Rant

This happens to be the most frequent question I get asked. It's a very good and valid question,but I do tire of being asked this. Why am I single you ask?

One reason is mainly because I choose to be. By choice I am single. Every-time I try to give my all to a girl,they either want nothing or expect more then I can give. Now,I know I'm not the best person out there,but dammit I expect you to appreciate what I do for you. I know that what I look for and what I get in a person, are so far apart that they would be considered long distance cousins.

I need and want an intelligent,funny,and caring person in my life. It's what I crave. I always end up with a semi-educated,ignorant,and selfish person. At first they appear to be what I so desperately crave,but they show their true colors about 2 months in and by then I'm a bit too selfish.

I hope that they will change,knowing deep down they won't but I always give them the benefit of the doubt. By the 4-5 month I'm worn down and don't know what I should do. 6-7 months I hate the relationship,why do I let things get like this? Purely on selfish desire...maybe,and I don't mean in a sexual way. By the time I break it off,or they do I want nothing to do with any one for a while. It happens every single time.

This is my rant if you will and I stick by what I say.

Does this happen to you? What do you do and how do you end up handling it?