Would You Date Me?

Recently, I was chatting with a good friend over coffee when he presented me with this gem: "To be honest, I'm not sure if I would date me."

"I would date you!" I said immediately. "I would date me, too. I think."

We laughed and the conversation went on, but later, I started thinking...would I actually date myself?


My friend's statement originally came about while discussing those who had expressed that they hadn't wanted to date us in the past. We wanted to figure out what about us had turned them off. We're both well educated, funny, attractive, and caring people, so what is it about us that is so undesirable?

"Think about it," he said. "While we may be mature for our age, we're still in our twenties, living at home with our parents. We have dead-end jobs and we're not pursuing the careers we ultimately want in life. If I met me and heard all these things, I'd be like, 'yeah right, get back to me in five years when you've actually done it."

I'd like to think that if I'd give myself the benefit of the doubt if I was flirting with myself in a bar somewhere, but you never know. Have my standards for others exceeded the standards I have for myself ? It may be time for a life makeover. But wait, I already knew that.