The Awful Truth

March 2, 2011 by Michael Elgin

Once upon a time, in a city bathed with a suburban-like appearance, there were 3 particularly different types of people who all had one thing in common; they were all single due to the surfacing word of mouth. The first person, Jill, was said to be a little too intimidating and feared. Mark, he was said to be too successful (i.e. an over achiever) and the last one, Alex, he was said to be a little too emotional and sensitive. Women just seemed to see him more as a friend to confide to more than seeing him as a potential man on the date list.

With that word of mouth passed thoroughly throughout the city, those three people remained to be the single ones at every social engagement. Jill, Alex and Mark cursed that this was happening to them. “Why Me?” they would say. This was their life. Each of them were currently in different areas of the city, Riverside.



Mark was sitting at a newly opened restaurant, (“Manhattan” Located across from Ynez Road in Murrieta, In Riverside County). Jill was in her car at a local Starbucks drive-thru, (it was her 3rd Iced Venti Caramel Macchiato that day.) She craved caffeine because she felt that if she were to fall asleep she’d have another, “Oh My God… I’m single!” nightmare. While Alex was standing in line at Barnes & Noble, again, getting another Stephanie Meyer’s novel (claiming to his friends that it was a gift for his little sister and NOT him). And at one exact moment, they all began to ponder the same exact thought,


“Am I single because of what I am labeled as? And if so, then is what I’m labeled as really true?”
Do people really relish the fact that deep down the awful truth could come up and explode in their faces at any given moment in life?


To answer the question, yes, due to the word of mouth it could be a typical result to why men and women are single, why they are cynical, and why they are so uptight and anti-social that they deserve a trip to the uncoiling room in the, “I-need-help-with-my social and love-life clinic” Pronto, and why they hide in the shadows of their friends hoping deep down that their true status is not brought out to light and observed and criticized by an unfamiliar audience — Should you care? No. Hell No! But then again? It really does depend on the kind of person you can be when in situations like this.


For single people, why does, actually, being single seem equivalent to the awful truth that comes from the dark to the embarrassing light?


Courtesy: Levoma 'Online Dating' Blog