Where are all the good men?

Ready for a small diatribe?

I keep hearing "Where did all the good men/women go?" Quite frankly, it's starting to get on my nerves, so I'm going to answer it.

In my opinion, which is worth almost exactly what you paid for it, the answer to your question is probably found somewhere in the convergence of a perfect social storm. First and foremost on the list is that were taught never to settle for anything less that what we absolutely want. I have no problem with this, but it does differ from generations past when people were limited geographically and by and large probably had to settle for the best of what was available.

Hey, I’m not saying your grandma is a bad lady, I’m just thinking maybe if your grandpa could have met a nice girl from Glendale…who knows? He might have held out, had that option been there. Didn’t mean grampa chuck and gramma Madeline weren’t a good pair, though.

Next, you have the Gimmie-Now generation, trained by the gen X and even Gen Y crew, so no pointing fingers there. (Gen Y? BECAUSE WE DESERVE IT!) We’ve become a society less interested in the journey and more interested in the destination. Do you know what a romantic is? Someone who enjoys the trip. Romantics are a dying breed, and it shows…people want to get into the land of great relationships without having to drive across the Plains of Monotony and the mountains of We-Really-Fucked-Up-This-Time. Savoring the experience isn’t the greatest alternative, I’ll grant, but it makes up for being lonely.

Added to our generally perceived inability to compromise and thinning skin, we get recipes for disaster. I’m pretty sure I broke most of the relationships I was in, or at least had a hand in it, but I sure as hell wasn’t going to admit it at the time. Turns out you’ve either got to admit it, or learn to get over it. It only took me twenty five years to figure that out, so it’s my gift to you.

I come across as a cynic, but I’m not. Really, I love people, I love the world. I want to believe that we’re all able to be incredible, given the chance, and it genuinely hurts to see us chose that path which is the most hurtful and the most destructive to us and those around us. The purpose in life is to love, and we’ve forgotten what we’re living for.

So where did all the good men go? They're the ones who are standing in front of you; the ones with the nose that might be a little to big or the eyes that aren't just right. They're the ones who are almost as lost as you are when it comes to what happens next, but are also afraid to admit it. They're the ones who smile at you but don't talk because the devil they know is better than the devil they don't.

They didn't go anywhere.

I guess that sums it up.

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