Posts Tagged ‘relationships’

Do men worry about staying single?

Aug 8th, 2009
by soph.
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I know some women who do, but Y says men generally do not have the same concern. Why should they, he says, they can be 40 and still date a girl in her 20s. Age is not a factor. In fact, for some women, the older a man is, the more attractive he becomes. So why should men worry?

Well, I’ve heard at least one guy, in a moment of girly bonding, confess to being afraid that he’ll end up old and alone, and I’ve definitely heard more than one girl echo that sentiment. From what I also hear, I think it’s less about societal expectations and more about the convenience and companionship a partner brings. Which are, of course, better reasons to hook up than “because my mother told me to.”

I’m not entirely sure I want to take it from a guy who got hitched before his 24th birthday so tell me, do men worry about staying single? For that matter, do women?

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Missing him.

Nov 24th, 2004
by soph.
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At last, I am bored. I don’t feel like I’ve bummed unless I get bored, because if you’re busy, you’re not bumming. And even if “busy” means going out, job-hunting, watching movies with my brother over pig-out fests etc, I am still occupied, which in my mind equates to not bumming.

Well, I’m still job-hunting, but my brother has gone for a children’s camp. And it finally hit me yesterday – my daytime social life for the past 4 weeks has been revolving around an 11 year old. I didn’t realize just how much of my time he takes up with his constant bugging me to watch movies, eat everything in the house, play “Speed” (you know, the card game), play basketball, go swimming, play Gameboy…

But now that he’s been gone for 2 days, man I miss him.

Just a week or two more of this, and I’ll be so ready to work. I hope.

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Singapore should try this one.

Nov 4th, 2004
by soph.
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Japan claims they’ve come up with the ultimate pick-up line. Apparently, they’re having major reproduction problems, like our good neighbour down south, and this is supposed to help. Its creators believe it is guaranteed to make a girl go weak in the knees. Right, so they decided to tell all the girls in the country, and the rest of the world.

Personally, I don’t see how it’s going to work, especially since it’s been announced to the public and printed in newspapers as far away as our New Straits Times. Any guy who uses it from now onwards will just be unoriginal, desperate, maybe even lame. But then again, if that guarantee holds true, it should work even if girls are already aware of it, shouldn’t it?

Anyway, I won’t keep all you single guys out there in suspense any longer. The magic words are, “This time next year, let us be laughing together“.

I know, you’re like, What? I had to read the sentence twice, just to be sure. Though I must say this beats, “Your father must have been a terrorist cos baby you’re the bomb” any day.

The Japanese believe that sentence works for three reasons: “this time next year”, suggesting a long-term interest and commitment; “laughing”, which evokes happy feelings; and “together”, which means, well, together. And it works in relation to one another too. Like, “laughing” and “together” make it twice as potent.

I’ll bet it wasn’t an arts student that came up with that. It’s like some chemical formula. But hey, if it works, this will just be yet another invention of our times – mechanical, formulaic, instant.

So does it work? You try it out. And don’t forget to tell me all about it.

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Parents Meet the Parents – The Sequel

Jul 12th, 2004
by soph.
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Some of you would have heard about Part I, some of you might even remember being witness to it. It was at Yuchun’s Chinese New Year open house, where there were lots of people. Last Saturday, we had the sequel. And this time, there were no witnesses.

My brother and sisters remember only two things about that dinner: it was way long; and the “toot”/”poot” game.

The “toot”/”poot” game was seriously hilarious. The rules were simple: the person who can say “toot” the loudest – without attracting too much attention (or incurring the wrath of any parent), wins. You’d be surprised how loud you can say “toot” without other people noticing. Due to a lack of participants, it quickly became a showdown between 12 year old Weichern and 20 year old Bec, with the only other real competition being 11 year old Josh. And of course Yuchun had to suggest saying “poot” instead of “toot” after that.

As for me, all I’m going to about that night is: I’m so proud of my boyfriend. Or should I say, my fiance.

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