Nov 30 2007
Electricity
If you are like so many single midlifers, you have friends who try to “fix you up.” They know someone who would be just perfect for you. Sick of staying home alone most nights, you reluctantly agree to meet this “perfect match.”
Being open to new relationships is a full time job. We are busy with career, education, maybe kids, parents, or who knows which relative or friend who needs our assistance. To keep all that in the air and at the same time start a new relationship takes energy. And often we just don’t have it. Or care. But our friends do. They want us to be happy. To be with someone special. To have a partner in our lives.
So you go on the date, or agree to meet this new somebody. And you know almost instantly. Electricity or not? Spark or not? Any chance or not? You don’t know how you know, but you know. Your friends won’t see it happen, most likely. And they will wonder why you don’t give this new “somebody” a second chance. And you can’t explain it except to say “there’s no there, there.”
And it’s ok, because you still have this career, and education, and maybe kids, or parents, or who knows which relative who needs your assistance. And if the right partner is “out there” you’ll find ‘em. And there will be electricity.
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