Not good enough

[dream_labyrinth]

I can see your disappointment;
I didn't say what you wanted to hear.
I smile when you smile,
but that's just the way I am.
I share a laugh with you,
but that's nothing special.
You're good enough for me to talk to you,
but so are others.
You're good enough for me to spend time with you,
but you're not my favourite.
You're good enough for me to go out with you,
but you're not highest on my list.
You're good enough.
But that's not good enough for me.



My Mum says my standards are too high, I'm too picky. But I'm not desperate enough yet to change my mind.

Though I should probably not read a large part of my selection of historical romances back to back. It might still, despite all evidence to the contrary, make me assume there is such a thing as a man who knows his own mind and is willing to do something about it.

Comments

[jonthedull.livejournal.com]

"...make me assume there is such a thing as a man who knows his own mind and is willing to do something about it."

Don't those sorts of men usually become dictators of countries? :)

I hope somewhere you'll find a great guy.

[dream-labyrinth.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, maybe I've been looking in all the wrong places. I should get a plane ticket to Africa, maybe...
;-)

[lucie-p.livejournal.com]

there is such a thing as a man who knows his own mind and is willing to do something about it

Yes, there is. He's been married to me for almost 21 years now, hehe.

There might be others around somewhere, so there's still hope.

[dream-labyrinth.livejournal.com]

*sigh*
Trust my flist to marry all the good guys years before I got a chance to go looking.

Der Fluch der späten Geburt, vermutlich.

[jonthedull.livejournal.com]

You can tell a lot about a man by the size of his air force.

[dream-labyrinth.livejournal.com]

*ROFL*

I'm going to make that my motto.

[jonthedull.livejournal.com]

How would that be said in German?

[dream-labyrinth.livejournal.com]

You'd probably say
"Die Größe seiner Luftflotte sagt am meisten über einen Mann aus"

It isn't as funny in German as you have to move the sentence around and put the "size of the airforce" first, which kind of spoils the line.

[quietselkie.livejournal.com]

Standards are too high, when this is a person with whom you might spend years, or even the rest of your life? I say choose wisely, don't settle for "good enough."

[dream-labyrinth.livejournal.com]

*nods*
My thoughts exactly.