Some people spend their lives dreaming of perfection. The perfect mate, the perfect job, the perfect life.
They expect fate to deliver perfection at their doorstep. And when it doesn't happen, they retreat to their dreams once more.
They don't do a damn thing to pursue their dreams but wonder why happiness eludes them.
Instead of revising their dreams in the face of reality, they keep their idealistic mindset. My second husband wanted a long-legged California blonde and wound up with me, the complete physical opposite. I always competed with his fantasy Dream Wife and always felt inferior.
Many years later when we were divorced, he met a woman who fit the Dream Wife description. They dated for a couple of years, but nothing came of it. He couldn't commit to her either. All dreams, no doing.
— Suztek
They expect fate to deliver perfection at their doorstep. And when it doesn't happen, they retreat to their dreams once more.
They don't do a damn thing to pursue their dreams but wonder why happiness eludes them.
Instead of revising their dreams in the face of reality, they keep their idealistic mindset. My second husband wanted a long-legged California blonde and wound up with me, the complete physical opposite. I always competed with his fantasy Dream Wife and always felt inferior.
Many years later when we were divorced, he met a woman who fit the Dream Wife description. They dated for a couple of years, but nothing came of it. He couldn't commit to her either. All dreams, no doing.
— Suztek
I've always thought of "all dreams, no doing" as a particularly female way of life. Cinderella, et al. Nicely written story of a male version.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't help being a bit amused/pleased that the real-life version of the California Dream Blonde didn't satisfy the way it had been expected to (apparently). I like the vantage point of this tale, and I like how quickly it presents its proof! (Macoff)
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