Questions

So I'm a little more then a month into my year of prudeness, and most people have questions.  So I'm going to take the time to answer some of the most common questions I get.  The biggest question tends to be, "Aren't you afraid you're going to lose your soul-mate while you're staying single?".

To be totally honest, that's part of why I put of this year commitment for so long.  I mean what if I did meet Mr. Right two months into the year?  Then what?  I circled around this issue for a long time, then I realized something.  Though it was more of a "Ummm hello idiot!" moment.  The guy that God designed for me, the guy I'm meant to spend the rest of my life with, isn't going to give a lick that I'm not available for a while.  I firmly believe that he will understand my reasons behind this commitment, but more then that he will support me.  Not to mention, if he is Mr. Right and we're supposed to spend the rest of our lives together, a year isn't going to matter.  In the grand scheme of things, a one year (less then that now actually) as friends isn't a bad thing.  The way I see it, if he decides that I'm not worth the wait, or that what I'm doing is stupid, then great.  That means that I just saved myself a whole ton of heartache.  I spared myself a relationship, the relationship falling apart, the break-up, the post break-up awkwardness, everything.  So I'm not too worried about it anymore.

Another question I tend to get is, "Is it hard to stay single?" and the truth is not as hard as I would've thought.  Granted it's only been a little over a month, and it's not like guys are throwing themselves at me, but it's really not.  It's also kind of nice because now I don't have to get "dolled up" to go out.  I mean I didn't do that too often before this commitment, but I'm realizing how often I'd worry about how guys were viewing me, but moreso what they were thinking of me.  I'm realizing how often I was searching to make a good impression, wondering who Mr. Right might be.  I don't do that anymore.  I've been able to stop looking at guys and evaluating their qualities, judging if I'd want or be able to make a life with them.  Just to clarify, I'm not saying I meet a guy and am like 'wow! you're amazing, I'd love to marry you right now'! definitely not, that's creepy.  However when I get to know someone better I wonder, just like most girls wonder about their future weddings or whatever, I wonder who will be at the other end of the alter.

It's been a pretty good month and I'm excited to see what the next 11 months hold :)