Perfect On Paper

According to my boyfriend, on paper, I am the perfect girlfriend. Now when he told me this late last night, or rather, I should say early this morning, I looked at him as if he'd just grown a third eye that was staring at me. I asked why he thought that and this is basically what he told me.

'You're pretty, smart, funny, a good listener, sexy, and have most if not all of the qualities guys look for in a long term relationship. You are confident and are full of a love and zest for life that people are drawn to.'

Personally, I think this is effing nuts. I am so far off from what guys want it's almost not funny. It's like Jeff said, "Mery, you're not the kind of girl guys date." Guys like me as a friend. It's nothing more than that. Now some people might argue that the fact that almost all of my guy friends have some kind of crush on me at some point proves me wrong, but I still think my point stands. Infatuation usually has no bearing on long term relationships. And after that initial infatuation passes, basically all of them tell me the same thing. They consider me one of the guys and cannot fathom dating me or seeing me in that kind of light.

I am flattered that they feel I am trust worthy enough to be considered 'one of the guys', but it annoys the hell out of me that apparently it means I am "undateable". That's just crazy. Then again, I have never claimed to completely understand the male species.