On Quotes

Attention, attention! You'll be happy to know...

...I finally finished painting my kitchen!

I know right?!?! It only took six weeks of complete dread to work up enough motivation to finally slap some color on the tiniest room in my apartment. Don't all applaud at once.

Ahem, anyway.

So...quotes. I find most quotes to either be a) cheesy or b) outright lies...especially when it comes to relationships. For instance:

This is a very misleading quote, if not an outright lie. Sometimes the people we are with are frogs. And sometimes they are princes...but the point is, Princess, don't sleep. Get out there and live life. Kiss a bunch of people and enjoy it. And maybe one day, if you're being the right kind of person, you'll find the right kind of person. And all that other stuff along the way can help make you the right kind of person.

Onward.

This one, I actually like. I think I heard something along these lines by Ms. Sarah Von herself. Sometimes we stick ourselves in situations where we get so hung up on the idea of "the One" or even "the one that got away" that we forget that there are lots and lots and lots of other people out there to get to know. (Easier said than done, of course, but comforting in ways nonetheless.)

This one...

...is half bullshit. Our lives and emotions are not perfect scales and are rarely in balance. But the second half? Sure, I'll buy that.

Oh, and this?

One of the worst lies you can buy about relationships. If you feel like you need someone to complete you (a la a sweaty, crying Tom Cruise) you're probably in for a world of hurt. Look for someone who complements who you are instead. The things in our lives that need completion are a personal journey, and will always change. You can't expect another person to change with those needs.

And finally...

I like this one, too. Lust can be fleeting. Love takes a shit ton of work. But like? Yeah...sometimes you just have to genuinely like the person you're with. It makes all that other stuff lots easier. (And I guarantee that most ugly break-ups result from people not liking each other anymore.)