Jul 09 2008
He’s Just Not That Into Me? Why not?
I was listening to a radio talk show today and a woman called in saying she’s 58 years old and met someone but over the years has lost touch with them. The host asked her how she lost touch and the woman said he told her he had computer problems and she hasn’t talked to him in 6 months. The host told her flat out to go to the bookstore and get the book called ‘He’s Just Not That Into You’. I could hear the disappointment in the woman’s voice when she was told that. It was kind of sad.
And it got me thinking. Why is it mostly the women that are always wondering whether or not they are liked enough? Why are many of us so emotionally involved when we should just take a step back and say, “Hmm, maybe I’m just not that into him.”
I don’t know why we can’t do this. I’ve done it in the past and it’s worked out great for me. I keep my feelings distant and that way I don’t end up getting hurt as bad as I could have been. Why is it so easy for men to never say how they feel? Do they just automatically have this emotion button they can turn on and off? If so, many women’s button must be broken, because I sure as hell can’t turn mine on and off.
I felt bad for this woman that had called into the show. I’ve been in her place before, wondering what happened to someone and not wanting to accept the fact that they were gone. But I’ll say one thing though, that happened to me once and since then I haven’t let it happen since.
Sure I get emotionally involved, but when I feel myself feeling more than I want to, I take a step back and I’m fine. They key here is not getting my heart broken, because that’s the worst.
