Some Day My Prince Will Come

Will my prince come someday? Lately I've been so pessimistic about love, or as I like to say, I've been "realistic" about love. It is realistic for me to believe that I'll never fall in love, though, isn't it? I mean, let's have a look at my life thus far. I'm 21 years old, never had a boyfriend, never been kissed, never held hands. I've been to two high school dances and one blind date and that is the extent of my dating experience. I look around me and it seems that no one has experienced as little as I have. I look at all of my friends on Facebook and most of them are married, some have kids, many have boyfriends or girlfriends or have at least had them previously. I can't name one of my Facebook friends that has a lonelier life than me. I can't believe that I'm such a minority. Almost everyone falls in love at some point in their life, but I haven't. What are the chances? Speaking of Facebook, don't you just love that feeling just as you are about to log on? You are so full of hope. Maybe there will be a message for you. Maybe someone wrote on your wall. Maybe someone added you as a friend, and maybe, by some off chance, someone will ask you to have dinner with them tomorrow night. I get so excited over the little things, but that's because little things are the only things I've ever experienced. Most of the time I experience nothing. Most of the time there is no message. Most of the time there is nothing waiting for me on my Facebook profile, and I certainly never have an invite to dinner. In fact, that one blind date? That was over three years ago, when I was 17. Nothing since. So, it would seem like there is no hope for me. It would seem like my prince will never come, but I like to think otherwise. Besides, married people have no more dreams of love, no more hope for the future. Married people can't enjoy chick flicks. After all, don't chick flicks show us that no matter how awful and lonely our lives may seem, there is always that chance that something magical will happen out of nowhere and completely change our lives around so that we live happily ever after? I like to think that can happen. Maybe it's just a movie, and maybe the statistics of my life thus far would show otherwise, but I like to believe that someday my prince will come. I need to believe that.