Going Steady

It's the aftermath of Halloween. Children are recovering from eating entirely too much candy in one sitting, female adults are dancing the night away in their slutty costume best-trying to attract the zombie in the corner of course. And me, well, I'm watching The Cosby Show on TV Land. You wouldn't think it, but watching TV Land and even Nick @ Nite is a popular pastime of college students. Tonight's episode of The Cosby Show featured the happenings of Vanessa's Halloween Party. Sweet little Vanessa was over the moon with excitement about her party. Ya see, Robert Forman was going to be in attendance!! Vanessa was crushing on Robert big time. The party didn't go as smoothly as she would've liked but low and behold-Robert asked her to go study by the end of it. Dreams do come true!!...Not!!

Will someone please explain to me what happened to such pure relationships? Today, if you even mentioned the phrase 'going steady' you'll probably be looked upon as a crack head. OK admittedly, it's a stupid phrase, but I love what it represents. Vanessa & Robert came to the conclusion that going steady = Robert walking her to school, talking on the phone and holding hands-cute right? Nowadays you're lucky if you can even get a guy to look you in the eye. They say 'sex sells', but the saying should be 'sex consumes'. It seems as if men just want sex. Heaven forbid you try to get to know one another and actually... ya know...talk. And people wonder why the divorce rate is 50% and rising. I don't know about you, but I want to go back to the days when a guy looked at a girl and saw her not as a sexual conquest, but as someone worth getting to know. I'm more than boobs, a tucus, and a va-jj. 3 cheers for going steady-ra ra ra!!