A Date For A Friend

A girl likes to get all gussied up now and again. This is't about that at all. One of my best friends has never been on a real date. She is no ingenue and I'm no hussy, but this needs to change. The problem is at my age I don't have all that many single guy friends, and those I do I know well enough to know they'd never suit. Something needs to change, and I think its the attitude.

A number of years ago I realized that the worst thing possible to happen when you put yourself out there is rejection and that's curable. I think what needs to be done is a pep talk everyday.  An intensive and offensive approach to convincing her to be forward with the men she meets and likes. Forever awkwardness is outweighed by any and all possible mind boggling interactions. A great kiss even if that's were it ends is worth the risk of embarrassment. In ten years she isn't going to remember the awkwardness after she told a guy who actually had a girlfriend that she liked him, but she will remember the goodnight kiss the weekend away or the totally worst sex she'd ever had, with the guy who didn't have a girlfriend. 

Chivalry isn't completely dead, it just doesn't extend to guys asking out girls. Guys can get hurt and rejected to. I just need to convince her that she is a beautiful, strong independent woman and that it intimidates men. They too are afraid of rejection and she is a high rejection risk for them, irregardless of the fact she has a giant heart and just wants to share it.

So that's my new years resolution. To be me. Unapologetically me and to get my best friend a date with a man who is willing to chip through the walls she's constructed around her heart.