Yesterday I was talking to a dad about his single 39 year old daughter. “One thing about her,” he said, “is that she’s happy. She’s happy being single. This is wonderful for her but I feel like she’s missing out, and she doesn’t know what she’s missing out on.” Boy, do I agree with that!
We can’t force our friends and family to make the better decisions that we made for ourselves, but wouldn’t it be great if we could? I empathized with his desire for his daughter to share his brand of happiness. As the SuperYenta always does, I listened with both ears until he’d poured his hopes for his daughter out. Like many of us, she had been badly burned in a relationship a long time ago. She swore of love then and kept her promise.
Stories like these make a SuperYenta’s heart melt. This woman may not be expressing a desire to be in a relationship or be married, but she sure could use a Super Yenta. Here’s what I would tell her: You can have a relationship on your terms. You can pick whom you want to be with. Just as you pick the perfect pair of shoes to match an outfit, you can decide exactly what you want and go for it. Do not let it come to you, do not be lazy. Make your list and go out there and find your man!
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