I remember being single and people giving me the whole "don't force it, it'll happen when it happens, blah blah blah" and I know they have good intentions. But all I could think was, "you wouldn't be saying that if you were sitting at home on a Sunday night by yourself playing vids and eating TV dinners (when you're 30) in the house you never clean anymore because no one sees it but yourself."

So I said, f*ck them and their "wait until you're ready" and their "it'll happen some day, just look how happy me and shmoopy are" and decided I was going to go and find me a new girl!

So I set my plan in action. I thought about the things that I wanted in a girl and hashed out what where the real deal-breakers. The must have traits in a woman and chucked the rest of my mental list out the figurative window. (Really I just wanted a Bonnie Burton of my own, but she was 'taken' and I was heart broken...)

I started going out to some new places, and meeting up with some old friends and coworkers. It was nice to catch up with everyone and an excellent way to do some 'networking' and build myself a short list of possible single women in my social arena. I spent some time with some of them in groups and asked around a little and then went out a few times with a couple of them and in the end, I found a great girl.

I didn't have to "wait for the time to be right" or "not force it" or "when you least expect it, it will happen", I think that stuff is all crap! If you want someone, they're out there! You just have to go find them!

(Can you feel the inspirational music playing and the american flags blowing the background?)