On a path to somewhere...

This blog started out as a collection of stories about taking the luxury of ME time... it has evolved in different directions and been a platform to ask big life questions and a place for feminist perspectives on men, work, friendships and life.

Evolution is a good thing.

This week I took a slice of me-time by coming home after a long day and putting some mud on my face. Oh a simple face mask is oh-so-girly but feels so good. As I sat with my green-tones, I talked to my friend about the men in my life. This wise lady told me that the older we get - the more men we date for shorter periods of time... Made my thought wheels turn. In some ways it makes a lot of sense because as we grow we have a better sense for what we want.

While this 'more men in less time' concepts is logical - it seems totally contradictory to what the social norms tell us. I see so many women my age in long term relationships and getting settled into the idea of being partnered for life and starting to think about bringing kids into the world. From these images of late-20's and early 30's it seems like the years of dating around and jumping from boy to boy should be behind me.

I guess these opposite realities just go to show we're all on different time-lines and moving towards different relationship-futures. Maybe the lesson learned for me is that I need to focus more on my own time-line and do less lusting after other people's trajectory.