Since i got home from uni, things have been pretty funny at home. i'm almost 20, so my family have started bugging me about getting myself a boyfriend at uni.
it's an interesting situation to be in, as i've wondered what it felt like to be put on the spot like that. it's pretty uncomfortable for me as i'm not really comfortable with the idea of being in a relationship - mainly through watching how my friends act trying to maintain long-distance relationships, and acting all hussy when it turns out that the guy in question has either not contacted them in a long time, or not phoned when he said he would. it seems so strange to me, to have ur happiness depend upon the behaviour of another human being.
it led to a pretty funny conversation between me and my brother though...
Me: OK, how would u feel if i really did get myself a boyfriend and brought him home to meet u? u do know that if i do have a boyfriend i'll be doing all sorts of couply things with him, you know? like kissing, marriage and kids?
my brother: No! i find it really hard to imagine you married, and i don't feel i'm ready to be an uncle. maybe u should wait another ten years before getting yourself a boyfriend?
funny statement or what? he's stopped asking me why i haven't got a boyfriend since that exchange. of course, the reply from him was pretty much what i'd expected seeing as he's only 11.
how do most people react when they are put on the spot like that?
still, seeing as my parents hate homosexual people - for reasons that i can never understand - it seems like they've handed me a perfect way to give both of them a heart attack. not that i ever would, mind you, but it is kinda interesting imagining their reactions if i ever uttered the phrase that both of them hope never to hear!
