Carrie got to thinking..

~To Market, To Market~

Later that day I got to thinking about stock market and dating.

Are they really that different?

If you have a bad stock, you could lose your shirt.

If you have a bad date, you could lose your will to live.

And if the date is good, the stakes get even higher.

After weathering all the ups and downs,

you could one day find yourself with nothing.

So, when it comes to finance and dating,

I couldn't help but wonder,

why do we keep investing?

~Where There's Smoke~

Later that day I got to thinking about fairytales. 

What if Prince charming had never showed up? 

Would snow White have slept in that glass coffin forever? 

Or would she have eventually woken up, spit out the apple, gotten a job, a healthcare package and a baby from her local neighbourhood sperm bank? 

I couldn’t help but wonder. 

Inside every confident, driven, single woman, is there a delicate, fragile princess just waiting to be saved? 

Was Charlotte right? 

Do women just wanna be rescued? 

~Great Sexpectations~

I started thinking about sexpectations.

We're aware as smart single women that we can't expect perfection.

But life still manages to throw us curve balls.

Maybe once you're into your mid-thirties,
it shouldn't be called dating,
it should be called waiting for the other shoe to drop.

If it's not the sex between me and you,
then someone has to become a Jew.

Why is it always something?

Unless you're in a problem free relationship with TiVo.

~Time and Punishment~

Later that day, I got to thinking about relationships and partial lobotomies. 

Two seemingly different ideas that might be perfect together like chocolate and peanut butter. 

Think how much easier it would all be if there was some swift surgical procedure to whisk away all the ugly memories and mistakes and leave only the fun trips and special holidays. 

But until that day arrives, what to do? 

Rely on the same old needlepoint philosophy of "forgive and forget"? 

And even if a couple can manage the forgiveness, has any ever really conquered the forgetness? 

Can you ever really forgive, if you can't forget?

~The Perfect Present~

I got to thinking about tense relationships.

And by that, I mean a relationship
and its connection to the past,
present and future tense.

At a certain age,
we've all had relationships that far from past perfect.

But how much does that past relationship
affect our dream of a future perfect?

And as I became more and more tense,
I couldn't help but wonder,
can you get to a future if your past is present?

~Pick-A-Little, Talk-A-Little~

One of the signs that a female gorilla is in love
is that she can be seen picking nits off her male companion.

And yet in humans,
nit picking can ruin a perfectly good evening.

Not to mention a relationship.

Women are known to be more verbal than men,
but, when does criticism that's constructive become destructive?

Are there times when the ladies should just shut the fuck up?

~Hop, Skip and a Week~

The next day I got to thinking about trials and trial separations.

In a court room, a jury decides the outcome.

In a relationship, the victims have to decide their own fate.

How can 2 people mired in the mess ever figure it out?

Do we need distance to get close

~An American girl in Paris~

Later that day, I got to thinking about relationships.

There are those that open you up to something new and exotic.

Those that are old and familiar.

Those that bring up lots of questions.

Those that bring you somewhere unexpected.

Those that bring you far from where you started.

And those that bring you back.

But the most exciting, challenging and significant relationship of all

is the one you have with yourself.

And if you find someone to love the you, you love,

Well, that's just fabulous.