Boy meets girl........

I always think its really interesting how the dating timeline goes.  Boy meets girl, they text, speak on the phone and then maybe meet.  Its amazing how all of that seems to be good, the meeting lasts hours as we learn more about each other, our likes and dislikes, our hopes and dreams, the way we've been broken, and then how we rose above and learned to conquer.  You go home with a smile, this could be the one, I wonder what my kids, sister, dad, dogs(yes dogs) will think.  You send a perfunctory thank you text and then......the communication just DIES.


I can't quite figure out why men, and woman for that matter, can't be honest about what they felt when meeting, or talking.  If there isn't a match there isn't, but at least let them know.  Why make them wonder, is he really busy as he says, or do I move on.  People that know me know that I cut to the chase.  There isn't a time that you wouldn't know where you stand with me.  I am terribly blunt to a fault.  Just be honest and tell them, I do:).   The truth?  There will always be someone, prettier, smarter, easier, ________, that we are attracted to.  When do we decide to accept the deal and not open any more suitcases?  What is the magic card that you finally decide, YES!  This is the one.  I will take the faults, the great, the not so great and I want to continue this.  Why hold on to A when you are more excited about B and C?  Doesn't it get confusing? 


So the question is, how long do you wait, deal with the drip, drip, drip of conversation, the evasion, the cooling shoulder?  On TV its immediate.  You don't get a rose, you pack your knives and go, Heidi Klum says auf wiederzehn  and  you get voted off the island and you know. 


Why can't it be this way in dating situations.  Why does a list from busy at work to a mild stroke(that I worked through), seem to  be the excuse?  Just be honest.  Who cares if its not just right, moving to fast(or slow), perfect, or more of a friendship, gosh, I'm interested but life was crazy today- just tell them.  They deserve it.