If you’re the type of woman who’s been single far too long, it’s time you lower your standards. That’s right. Lower them down. I mean, if you want to be single forever, you don’t have to lower them, but is that what you want? Is that really any sort of life you want to live? What will your parents and grandmother think, for starters!
But since you’ve started to listen to that nagging little voice that’s been trying to convince you that being single is probably the worst thing that can possibly happen to anyone ever, you just need to take those high standards of yours and throw them out the window — especially if you believe any of the following:
- You know you deserve someone only sub-par. It’s true. You don’t deserve anyone great or fantastic or smart or loving or anything even remotely good. Why keep holding out for it?
- You’d rather be with someone you can’t stand than be alone and happy. Why would you possibly want to be alone and happy? What does that say about you? No one WANTS to be alone, let alone happy. Well, maybe crazy people with high standards, but that’s not how you roll.
- You’re not all that impressive anyway. Well, are you? Only someone impressive would have high standards and keep them that way. If that’s not you, then you’re definitely not impressive. At. All.
- You don’t really need to be with someone who treats you well. Isn’t being treated well sort of overrated? This is 2016, not some 200-year-old Jane Austen novel.
- You think a partner who only gives 50 percent is awesome. Let’s be honest: 100 percent is asking too much. Hell, 80 percent is asking too much. Because that’s the case, it’s best to aim for only 50 percent effort and stick with that.
- You enjoy not being challenged. At the end of the day, what’s so bad about not being challenged? Nothing. There’s no one there to support you, affirm how great you are, or make you be your best self — all of which sound awful.
- You’re super into gender role stereotypes. In your mind, it’s the 1950. What this means is that you get to stay home, slaving away in the kitchen, cleaning the house, and popping out babies while your big strong man goes out into the work force. You don’t have any interest in a career of your own or, wait; you don’t have any interests at all, do you?
- You like people who only GAF about themselves. While others steer clear of narcissists, you’re all over that. You prefer a person who doesn’t GAF about you at all. So much so that they don’t even ask how your day was.
- You have zero self-respect. Nope. None. Zilch. You’ve actually never had any so you don’t expect to be respected or be treated as an equal at all. If other people want to run around with high standards demanding respect, that’s their problem. You just don’t have it and you don’t need it.
- You think putting up with BS is a blast. You’ve come to realize that the only thing more fun that birthday cake and ice cream is putting up with BS. You. Just. Love. It. You love it so much that whenever you get handed some by someone you’re dating, you just take it. It’s great! It builds character! It’s the best!
- You don’t love yourself so you don’t expect anyone else to either. What’s there to possibly love about yourself? You’re not unique in any way, you’re not a boatload of anything interesting, and you occasional have bad hair days. Nope. Nothing to love here so there’s no way anyone else could love you either.
- You believe cheating is forgivable. Not just is it forgivable in your mind, but you just expect it to happen. You know, because you’re not impressive or special or have ANY redeeming qualities, so obviously you’ll be cheated on by everyone you date forever and ever.
- You think it’s a good idea to settle. Why anyone would have high standards in a world where it’s so easy to settle is a concept you just don’t get. With little to no effort any woman can procure herself a perfectly mediocre dude who’s only decent 50 percent of the time. It’s probably better to end up with that person than keep searching for something a great, in your humble opinion.
- You like playing mother to a man-child. Heard of the term man-child? Of course you have! You even have it written in your dating profile: I want a man-child. To you, dating a guy with no job, who sponges off of you, and only texts with he wants to have sex seems like the best catch in the world.
- You think women with high standards are full of themselves. Like, seriously, who are these women? Where the hell do they get off thinking they have any right to strive to be with someone great? Ugh. You think it would be really awesome if they could get off their high horses and just stop thinking so much of themselves, huh? Yeah, well good luck making that happen. Some of us know our worth, maybe you should, too.
