Summer…thus far it has been interesting to say the least. I’m still dating but I can take it or leave it.
Who knew finding a partner much less a husband would be so much work? Well, I knew but I forgot how tiring and annoying it can be. What really bothers me is the sheer amount of men who don’t know how to spell and have very poor grammar. WTF is going on in the world? I know it can’t just be me…it can’t. I’m not looking for a scholar or a genius. I’m just looking for a man who knows when to use “then” and when to use “than”. A man who knows the difference between “your” and “you’re”. When I say it has been difficult and damn near impossible to find a man who does – I am NOT exaggerating. I am so dismayed. Bad grammar is one of those things that you just have to accept about someone or move on. It’s not like bad fashion sense which can be fixed…Bad grammar/spelling is really hard to change. If you’re almost 30 and still don’t know how to spell, there’s no help for you – I’m sorry! And I know that people are living life and don’t care about grammar or spelling because they know enough to get by BUT it drives me insane…
Social networking and technology have also shed a lot of light on those with less than stellar grammar. A man with poor grammar now has a variety of ways to show off how much he does not know via twitter, facebook, Tagged, LinkedIn etc. Bad grammar is also evident when texting, which is the best form of communicating (it seems) for new age dating. I may not have had so much exposure in the past because there weren’t really many opportunities for a man to express himself to me in writing except the occasional passionate love letter, birthday or anniversary card. But I live in a time where I will inevitably bear witness to how well a man expresses himself in the written form and I am disheartened. I am simply disheartened that there are so few men who know how to string a well-constructed sentence together. Sigh…what’s a girl to do?
Confessions of a Thinkaholic 