Dating Myself =)

"Everywhere I go, I see cute people with ugly people,
And I can't help but to ask myself, "what does she see in that guy?"
Inner beauty? Well I have a whole lot of that
I see these happy couples and use to think, "what do I have to do to get a girl like that?"
And then that evolved into, "what do I have to do to get a girl?"

I must say, the first time I heard this poem I couldnt stop laughing, the first line drew me in, as I sat and anticipated plenty more laughter to follow. This week I decided to bring a lighter subject to the table with a humorous poem by Poetri called "Dating Myself." The title speaks for itself when it comes to the content within the poem. Poetri speaks about his issues on finding a woman that embodies all the qualities he wants. After time his search is diminishes into just finding a girlfriend period. In result of never finding someone, he decides to start dating himself.

This I must say was a good point. We always try to find someone that is just like us, and can perform all the needs that we already can do on our own, so why not Date Ourseleves? We can fulfill ourselves better than anyone else because we know what makes us happy (except for sexual aspects). Poetri goes on describing all of the pros on dating himself, and even conitnues on with saying how he plans on "being with himself until the very end, or until something better comes along."

I know alot of people that could relate to this poem to a certain extent. A friend of mine seems to have a problem finding the "right" guy. All the one's that try to get with her are either not attractive, but have a great personality, is a player, or just isn't her type. So when I heard this poem, she was the first person to come to mind. I would suggest dating herself, but then again, warnings of psychosis might began to arise and I just would not be able to live with myself if I caused that to happen. Unless she was truly happy :).

Behind all the humor within this poem is a hidden meaning, that I missed the first time from laughing out loud. I watched the youtube video again and realized that what Poetri is trying to say is that before a person can truly be in a relationship with someone else, they must learn to love themselves and be content with all the qualities they possess. There are so many movies and books on relationships and I think the first rule in all of them should be Love Yourself First. All of your insecurities and low self-esteem shall disperse once you truly get to know and love you for you. Then and only then can you find someone else to fulfill everything and more for you.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFhFaRKVpTY