When I set out this road to single-dom I had no idea what it would take to be "single". I really thought it would be easy. I thought I'd just be able to pull a switch and turn into someone that didn't think about consequence or another person's feelings. I find myself now looking back at hearts I've left behind. Beautiful souls that stay with me still but sadly know that I will never be more than what I am to them right now. Some are okay with it, others...not so much.
Today's single life demands that you not give a sh*t about feelings, age or maturity. You have to get "it" wherever and whenever you can. With whomever is available and half-way decent. Diseases and mental issues are an afterthought; two things a condom and a 3AM escape will fix right up. A mindset that is no mindset. It's just the "now" attitude that is driven by a selfish desire without thought or reservation. It is something a man or woman of conscience has a very difficult time with and I for one, refuse to sucumb. I am very far from being a prude yet there are boundaries I will not cross. My cup carries so much in it that I will always be in a position "to know better" and being the man that I am...to that I will stay true.
To some my way will be counted as "old" or "outdated" but I could give a sh*t. I live and breathe in a world called "responsibility". It's a grown up world where you live on your own. You take care of yourself and those you are responsible for. You carry lives on your shoulders making them like boulders strong enough to take on anything thrown at you. It's a world where you are held accountable for your actions...now...or even later. It's a world of men and women that do what they must to live as honorably as they can. At most...in character. It's what keeps our children looking up to us. It's what makes our parents proud. It's what you admire...
I choose to live eternally as a man of honor than to exchange it for anything temporal...even if I seem to "miss out"...later
Today's single life demands that you not give a sh*t about feelings, age or maturity. You have to get "it" wherever and whenever you can. With whomever is available and half-way decent. Diseases and mental issues are an afterthought; two things a condom and a 3AM escape will fix right up. A mindset that is no mindset. It's just the "now" attitude that is driven by a selfish desire without thought or reservation. It is something a man or woman of conscience has a very difficult time with and I for one, refuse to sucumb. I am very far from being a prude yet there are boundaries I will not cross. My cup carries so much in it that I will always be in a position "to know better" and being the man that I am...to that I will stay true.
To some my way will be counted as "old" or "outdated" but I could give a sh*t. I live and breathe in a world called "responsibility". It's a grown up world where you live on your own. You take care of yourself and those you are responsible for. You carry lives on your shoulders making them like boulders strong enough to take on anything thrown at you. It's a world where you are held accountable for your actions...now...or even later. It's a world of men and women that do what they must to live as honorably as they can. At most...in character. It's what keeps our children looking up to us. It's what makes our parents proud. It's what you admire...
I choose to live eternally as a man of honor than to exchange it for anything temporal...even if I seem to "miss out"...later
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