Every Girl Deserves…

A reality check.

I've been seeing a lot of these "ever girl/woman deserves xyz" quotes a lot lately.  Maybe it's because I just recently joined pinterest (an awesome tool BTW, and an even more phenomenal time waster ).

I've gotta wonder what's going through these girls' minds.

I think there's this idea that love should be a Disney film where every young lady gets swept off her feet by prince charming. Have you ever noticed that "true love" never happens between ordinary people? One of the pair is always a prince or princess.... and he never leaves his dirty socks on the floor.

Here's what strikes me about all these "ever girl deserves..." posts and pins that are going around.

1. They're all posted by girls.
    
2. They're all very one sided.
    
3. Have these girls ever stopped to think what every man deserves?
    

None of them talk about what a girl should do to deserve such a guy.

I'd be a lot more impressed if these things were posted by the guys, and the girls were posting things like "Every guy deserves a girl who keeps his truck washed and waxed". 

Say what? When a guy wants a girl to do something for him, suddenly we start objecting that we aren't his slave and he doesn't own us. 

We've created this society where girls think they deserve it all without putting forth any effort to be deserving. We define what men are supposed to be like, and what we deserve. If we think it's romantic, then the dudes jolly well better indulge us. But waxing a truck isn't romantic.

To you.

Just like serving you breakfast in bed isn't romantic to him.

Here's the point of my little rant: Stop focusing on yourself. Self absorption is a fast track to a miserable life. 

Think about what you can do to be a woman deserving of "the perfect man". 

Look at what the Bible has to say about what you should be doing (1 Peter 3 is a good place to start).

And for goodness sake, stop indulging is these fantasies of how Prince Charming is going to sweep you off your feet.

The bottom line is that even when you marry Prince Charming, it's going to be a lot of work. Even if he does do all this stuff that sweeps you off your feet, how long do you think it'll last if you don't repay in kind? 

I hate to be the one to tell you this, but you're not God's gift to mankind, and don't deserve to be treated as such.

Come to think of it, none of us deserve anything. So stop focusing on what you want or think you deserve, and start focusing on how you measure up to Christ's standards.

>End of rant<