And now -- a rant

Okay. So I have mentioned before that I have no love life, and I haven't had a (decent) guy ask me out, or even flirt with me, for years. (By "decent guy," I mean one who's within five years of my age, doesn't smell like a bottle/stale cigars/really bad BO, doesn't have massive gaps between his teeth, is intelligent, has a good sense of humor/is silly (thereby also enabling him to laugh at himself at times), and is fairly cheerful most of the time. Artistic ability/creativity would be nice, too, but isn't required)

Well, last Thanksgiving, we younger people (ie, myself, my brother, and his wife) somehow got onto this topic.

Now, I will be the first person to admit that I have no clue why guys don't ask me out or anything. I mean, I work in a home improvement store, for crying out loud! There are guys everywhere, and I don't mean my coworkers (who I won't date, on the principle of the matter).

So, what do I do? I know how to build things, if need be. I also read online comics, occasionally watch anime, play video games and DnD, and I like to design stuff, and do craft-y things. I'm not in the "too tall" department or the "fatty" category, I have nice teeth and I bathe regularly (nightly, actually; I like feeling clean).

What don't I do? I don't wear perfume - I'm allergic to most of it, so why bother? I also don't wear makeup, and I'm starting to wonder if this is part of the problem. I don't believe I should wear makeup in order to attract a guy; I never have. I don't see the point of dolling myself up in order to attract a guy who would be waking up next to me and seeing me in the morning every day before I have any on. Add to that the simple fact that mother never showed me how to put any on, and doesn't normally wear any herself; I haven't found it necessary. But now I'm starting to wonder if that's why no-one has asked me out in so long; I'm not wearing makeup, therefore I must not need to attract a guy - I already have one? Where's the logic in that? It's like that idiotic song - "she must be somebody's baby, she's so fine" - what? Based on her looks you're going to assume she's already taken, without even asking her? Even without her wearing a ring? Ch-ya! Maybe all the guys on the corner are letting her "walk on by" because they don't have the guts to ask her out! Ever think of that?

So,what got me started on this little rant? A comment, that my brother's lovely wife made in ernest enthusiasm, that effectively ended the minor conversation we were having about relationships. I mentioned that I still didn't have a guy, and what does she say?

"Yeah, we really need to get you laid."

Ex-cuse me? I do not feel that in order to get a guy, much less keep him, I should be expected to automatically put out for one, thankyouverymuch. Quite frankly, after how I was treated in grade school AND high school, I'd like the guy I'd be seeing to be sincere about liking me before I jump into bed with him! I'm certainly going to wait until I'm married, thanks!

Not that she would likely understand about that. She is quite preppy, a "closet Goth," has bad manners, and a high tendency to whine. The exact type of girl that I got along with the least in school. Frankly, the main reason I'm cordial to her is because my brother loves her. I'm not particularly keen about getting to know her any further than I already have. I still can't believe her attitude - my brother opens the Christmas present from our mother to reveal the shirt Mom made for him to wear to work, and she yells, "You are NOT wearing that around me!" right in front of our mother. And needless to say, my brother now cannot find said shirt. She was born with arthritis, though, so I have to admire her determination to not let that stop her in any way, but I still think she was most likely coddled too much as a child.

I let both that comment and the comment about me "really needing to get laid" slide, but the latter of those two has been causing me to seeth for the last few months. They had a mutual friend of ours over during the holiday season, and I didn't visit once - only saw him during Christmas dinner, as they brought him along to keep him from being alone for the holiday. Now, I like him, he's a nice guy - but he's also from overseas, doesn't have a college education, and isn't terribly ambitious, so I feel that relationship is doomed from the start. This doesn't keep my sister-in-law from trying to convince me otherwise. Which is -why- I didn't visit him at their place during the holiday. Because I wouldn't have put it past her to have him try something.

Ch-ya! "I really need to get laid!" Yeah, right! With my luck, I'd either wind up with an STD or an unwanted baby! How many STDs did you wind up with before you met my brother, lady? 5? 10? What's that? "You used a condom?" Well la-te-da - condoms can and do fail, moron! Have you ever stopped to consider that there might be a reason I don't "troll for guys" in a bar (aside from the cigarette smoke issue)? Hah! Troll for sex is more like it! I want a relationship, not a one-night stand, for pete's sake!

And the worst part? I can't believe how irritated and angry I am with her over this! A wise man once said "I will not allow someone to sully my soul by causing me to hate them," and I try to live up to this, I really do. She's making it a bit challenging.

*sigh~* Maybe I should just move to another state or something. Except, I like it here - Nice and green, when there isn't snow on the ground. It's just, you know, lacking in guys, or something.