New Years Eve

How To Stay Single (Without Really Trying) - Tip #16:

• Spend New Years Eve at home with only people to whom you are related. (And not regret a minute of it)

Here's wishing you a Happy New Year! (Every single minute of it!)

"I don't [usually] bet."

My brother just bet me $50 I won't stay single the entire year.

I took the bet.

Sarah Brown would be appalled.

I will gladly accept $50.

(I will also gladly pay $50 should he end up being right.)

Here we go!

New Year's Resolution

Let it be known I rarely make resolutions.

In 2012 I did not go on a single date. I don't really regret it, it's just a fact.

IDEA

Recently, I had a Gaston/LeFou moment (which of course was sung in my head):

“Lefou I'm afraid I've been thinking”

“A dangerous past-time”
“I know...”

I thought: What if my new years resolution was not to “get a boyfriend” (which sounds a bit like “get a dog”)...but instead “Stay Single”.

Therefore:

My New Years Resolution for 2013 is to “Stay Single”!

To help me "prepare", I googled “New Years Resolution Stay Single”.

The top two hits: Kim Kardashian and Hugh Hefner.

Ironic, no?

Kim Kardashian made a resolution in 2011 to remain single. 

We all know how that ended up.....by the end of 2011 she was single again.

I figure, either way, it's a win-win situation for me. Either I stay single all year and once in my life successfully complete a New Year's Resolution, OR, I'm majorly surprised and change my fb status before year's end.

(I suppose there's the option more like Kim Kardashian where I have a lavish ridiculously expensive wedding and then divorce a couple months later.....but I don't like that option)

SOME BACKGROUND

Some people resolve to remain single because they are in a constant string of relationships. That's not the case with me.

In the spirit of full disclosure... I went on my first date in 2009....and as I already mentioned, I did not go on a single date in 2012. I can count on one hand the number of guys I've been on a date with. Not from a lack of desire, but instead an aim to find a husband instead of a string of boyfriends. Check out a post I wrote on my birthday for a more “serious” look at where I'm coming from.

So be assured this is not an “I need time alone to 'find myself'” resolution.

HERE WE GO!

This will be a “How To” manual of sorts. As I “discover” ways to remain un-attached and maintain my “single intent”. (Since I've been single this long, it won't take much to stay so. I will use some of the tried and true methods I've found for staying single....and more which I'm sure I will discover along the way.)

Stay tuned to see how this evolves. Single Girls, if you have ideas, I'm very open to suggestions! I may bring in some guest contributors.

“Le jeu commence”  

Special thanks to Andrew Colpitts for "How to Stay Single Without Really Trying" Photo. 

Check out his blog HERE  (He's my cousin...and he happens to be single, ladies! ;-))