Be Yourself, Soul Mates & other BS people tell you...

Having some fun here.  You hear these phrases and "pearls" of wisdom over and over and OVER again, even when they don't apply to your situation sometimes.  Someone hurts you or you want advice on how to get someone's interest.  Or maybe you are down about being single or ending a recent relationship.  Well, I for one don't want to hear them anymore as they, most of the times, don't make sense, are meaningless, empty sayings or annoy you at a time you really don't need it.  Let's take a look at them, SHALL we, boys and girls?

Be Yourself - OOOOHHHHH, I just want to take my fingers and open someone's skull like an orange when I hear this one (Hahahaha, wow, now that I read that back, it's both hilarious visually and personally troubling at the same time).  Don't know how to approach someone?  We'll BE YOURSELF!  Having trouble with small talk or keeping someone interested on a date?  HEY, COME ON BUDDY!!  Be yourself!  Women laugh at you when you introduce yourself to them?  You heard me, be yourself.  WHAT????  What the hell does that mean to someone who IS being themselves already and is not getting the results they desire?  How does that help someone who's shy or just happens to be quiet and not the life of the party?  Is that going to help the person who hasn't dated in a long time and is trying to get out and start fresh?  Not one bit.  Also, it's like telling a person seeking advice that you don't know personally to be themselves.  What you may be missing is this person's a moron who's sexist or just plain clueless about human interaction and telling you of they're inability to make friends or meet women.  Yea, good idea to let them know that they need to be more of themselves.

There's someone out there for everyone - NOOOO, there isn't.  Sorry but if that is true, how could billions of people have someone just "waiting" (not literally, people come on lol) around for them to "show up", and live happily ever after?  What if my someone is in Hong Kong and I never make a trip there, or if I do, miss them due to staying in my hotel room because of food poisoning?  Or the person died in a tsunami on an island that I was supposed to go on vacation to but cancelled because of it?  Or has a drunken escapade while in Vegas and gets an Elvis wedding to someone who "isn't all that bad"?  Wake up people, this is a dream.  If someone tells you this crap it's because they feel pity that they are in a decent relationship at the moment and can't understand your plight or have nothing better to say.

Looking for a soul mate - This goes back to the previous listing.  I don't think there is such a thing and if there were, then you'd be a couple who agreed on everything, liked all of the same things and just complimented each other in every way.  If that is the case, you either a) make everyone around you sick and they want to take you out to the wilderness or rain forest and ditch you (lol), b) you're a pair of programmed robots or c) you're incredibly lucky and should be very grateful to have found someone so close to your ideal.  Or more realistically, it's that you're in the first stages of your relationship and good luck if it lasts.

Love will find you when you least expect it - Love doesn't know you and isn't even concerned about looking for you.  It is true that the more you look for love, the lower your chances are of finding it.  But if you think sitting around, doing nothing will have someone fall into your lap, put the remote down (or popcorn if you're in a movie theater), get off of the couch or chair and think again because you watch too many romantic comedies or love stories.  It's just not going to happen.  Some of you will say, come on, Mr Pessimism, you can't mean that?  Now, don't misunderstand me.  I just think some people don't fully understand what it means.  I just said I believe going and looking for love won't work because I think it comes across as desparate or you are missing a connection you could have formed and are dismissing people because they don't fit a mold or list of traits you came up with.  I think people need to stop focusing on love and just get to know people for who they are and also be happy with and know themselves in order to truly fall in love with someone who could potentially come close to being that special someone or soul mate that everyone is looking for so intently.

There are more but I don't want to hog all of them.  If you have any sayings or supposed "words of advice" people give you concerning matters of the heart, please share.  I am just poking fun at these things and was laughing while writing it but fundamentally, I have to say, I mostly believe the above.  Telling people these things is just weak and so cliche that it doesn't really mean anything anymore.  Not that they ever did, except maybe to give a young person confidence or a pick-me-up when they first started dating or comfort for their first heartbreak.  I just think that if you have someone you're trying to console or cheer up, don't use these, PLEEEESE lol.