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Jenn Price does not proclaim to be an expert on dating…but her years of practice (and willingness to share stories) will certainly get people talking. Join in the dialogue each week as Jenn tackles matters of the heart.
It’s Not What You Do…
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(Sep.14.10)
It’s who you do it with.
Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind, "Pooh!" he whispered.
"Yes, Piglet?"
"Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's paw. "I just wanted to be sure of you."
~A.A. Milne
I’m willing to bet you’ve been there too; when the excitement of being in the company of someone isn’t really about being with them, it’s about what you’re doing. Whether it’s being wined and dined, receiving red carpet treatment, jet-setting away to a romantic place, driving over the Brooklyn bridge at dusk in a convertible Porsche, sailing on a private yacht amidst an A-list crowd or having your photo taken with Bill Clinton… (OK, I’ve only done a couple of those things, but I have girlfriends that have done the rest.)
There have been people I’ve dated where it mattered more to me what we were doing than the simplicity of doing it with them. In my gut I knew the simple pleasures in life wouldn’t be enjoyable with those men, so I went through my dating life figuring I might as well have fun until the real thing came along.
And then one by one, it happened to all my girlfriends. Suddenly, they were in a relationship with the "one" and their urges to go out subsided. They were quite content to stay home, go to movies, visit respective families and overall, lead a low-key life.
How do we know when we’ve found someone with whom we truly fit?
I say it’s when we realize that doing everyday things, just in the company of that person, is special. I think that's a definite sign of a fit.
It can be finding pleasure in a knowing glance, an instinctual touch, an inside joke, an assumption of next time, when we go here or when you meet so and so.
It can be enjoying the simplicity of reading the paper together over morning coffee, having conversations where silences aren’t awkward or embracing something that makes the other happy. These are all indicative of a true fit.
Like Piglet and Pooh, it can be cosying up to the warm body next to you in the middle of the night, just knowing they’re there. That’s surely a sign.
Sometimes, the “who” we do it with — that special someone — is the little spark in our hearts, a memory of what once was or a vision of what will be. And always, whether with a partner or not, the most important “who” is you.
What are some of the simple things in life you enjoy doing with someone special? Tell us about it!