Thanks for a tough question that I’m sure to bungle.

In high school, it was solely looks.  In college, it was common interests and intellectual compatibility.  I wanted a girl to go place with.  Now I’m 23, and it’s getting more complex.  When I was in love at 16, I didn’t know anything and the world seemed so interesting and limitless.  Now, I’m either cycling between Netflix and naps or going outside into the world just long enough to feel empty and uncomfortable which usually takes 20 minutes.  I guess what I’m saying is I’m looking for a girl who can make me feel young again, when life was easier and things weighed less. It’s a tough thing to expect to find in anybody.  And I know it sounds cynical and that I’m just being an asshole but the world seems so vapid now and I want something real and I don’t want to play Skillrex at my wedding.

Love, to me, is like a car engine*. When it breaks down and you don’t fix it and you let it rust long enough; you’re better off just throwing it in the fucking trash.  If I’m not at that point by now, I’m getting terribly close.

*Apparently, I’m a country singer now.