First Dates & First of the year unloced…

Have you ever had a first date that was so bad, you were ashamed to tell anyone about it? Or did you think no one would believe you if you did? Yeah, 2021 was packed full of these disaster first dates!

I would first like to preface this by informing you, I am the queen of first dates. I am full of razzle dazzle, frills, thrills, and I can out flirt anybody. I can make conversation with a brown paper bag without breaking a sweat. But these dates I am about to tell you about could not be salvaged even by me and my epic first date skills. These dates were doomed before they even started.

First there was the guy that I talked to for weeks, we hashed out all the details for our first date. He called me that morning to confirm and then he stood me up that afternoon. That happened twice!

There was the Scorpio that told me that women never invented anything, men are the prizes in relationships, and then asked me for fellatio.

The guy who forgot we had a date at all.

The guy who spent the date talking to me about eczema.

And the best one was the guy, who showed up 45 minutes late, high as a kite, and then stuck me with the check.

These first dates pretty much sum up 2021 for me. In so many ways 2021 was a better year than 2020 but it was worse too. Looking back on them now, I can laugh at the ridiculousness, but at the time they felt like failures for me. I think most of us spent 2021 trying to recover from 2020. Trying to get back on track and I am not gonna lie, I didn’t do that well. I fumbled the ball a lot this year. I made quite a few mistakes and failed in ways that I didn’t realize were possible. I thought this would be the year that I figured it all out, sadly, that was not the case. But if my year of first date failures has taught me anything, it taught me that there is always a chance to try again and I truly believe that new years are the perfect time for new starts, new beginnings, new grace, and new favor. So on this, the beginning of the new year 2022, I am making the decision to let go of 2021. I am taking all the lessons I learned and moving forward. I ain’t taking no shorts and I am going to grow and improve every single day. So cheers to the new year! Be blessed!