Two Peas in a Pod

So I do ALOT of driving.  It’s about an hour to just get to my daughter’s school to pick her up, then with traffic, a little over an hour to get back home.  And because I’m a captive audience in my fuel efficient car with no XM radio, no CD player and nary an iPOD adapter to be found, I get to listen to the commercials. 

You know what there is alot of lately?  Dating site advertising. There’s the typical ones we are all familiar with, where they seem to think they can find you your soul mate because of a complete profile check and a 100 question personality test.  And in our town, there’s even the ones that you wonder if they’re really matching at all.  They sound more like booty-call sites.  

It got me to thinking this world of finding one’s soul mate isn’t all that complex. Aren’t there really just a group of maybe 10-12 questions you really need to know the answer to?  Forget the soul mate part.  If you grow to not be able to stand the other person, no matter how blissful it was when you were dating, don’t you ever look back and think “I totally wish I would have known that ________ would get on my final, frayed and threatening to break,ever lasting nerve after 15 years!”

So while driving, at the stoplights, I started jotting down the only things that really matter.  Here is my revolutionary approach to dating. 

Circle your preference out of each pair!

Dog or Cat?

Heavy Metal or James Taylor?

Coke or Pepsi?

Cloudy with a chance of rain or Sunny all the frickin time? (Sorry, that was my own emotion butting in…it won’t happen again.)

Green, lush, deciduous, seasonal surroundings or Bare, brown, dry river bed, HOT desert?

Sports or Poetry?

Wine or Beer?

Taco Bell or SOMEWHERE NICE? (Sorry again)

Art Gallery or Strip Club?

Paris or Cancun?

Laundry Basket or Floor? (think about it…)

Jennifer or Angelina? (Again, think about it. It truly matters, trust me…)

SO There!  Not so bad.  12 questions to a perfect partner.  Maybe I should start a Quill Sisters Dating Site. 

I can’t wait for another 3-4 hours in the car tomorrow…