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Posted by airheadgenius

 

It's my "Celebrity Confession" day, (err, well wednesday was and it's now thursday, Oops) but I must first confess that it's not my bag. I have a decade old TV attached to a DVD player for my children, but there's no cable and we don't even get the free channels. Once in a while, I watch online shows, but TV isn't really my thing. (Except when I am in Blighty when I overdose on it.) And I only read gossip magazines once every 6 months when I am getting my hair cut. I saw the Helen Mirren confession last week because it was in The Guardian.

Perez Hilton need not sweat in other words.



But, I do remember a confession from back in the day. When dear Boy George as he was being questioned about his sexuality and it hadn't yet become fashionable to be gay or bi, said "Sex? I'd rather have a cup of tea."

Which neatly (in my mind at least) segways into Hooksexup's Confession of the Day:



Is it permissible to not be out there having sex? It seems not.

We are all supposed to be dressed up (or dressed down Williamsburg wannabes) lipsticked and high heeled, if applicable, and out on the town. Flirting with boys, kissing with girls, fingers in arses, tongues in salads. Basically having a rare old raunchy time.

Back in the day, growing up in a town of 20,000 people, no one was ridiculed for not having a boyfriend or girlfriend. I guess it was an accepted fact that there were only so many people to meet in any given week and you couldn't shag all of them. An extended dry spell might raise a few guffaws, but in general it was "allowed".

But in this technological age, there's no excuse. There's Internet dating doncha know? Permanent access to new and exciting people across the globe. Even if you live in East Bumblefuck and there's only one other dater in the vicinity, there's no excuse not to be logged on and having phone sex with someone in a different state. And if you're in New York, LA or London where bodies are a plenty, then you must be some kinda desperate sad sack if you're sat home cutting your toenails.

The pressure is most definitely on.

Now I like dating - well, at least beyond the first date when you've met someone you like and the excitement is building. I like relationships. I really like to have sex. But some days I just can't be bothered. As a 40 year old woman though (actually 41, but that's a story for another day) I am comfortable with myself. If someone was to ridicule my sex life, I'd tell them to do one.

Why does this guy have to pretend to be a player? Maybe he would prefer to be having a cup of tea. Make that cawfee.

Maybe we all need to give each other a break and acknowledge that being home alone doesn't mean you are unattractive or unappealing, but rather that you are a discerning individual comfortable enough in your own skin to opt out. And if your friends tease you for your temporary celibacy and they are under 30, fuck 'em - get new friends. If your friends tease you and they're over 30, get them a few therapy sessions, cos they could surely use the help.

Would someone pass me the clippers...

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Posted Sep 11 2008, 12:34 AM
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acamil said:

"Maybe we all need to give each other a break and acknowledge that being home alone doesn't mean you are unattractive or unappealing, but rather that you are a discerning individual comfortable enough in your own skin to opt out. And if your friends tease you for your temporary celibacy and they are under 30, fuck 'em - get new friends. If your friends tease you and they're over 30, get them a few therapy sessions, cos they could surely use the help."

you said it girl!

but wait! won't i look like a looser from that or that or that or that reality show? i need to be awesome all the time! and happy and out there hunting bc ....i need to be awesome all the time! and happy and out there hunting bc ... life is to short and who has a time to think for a moment that being comfortable enough in your own skin is a thing of beauty.

September 11, 2008 9:52 AM

missslugg said:

Maybe the "amazing player" needs a little therapy himself.  Nothing wrong with being single or celibate, but drunk-dialing old girlfriends every night is pretty sad, and if he's not gonna stop THAT, he probably has to pretend something, because no way any decent friend would let that go by.

September 11, 2008 10:39 AM

airheadgenius said:

acamil - It's in the culture doncha know? When people say "how are you", you're supposed to say "good!" even when you're feeling like hammered shite. I get the weirdest looks when I say "actually I feel like hammered shite".

missslugg - Agreed, drunk dialing is deffo not a good idea. The guy sounds like a bit of a chump for sure, but it's still a shame to feel the need to pretend.

September 11, 2008 11:00 AM

acamil said:

yeah, i know, hence i always say "i'm great!" and they go "great?" and i go "yeaaaah just great, and things are awesome, and what about you? are you great too or just good? bc if you are just good there has to be something wrong?"

ha, ha

September 11, 2008 11:35 AM

shakti_vos said:

like you, i stay at home often (having a kid is one reason).  unlike you, i don't like to date.  i love the sex part, but it's too much work to try to figure out who to have sex with.  i pretty much know in the first 5 minutes if i will ever have sex with the person i'm out with. but i always feel obligated to finish my drink before politely bowing out, so a lot of time is wasted by everyone involved.

September 11, 2008 12:20 PM

recycledbrooklyn said:

Friends don't let friends dial drunk!

Friends also shouldn't try to set friends up.  I've always said, if you want to see just how little your friends know you, just let them set you up on a date with someone whom they believe is "perfect for you."  

Friends are always trying to hook me up with someone.  An admission at a social function that you aren't seeing someone is akin to telling them you have an inoperable brain tumor.  It's a pain in the ass.  

September 11, 2008 6:41 PM

Toluca_86 said:

strange... I was thinking about this just the other day

September 11, 2008 7:39 PM

Emily said:

Re sadcase staying at home and not dating. I secretly (why did I say secretly?)love staying in and my own company. Social mores dictate that we should be making the most of every opportunity to find a man. If we're not, then we only have ourselves to blame if we don't find one. Bollocks I say. I have spent most of my life single, and not hating it, apart from the odd lonely moment where I delude myself that I wouldn't be lonely if I had a man. I have a man now, he's just right for me. But I didn't meet him by trying too hard, and he just seemed worth giving up the singleton life for, unlike 90 per cent of the guys I happened to meet before him. Rather be alone than with just anyone. Of course.

September 22, 2008 9:58 AM

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