Short story for you. Two weekends ago I was at a private
makeup session at the mall. It was one of those events where you go in and have
20 minutes scheduled (although it ends up being closer to an hour) with a
makeup artist who proceeds to do your makeup and answer any questions you may
have about technique.
My smoky eye finished, and my mom’s unfortunate streetwalker
look complete (no fault of hers), we gather the products intended for purchase
and go to check out. Now we are friends with the lady (we have given her quite
a bit of business over the past however many years) and as we are chatting she
informs us that they have partnered with some group, and as such we each get a
copy of “Over You,” a novel by Emma
McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus. As I stand there waiting for my mom to finish
paying for her makeup, I read the back of the book. Essentially it is about a
teenage girl who gets her heart broken by a boy and then turns her heartache
into a business of helping other young girls recover from their own bad
breakups.
I have to admit that I was curious to see if the book had
any gems of wisdom. However, once I returned home the book found its way to the
pile of romance novels stacked on the floor (I need more bookshelves) and
remained forgotten until a day or two later when I found myself with a random
chunk of spare time. Wanting to read, but not wanting to get too invested in a
book, my eyes wandered over my options and landed on “Over You.” “Oh, why not?” I thought to myself, so I picked up the
book, stretched out on my bed, and with my kitty snuggled against my side, settled
in to read.
In my opinion, the target audience is teenage girls. That
being said, the book is cute and has some amusing, relatable moments. One such moment
was the inspiration for this post, the excerpt of which I will include below:
“Guys are so confusing! She looks
over at the pile of bananas. It’s so clear which fruit are good and which ones
are rotten. You can see it before you make your investment. Why cant boys be more
like bananas? Why do you have to put your heart out there before you find out
you picked a bad one?”
As I read this I found myself nodding in agreement…and I may
or may not have been heard to utter the word, “yeah!”
If you think about it, it is a good point. It is so blatant
if a banana is bad, but with a guy you can be fooled long before their true
nature is revealed. It is a vulnerable position to find yourself in. Nobody
wants to expose themselves only to discover that the individual hearing all this
personal information is, for lack of a better phrase, not worth you going to
the trouble…and not worthy of you.
And I love the phrase “make your investment.” Guys are an
investment! You don’t want to waste your time on someone that isn’t going to
grow with you.
Personally, I don’t think it needs to be as obvious as a
rotten banana. Sure, it would be nice, really nice, if it were so easily
recognizable, but I think it comes down to trusting your intuition.
Now that that has been said, let’s enjoy some images of guys
dressed up as bananas!
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