The Single Experiment.

Has anyone of you ever googled "Reasons to be single"? Me I have oh, on days when most people on twitter can't stop talking about their boo who just took them out to dinner or their babe who just commented on their Facebook picture. It can be oh so cute but could also be a reminder that it’s possible to stick my finger down my throat. It’s alright guys, this blog is not going to bash those in committed relationships as a matter of fact I'm going to tell you about new ways I've discovered to be like you in a kinda sorta sarcastic way

I am single and loving it, NOT. Too many people use this phrase even though you can see they are not even over their ex of 2 years ago, abeg stop trying too hard to cover up common knowledge. Don’t get me wrong and think I’m some psycho who cries about being single, there are some days when I am "loving" being single and other days when I just want someone apart from my friends to call me and ask me what’s wrong, tell me they love me and everything will be alright. It’s that kind of love that’s the hardest to come across and keep. I’m a hopeless romantic and I doubt if at this age, anyone can make me feel guilty about it. Let’s be honest, everyone needs someone to love and I'm sure most people can argue that they have their friends and blah blah blah... YESSS we know, but there are different types of love abeg so either agree or go and kiss and touch those your friends and see what happens.

I was at Barnes and Noble last week and walked past the Self Improvement isle. Just to help you paint a mental picture, there are two long aisle at this particular store o self-improvement and on one side its filled with books about finding your inner confidence, marriage, how to work on your relationships and so on. On the other aisle, 75% of the space is taken up by books about being single i.e. how to stay single and happy, finding the one, letting go of Mr. Wrong and the other 25% is on how to have sex. I am not even going to front and say I didn't look through that aisle because I spent my whole hour that I should have used to get something to eat and prepare for my next class there. But it got me wondering, is that really all there is to it? Is this what we should worry ourselves with? Ways to NOT be single and how to have better sex, I mean who says there’s always a better way to have sex anyways. I think the process is very self-explanatory don’t you think?

Back to my Barnes and Noble experience, I ended up buying 3 books for about 40 bucks and I’m sure Bank of America was laughing at me because they know my balance and I should not be spending that amount on anything for the fun of it. Anyways the book “The science of Single” by Rachel Machacek is about how she spends an entire year just casually dating by using every popular method your mom and your best friend have told you about. A lot of dating experiences she talks about will crack you up and you’ll be able to relate to. Second book by Kristin Kuhns “Find a great guy now and forever” and the third one by Dr. Connell and someone else “smart women, foolish choices”. These three books should do for a while now abi what do you think? There is a playful book, a serious one and one written by psychologists which means they have done some tests and serious experiments; I mean they are psychologists for crying out loud. So Instead of reading those book, read my blog because I’ll tell you what they say, add my own experiences and experiences of others who care to share. I’m starting my experiment and blogging about it. Before I figure out how I plan on doing that, I have to finish these books first right. :D