I can hardly believe it’s been more than seven months since I last wrote something. It really seems like ages ago considering how much my life has changed by now…
In September I was still “more than single” which is not the case anymore
Ever since my age is a two digit number I wondered frequently whether “the one” would still be somewhere out there and one day crossing my path. It is usually on such occasion and state of mind that loving friends and family members work hard to cheer you up and then close smilingly with a German phrase which literally means: Don’t worry, it will happen sooner than you think. Frankly, after 18 years of waiting more than once I asked myself whether this standard encouragement for singles was just a whole lot of rubbish or am I really thinking that slowly?
By now, despite all my doubts I tend to be gracious with this phrase. After all – it actually did happen sooner than I thought. And I’m not saying this because I have been diagnosed with a neurological explanation for slow thinking. (At least not yet…) No, I’m courageously proclaiming this to be at least partially true because I experienced first hand that one day – say, Sunday – you may still be 95% convinced that the desired representative of the opposite sex is not interested, while within 24 hours things take a turn that entitles you to change your relationship status on facebook going from “single” to “in a relationship”…
Well, along with that the little I knew about the mysteries of the male world has been increased at least slightly which has forced me to revoke all of my meticulously assembled theories on how relationships with a Christian factor come about.
These developments now explain why I am greatly tempted to use a similar finishing phrase when challenged to encourage my single friends (who suddenly trigger the drive to be a match maker!!!), even though I myself have been doubting the essence of this wisdom after 18 years of more or less waiting patiently and thinking lots (!). So I agree that things may happen quite differently and sooner than you think…
Although I must admit that I am somewhat suspicious as to whether this basic phrase in a single person’s life may only be encouraging once you suddenly find yourself on the other side of uncertainty, being no longer single… And that I find a rather strange thing, don’t you?