FML – Fuck My Liver

I am proud to say that I am a late-twenties, single male with no intentions of marriage (maybe ever). I wear that badge confidently wherever I go and will tell it to anyone who cares. I love to hang out with friends and drink my face off at every opportunity. And I’m not saying that I don’t enjoy doing that with girls as well.

But why does it seem that everyone else wants to hop into relationship mode? If two people are “talking”, “dating”, “fucking”, or any other use of the word, then I think that is sufficient. Why do girls always insist on making their guy their “boyfriend”. Does it honestly matter? If I’m dating you and am genuinely having a good time, I want to just roll with it. Okay, I guess I’m getting a little ahead of myself. Let me explain a past situation.

A while back, I had been “talking” to a girl. We had gone on dates, went out, and slept together. Now I had never brought up the whole conversation of our “status” that girls are so concerned about, but she started bringing it up…a lot. What I’m trying to get at here is…who cares? Let’s assume that I would give in and say that I am her boyfriend. What would change? If I really cared to cheat on her, I still would. If I’m not doing it now, then why do you think you have to lock me into a title to keep me from doing it? And that is the sole reason that women push for the title. They think it gives them more control.

But I’m a laid-back guy. I don’t do drama, ever. I love to have a good time out with friends, guys and girls. But if I don’t plan on marrying the girl, then why would I be her boyfriend? It would just make everything more complicated. You go through the whole “everything is new and exciting phase” for 6 months and suddenly you’re in a long-term relationship. Now breaking up is hard because you have time committed. And that’s all people care about. Guys and girls will say things like, “Well even though we fight a lot, I have been with him/her for a year now and can’t throw that out the window.” That’s the problem with relationships. You could do the exact same thing, but because of the title the bond is somehow closer and harder to sever. You fight all the time, but no one wants to ‘break up’, apparentely until after marriage.

If you’re a smart, fun, and attractive girl, then I would love to hang out. We can go on dates or just out with friends. We could take a trip or stay in and watch movies all weekend. I’ll get you gifts on holidays and talk to you everyday. I would even meet your parents and you could meet mine. But technically speaking, I’m still single.

I realize that this is a little off topic of how most of the posts here are, but wanted to see if we could get some good feedback/conversation going.  What are you thoughts on the “title dilemma”?