The holidays are coming around which means dinner parties, extended family, and the dreaded question asked time and time again...
"So, do you have a boyfriend?"
Whether they're just filling empty air with conversation or they're actually curious about my love life -- or lack thereof, the looks of sympathy with my unceasing response are all too familiar, and very unnecessary.
The "dating" culture of 'Netflix and Chill' and 'talking' with a severe lack of actual commitment and consistent telecommunication has taken over my generation. And it definitely isn't for me. Some might say I'm meticulous, and I very well probably am.
But I won't settle, and I won't apologize for it.
As a newly twenty-something-year-old you would think finding my "soul mate" is first on my to-do list... but I believe that good things come with time, and I won't force that time to come.
It is true what they say that you cannot truly love another without first loving yourself. When I learned to love myself I became conscious of the fact that I don't ever need to settle, because eventually-- maybe long after my family gives up on asking me that undesired question-- I will find that person that gives me an appreciation for the fact that I never settled.
