Being fussy: why I'm not settling for a 0.9

by Nimi

Should you settle for second best in your quest to find someone you really love to bits? Should you go out with a 0.9, knowing he's not enough for you and that if he was free he could be some lucky girl's 1.0?

Admittedly, I am only 17 years old. But it strikes most people as odd that someone who is apparently "gorgeous", even with bright hair, piercings and tattoos is chronically single. Why, you ask? In my case, it's because I believe that no one should settle for a 0.9..

My friends are an incredible bunch. I love them all to pieces and genuinely don't know where I'd be without them at times. The one flaw I have with them? Their awful taste in men (and in one case, women... but that's another tale). They all date around in the quest to find "the one". Every short-lived relationship ends with "he's lovely but..." - the death sentence.

It's always "He's lovely but... he annoys me" or "He's lovely but... he's no oil painting". Then what's the point in being with them? When I find someone, then I'm putting my entire self into the relationship. I want a 1.0. You know the type; butterflies when you see him, you can watch old rubbish films on TV with him, he finds my stupidity to be "charming" (such as the time I believed spaghetti grew on trees) and he doesn't complain when I eat the last of the chocolate. That one.

There's no point in wasting myself on something which won't last, even if I am lonely. I deserve better and I don't want to waste the poor bloke's time. To me, going to a party with a 0.9 guy would be like going to an old people's home wearing a bondage outfit. I'd feel awkward and plain wrong (although in the right context who's to say you can't have a bondage tea party?).

Besides, my 0.9 is going to be some lucky girl's 1.0 and I wouldn't want to take away anyone's chance at happiness.

Do yourself a favour and ditch the 0.9. Get out there and find someone else. You can never be too fussy when it comes to your happiness.

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