Waiting on a promise

I watched "The Leap Years" with Angie and Renee yesterday evening. Although Angie's son had told her that it wasn't nice, the three of us felt unanimously that it was a movie worth watching. Maybe because it is a romantic movie, and don't girls just love romance?

It was amazing how the lead actress, Li Ann, could wait 12 years for a guy. And perhaps something that could only happen in movies. Yet I couldn't help but agree with something that she had said in the movie.

"People tell me to find someone I can live with, but I want to find someone I can't live without."

I think I am a hopeless romantic at heart. And idealistic too. Perhaps 10 years down the road, when I am older and wiser, and when most of my friends are married with children, I will find such thinking foolish. But at this current moment, I guess I would rather spend my life waiting for this man I can't live without, than to simply settle.

I know the consequences of this belief. Friends, family and even colleagues are beginning to wonder if there is something wrong with me. How am I going to find a boyfriend if I'm not even doing anything to meet guys?

But how do I tell them that I am waiting for someone who might not exist in the first place? All I can do is to wait, and pray. For patience.

Here's to all the single women out there who are still waiting...