One Please.

Being single isn't all that bad is it? You don't have anyone to answer to, you can hit on everyone, and there's no one to fight with cause you're not spending all of your time with a member of the opposite sex. When it comes to being single, I would say that I'm an expert. Despite a minor slip up that lasted 8 months, I've been single for the greater part of my life. This is something that I'm particularly proud of, because when my friends are slipping in and out of relationships, pining over boys, and sad over their demise relationships, while I do feel for them, I have no problem saying, "one please."

Being single and in your early 20s is one of the best blessings you can receive. You're out there, you're playing the field. You're swinging for the fences. Everyone's trying to score, including you. And when you finally slide into homebase, you realize, that you never really liked baseball before this moment.

The best scene for any person, male or female, who is single is the bar. Any bar you go into, you're bound to find at least one person who will try to at least round first with you. The hard part is weeding out the ones who are worth the time. I try to use the liquor scale method. There are three levels of this scale. And it all depends on the conversation, remember that. You can't solely judge a guy by the method, take all the factors into consideration. The first level is the guy you want to avoid. Scene: You're at a bar, the guy comes up to you. You haven't seen him all night, but out of nowhere he asks if he can buy you a drink. You say sure. You are drinking a mixed drink, then all of a sudden, there's a $1 draft beer in front of you and a guy looking for your sole attention from the rest of the evening. This guy is the "Cheap Beer" guy. He was good in college, and maybe even before you turned 21. Now, however, you're looking for something with fuller flavor and alot more depth.

The next level on the scale happens sort of like this. You're sitting there at the bar, and you keep meeting eyes with a guy from across the bar. He sends the exact drink that you have over to you. You mouth thank you. But then he doesn't come over for the rest of the night, but he keeps sending you drinks. Finally, when he's gotten enough drinks in you, that's when he makes your move. This guy isn't that bad of a guy, but what you must do is make your move after he sends over the second drink. Apparently he's plying you with liquor so that way he thinks he has a better chance with you. This is the "You're Cute when I'm Drunk" guy. You need to nip this in the bud as soon as it starts to go down, or just let all of your friends know that under no circumstances should you go home with that guy. Unless he starts buying them drinks too, then well, you're screwed and you just chalk that night up to experience.

The last kind of guy, orders you a drink he thinks you would like, and it includes all top shelf liquor. It tastes really good and well you can't taste the liquor in it, and then he comes over to talk to you. This is "Top Shelf" guy. He's the one you wanna keep around. He's confident enough to buy you a drink that you might not have had before. He also will come up to you and not hide behind different ulterior motives. He's up front with no matter what he wants, whether it's conversation, a grab, or just your number and a little nookie later. Top Shelf guy might not be the one you want to go home with, but he'll be the one you probably do go home with.

What one must learn while being single is that they are fabulous even if they don't have someone to tell them that they are. I know that I'm the most fabulous person that I've ever met. Well what has that gotten me? Drunk at a diner place, not being able to talk to hot men, and well, sleeping alone every night. I think I'm pretty much ahead of things, wait until that relationship rears it's ugly head, I'll be singing a different tune. It'll probably sound something like "Sexual Healing."