You Share That Girl

I have a friend or two who has been involved with an incredibly insecure and jealous woman. But what’s worse than an incredibly insecure and jealous girlfriend/boyfriend is an incredibly insecure and jealous person that you’re just dating. At least if it’s someone with whom you’re in a relationship, there was some sort of commitment made, and a person could just be protecting his/her investment. Cuz I’ll be damned if I take you to Applebee’s for a 2 for 20 dinner and you end up stepping out on me. The point is, and I think we’ve been over this before, if you’re not in a committed relationship, stop acting like it. So at the behest of a loyal ShoeBagger, I’d like to take a more in depth look at the senseless people who decide it’s a good idea to feel like the person they’re dating is obligated to them in some way, or feel that he or she are in some sort of unspoken, un-agreed-upon arrangement. Bad idea.

So let’s say you’re looking to get into a relationship, and you meet a guy/girl that you think has potential to fill that role. Great. During the first date and the third drink, you think you start to feel a connection; in reality, the fact of the matter is that you haven’t had any in about 6 months and the liquor is taking control of your hormones. After the date, you finally get some and the other person is actually a good lay. Sounds like someone just hit the jackpot right? Wrong. Because some people think this way, unnecessary drama and hurt feelings are almost guaranteed to take place in the very near future. One date does not a boyfriend/girlfriend make. Do you know how ridiculous it is to assume that because two people have been on a few dates that one has some kind of an obligation to the other? That’d be like me going to a job interview and then getting mad at the company because how dare they have the audacity to interview another person so soon after I left the office?

Now of course I think if you’re only interested in dating a person and getting your rocks off once a week or so with them, that’s perfectly okay too. But you should at least be honest with the other person and let them know that’s all there is to it for now. Otherwise, it’s called dating for a reason. Do you know how you’re going to look if you try to confront someone that you went on just a few dates with when you see them with another person? If you’re a woman, you look like a crazy bitch. If you’re a man…you just look like a bitch. And for those who are out dating multiple people at once, more power to you. Like the age old analogy says, you wouldn’t buy a car without test driving a few others. And because of this, I’m very happy with my white car (sorry…I couldn’t resist making that joke).

In all seriousness, it’s important that everyone follow these rules. Don’t let the fact that someone can hold an intellectual conversation and is more flexible than you knew possible by a human being cloud your better judgment. Feelings could get hurt, bricks could be thrown through windows, and someone could follow you to a club and end up fighting a bouncer because they wouldn’t let him in with basketball shorts and house shoes.