The unattainables.
To anyone tired of reading about boy problems in The Post, a word of warning: here it goes again.
A week ago today there was a Between the Lines about nice boys and how hard they are to find. I've got great news... I found one!
That's right, I found one, but because Cinderella is my favorite fairytale, I'll call him my Prince Charming instead of my nice boy.
Before I tell you about my prince though, here's a little background on previous boys in my life. After ending a four year relationship last spring, I decided to date a few winners - including a boy who told me he didn't like me like that while holding me in his arms after kissing me.
During the summer, I then decided to live for the moment and let myself fall for a boy who was 24 years old going on 12 . Let's just say that relationship took six months to go a whole lotta nowhere.
So now it's a new year. I came back to OU with a new outlook. With multiple bad decisions staring me in the face, I finally felt like I learned what qualities I want in a boy and in a relationship. Rather than going with my typical - and often unreliable - the search is on approach, I decided to sit back and wait for Mr. Charming to come riding up on his white horse and make me,his princess.
Well, recently, when I was least expecting it, he did. Charming rode up on his white horse and brought his army of compliments with him.
As any good prince would, Charming also brought along his goose-bump-inspiring smile, a soft touch that would make any girl melt, all the skills of a perfect gentleman, and of course, charm for days.
Sounds perfect, right? Of course not ... that's not how the story of Cinderella works. Now is when I lose my glass slipper, only it doesn't just fall off, it shatters.
See, Charming is not only charming to me, but also to someone else. He is in fact a prince, but I unfortunately ran fashionably late to the ball and I missed my chance. He's an unattainable.
Though Charming is everything I want, he is also everything I can't have.
So now the dilemma: How does a girl force herself to overlook the most charming boy in her life?
One of my best friends told me not to go there. But what if I'm already there? Charming is my first experience with an unattainable, but from what I've seen others experience, it's not very simple to turn your back on one of these fine-fellows.
I'm not exactly sure what is so attractive about unattainables. I think it's that I'm attracted not only to all of their individual qualities, but also to their ever-apparent abilities to maintain a relationship.
Whatever the reason, we are all destined to fall for one sooner or later in our quest for the nice boy or Prince Charming of our dreams.
As much as I love Cinderella, I'm starting to wonder if magic really does only exist in fairytales and if impossible things don't happen everyday - even though our fairy godmothers would say otherwise. Until I know for sure, I guess my best bet is to buy a new pair of slippers and keep my balance when reaching for my next unattainable goal.
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Natalie Morales
