True Love isn’t hooked on a feeling…

What is Love? Baby don’t hurt me….no more

*Extra points if you did the Saturday Night Live head thing*

I’ll admit that I would call myself a recovering cynical romantic. I love drama and excitement but I don’t believe that all that flowery romance stuff is actually what it takes to maintain a lasting relationship.

Speaking of flowery romance stuff, I’ve written about how I always manage to learn a lesson from those Hallmark movies. One of the last movies I watched one of the main characters said, “Love is not practical.”

I agree. It’s not practical, it’s not convenient, and it’s also not just about “The way you make me feel. You really turn me on. You knock me off of my feet. My Lonely days are gone” (RIP MJ)

When I was in my twenties I believed I would meet someone that would knock me off my feet like MJ and Stevie Wonder sang about. I would be overcome with wild abandon, the missing puzzle piece would fit neatly into place, and my life would never be the same.

When I got to my thirties, I realized that I didn’t want the drama and stress of dealing with someone else’s life. I wanted to focus myself and what I wanted. Looking around at peers and people in my life, being married and having children didn’t seem like it was any fun and didn’t seem worth the…