A Third Sex

It's time for another quote from my good friend MK. When ever I complain to her about something stupid a man has done or something a stupid-man has done, she always offers this gem of compassion. "There should have been a third sex. For those of us who don't like the opposite sex, but aren't attracted to the same sex either." I do so love men. But on days like yesterday I tend to give the 'third sex' idea more than a passing thought. Picture it, I'm sitting at home minding my own damn business, when I get a call from my friend NHP. I have known this man for over 10 years and if there was ever a chance for us to be an item it has long since passed. He only called because he was bored and wanted to tell me about the great deal he got on buying a new easel. And blah, blah, blah he didn't know what he was going to do for food until payday. I simply made a comment about how I could never do that since I have a kid and BAM! Suddenly I became pseudo wife in the middle of a marital spat about money. He started trying to justify why he did it. Like I give a damn what he does with his paycheck. I come back with 'Look man I'm not judging you. If anything, I'm jealous.' Then he goes into a tirade about how I don't have it so bad and all I need is a man and my life will be complete. Excuse Me? Perdone? Sumimasen? Excuse Moi? Gestatten Sie??? ALL I NEED IS A MAN AND MY LIFE WILL BE COMPLETE. Ordinarily, I would chalk it up to a tiny idea somewhere in the back of his mind that he could be the man to complete me. But he has made it quite clear to Tori and I in the past that he isn't interested in being in a committed relationship. The subject used to come up when we would try to set him up with someone. So eventually we stopped trying to set him up. So I have no idea where this came from. I asked him exactly that when we were talking yesterday. "Where is this coming from?" His only reply "All I'm saying is, you don't have it so bad." I still don't get it. I didn't call him up and start bitching about how bad my life sucks. It was almost as if he was lonely so he called to pick a fight with me so he would feel like someone cared. I do care about him as a friend but I'll be damned if I'm going to give someone the benefits of having a girlfriend without actually having to call me his. A third sex indeed. Of course this came from a woman who has been happily married for 30+ years. Which gives me hope. Hope that I will one day find a man that I can tolerate -I mean love. A man that I can love.