A boy offered me a ride today........

That's right you heard me, a boy offered me a ride today....it was totally evident that he was hitting on me and I am not one that is going to get in a car with just anybody!  Let's just say.......I chose to walk!

I've ridden in cars with boys before.  The last time I was 19 and he was 18, I got in that car and never got out. (Well at least not until a couple of months ago)  He went from a boy to a man and I from a girl to a woman.  It's been one wild ride for the past fourteen years!!!

Fast forward to today.......

This boy is incredibly cute.  He's tall and dark with a beautiful smile and he is as hilarious as me.  What not to like right?  I am sure to some girl someday he is going to make an incredible boyfriend/husband/significant other but not this woman.  Now don't get me wrong here, it's incredibly flattering to have a handsome younger man find you attractive.  After all, he is a man in his own right, he's 22 (see totally legal!).

Now if I could take that 22 year old boy, add at least 12 years to him along with life experiences, hardships and the basic ups and downs of life, then maybe just maybe he'd have a shot.  It's called maturity and I am sorry if it ruffles feathers but who you are at 20 and who you are at 30 are and will be completely different people.  Hence why I am always telling people to not get married until they are in their thirties or close to it.

By the time you reach thirty, more than likely you have established yourself in a career or at least know what you want to do with your life and where you want to be or go.  You know what you want out of life.  Your direction is so much more clear.  You have a better grasp on how to establish upfront what you are wanting in a relationship and how a relationship can add to your life.  When your twenty your still trying to figure all that stuff out and it's hard to know who you are if you are wrapped up in another person and who they are to you.

Back to present day..........if I were to take a ride with someone.......it would be with a man.  What makes up a man in my eyes is a story for another day.  In the mean time, I won't be riding with boys in cars no matter how cute/nice/funny/sweet/intelligent he is because I can drive my own d@mn self .