have all of the right motives and intentions, while others not so much. MTV even has a show dedicated to the people who make these bogus online profiles, called "Catfish". You'll find that people lie about all different things online, height, age, pictures, whether or not the participate in risky behaviors (smoking, drugs, etc.), or whether or not they have children. I got thinking about it. It's not like I signed up for online dating in hopes of meeting prince charming (if it does happen that way so be it), but I also never expected that people would lie like they do or that people would be so crude and inappropriate (I know, I'm a little naive, but hey I try to give everyone the benefit... innocent until proven guilty). I started thinking about it. How is there not something out there, something that helps those of us with the best intentions weed out the ding-dongs? That's when it hit me. Back in school there used to be a website called "Rate My Teacher". On the site you could basically give your teacher a 1-5 rating and state a short comment with your reasoning. Why couldn't we link dating sites to something like that? A "Rate the Date" site, so to say. You can put comments in, and then everyone knows what they are in for, from an objective party rather than just the profile that the user (Catfish) created. You would basically know that this on is a liar liar when it comes to their height, and that in reality they are closer to 5'7" instead of the 5'11" that they claim. I think I might be on to something....
