A single Christmas

December 25th
Apparently my family is worried about my love life
So Christmas this year marks 2 years that i have been single. So i must explain to in full detail the gifts i received from my family that gives me the inclination that they must be worried about my single life.
The first gift i open is from my Auntie Deb, moms sister that lives in Texas. I open the card and it reads this: "My wishes for you for a wonderful and fruitful 2006. I think I "SEE" a man in the very near future for you. Ask your angels for guidance and "fly" my dear." The gifts keep coming and i keep wondering "what the hell...they really are worried about my single life?" My stepdad gifts me with a hand typed out "stocking stuffer" reading this...."Stocking Stuffer for Amelia. Movies for you and man of the month for one year." Man of the month huh? So they apparently think i jump from guy to guy, date to date...are they applying i am a bit of a serial dater and need to select the man quick or after the year subscription of movie passes is up? My stepdad again gifts me with a book, "The worst case scenerio Survival Handbook: Dating and Sex." Nice...Neat as Jessica would say. I am now really begining to wonder what they think of me. My next gift is from my mother, "Love Smart" by Dr.Phil. It says on the cover..."Find the one you want...fix the one you got." She obviously didn't give it to me to "fix the one i got" so she must want me to find the one i want....and in a damn hurry is what all these gifts are implying.
So i am 27, single, not looking....maybe that is what worries them most. A working girl, living in SoCal. Something none of them are familiar with. Most everyone in my family was married by 21 and kids shortly after. Although, a great contradiction in all of this remains, i have been in bedded with something in my head that tends to make me question why my mom is "suggesting" i find the one i want....the imbedded remark...."don't get married until after you are 26, please wait to have kids until i am rich (?), and most definitely he must live up to every standard of mine and of your older sisters....marry the guy that is "mr wonderful!" No lie! I am not kidding at all....this is what she has literally ingrained in our heads from the time i was a baby. My sisters will both vouch. My older sister, Blythe, marries "Perfect Pat" and my mom marries her amazing husband "Mr Sir." Both of which everyone in the family would die to have as a spouse. What lucky woman they are.
All i have to say is....i have a lot to live up to...or he does....and my family is ready for me to find Mr.Right or should i say Mr.Perfect. In a hurry!
Did i mention i have had long term relationships my entire life, the last one i was engaged to for 9 months.
To my family: I am not desperate, or looking, Mr.Perfect will come to me. Must i say that again...."MR PERFECT" CAN FIND ME!