Be Careful What You Wish For

"When I need to relax, I mostly just like to go shopping at high-end boutiques and watch Gossip Girl."

At least she's honest about how empty her life is.

It had been over four years since I was spurned by Jennifer*. A lot had changed since then. I no longer had difficulty attracting shallow girls. Hurray.

And yet I felt more alone than ever.

Curled up next to me on the floor was Natalie*, without a doubt the most gorgeous woman I've ever held a conversation with.

I use the phrase "held a conversation" loosely, since it implies that I was an active participant, when in reality it was mostly her talking. About herself.

She was in her twenties, but seemed to have the maturity of a 16 year-old. It seems that materialism often does that to a person, myself included.

I can't believe I was actually attracted to you.

The biggest problem with spending so much time, money, and effort to attract the kind of superficial and materialistic women that so many men fantasize about is that when you finally have those kinds of women available to you, they're often so self-centered and immature that you can't relate to them at all.

Unless you legitimately enjoy Gossip Girl, in which case
you probably aren't interested in women to begin with.

Some of you might say "Hey, that's not so bad! You don't need to be able to relate to them in order to have a meaningless physical relationship!"

Thanks Satan, but mama didn't raise no date rapist.

One of the best things about being honest with myself about my debt has been the relief that I feel from no longer trying to be something, or someone, that I'm not. I don't feel a need to impress people. I feel like I'm coming back down to earth.

*Names changed to protect the shallow