You say “picky,” but we say high standards. We’re not uptight, we just don’t settle for less than we deserve… ever:
- It takes a lot to impress us. Oh, he gave you flowers? Like, cheap gas station flowers that just anyone could buy? And he thinks that will make up for his rude behavior? Okay.
- We hold ourselves to VERY high standards… so we sometimes need to be reminded that there’s only so much a human being can accomplish in 24 hours.
- Our friends just roll their eyes when we start ranting about the state of modern romance.
- But seriously, some of those guys on Tinder aren’t even trying. Since when did “sit on my face lol” become an acceptable opening line?
- We can get a little panicky when we’re not living up to our own standards. Oh god I was supposed to have an amazing job and my own apartment and a boyfriend and a dog by 22, what happened??
- And we have to remember that we’re doing just fine by normal people’s standards.
- We have to stop ourselves from correcting other people all the time. That’s the wrong “your”… must resist temptation… to be an a**hole about it…
- We come off as guarded at first, but we’re not about to be best friends with just anyone.
- And when we do make a new friend, we go all in—and they’re shocked to discover that we’re not a closed-off ice queen.
- We’re a nightmare to buy gifts for.
- Our friends say things like, “Go easy on him!” or “Give him a real chance!” before we head out to dinner with someone new.
- And we do try not to judge too much. But we’re also totally comfortable with the fact that we’d rather be single than date an aspiring DJ who likes the Star Wars prequels.
- So we’re often single. But it’s cool, because when we find someone we actually want to date, it’s like winning the freaking lottery.
- And then we become smug monsters about how our high standards paid off.
- We can be easily frustrated. Why don’t other people try harder? What’s society coming to? Why can’t I get my hair to behave normally when it’s humid out??
- We can also be hardcore perfectionists. Group projects were the bane of our grade school existence.
- We have to speak up when our friend is settling for someone. I love you, friend… and that’s why I have to say that your new significant other isn’t smart enough for you. And their poetry is hack.
- We always go for quality over quantity. We’d rather have a few amazing friends than a whole bunch of just ok friends.
- As a result, small talk with friends-of-friends can be a struggle. We’d really rather hang with people who are on our level.
- People might call us picky and choosy, but we don’t see what’s so wrong about being selective. Yes, finding someone we really click with can feel like a quest to find bigfoot, but when we do find our own special North American forest ape, we know it was worth the wait.
