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MissAttitude

Freelance Writer, Blogger, Web Producer and Adjunct Professor

I'm a professional woman in my 30s who's spent the last 13 years working in TV news. I love shoes, shopping and blogging. I also have an advice column. In the name of full disclosure I have to admit I don’t have a background in psychology, unless you count that one college course freshman year ...

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Do you really know what it's like to be single?

I don't think many of my friends really know what it's like to be single, or at least don't really remember what it's actually like.  A lot of people answered my friend's text message dilemma with a resounding forget about his ass response, but before you judge, have you really seen what's out there?  Let me paint you a picture.

I went out last night with one of my friends from work, who happens to be a tad bit younger than me, and a group of her friends.  Okay who am I kidding?  I was her age when I first moved to Tampa in 1999.  Anyway, we get to the bar and I'm completely sober, which is more than I can say for most of the crowd since it's after 10 p.m. and this South Tampa hot spot has a $10 all you can drink happy hour at 6 p.m.  So you know right off the bat dealing with any men here is going to be fruitless.  So while I figure just enjoy the entertainment, it's still a bit depressing when you realize these are the fish in the sea so to speak.

Here's what I encountered:

1.  A guy who seemed impressed that my 34-year-old self looked younger, but later admitted he was only talking to me because he thought my friend was hot.  What a douche bag!  And honestly, you should know I hate that word, but it's was fitting in the moment.

2.  A guy who told me he wears high heels.  Okay, while I was warned ahead of time of this particular dude's fetishes, I still didn't believe it until I heard it.  I was sitting down and he asked me why.  I told him my feet hurt and said, "You try wearing heels" to which he replied "Oh, I have many times." I told him, "I don't think I want to know" and moved on from that conversation.

3.  A married guy who thought I smelled nice and decided to sniff me.  Okay, while I have heard I smell like cotton candy before, it's the perfume, I've never had someone actually lean in and sniff me.  Then he proceeded to grill me about why I'm still single.  Then he proceeded to tell one of my friends who he was with "if she wasn't taken and I wasn't married..." to which my friend responded, "she isn't taken, but you are married."  Enough said.

4.  A guy who tried to pick me up while he was peeing by his car.  And no, I'm not making this up.  As I left the bar, I walked past him and he said he was "sorry".  I basically said "you gotta do whatcha gotta do" and kept on walking.  But a few seconds later he was driving past me in his car, yelling out the window and asking me my name.  He then followed me to my car, yes very creepy, and fortunately another guy walking near me noticed the situation and paused to keep an eye on it.  When I got into my car he still sat there so I couldn't pull out, and finally I rolled down my window.  He said, "At least tell me you have a boyfriend so I'll leave you alone" and I said, "Fine, I have a boyfriend."  He replied, "Well, I have a girlfriend."  And I said, "Of course you do."  Then I proceeded to roll up my window and wait for him to pull away.

I'm not making any of this up, I promise.  So this is what a single girl deals with on a fairly regular basis.  So before you judge me and my texting ways, despite knowing he's just not that into me, I challenge you to walk a few miles in my fabulously high-heeled single shoes.

Stylishly yours,
Miss Attitude   

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