I once heard about a book about a woman who decided, for one year, to go out with everyone who asked her out, no matter what the circumstances. I believe she felt she was unlucky in love and possibly too picky and wanted to meet the man of her dreams. I'm assuming she had some help from somewhere because I believe she went out with somewhere around over 100 people in the period of a year. The book is called "The Year of Yes".I caught wind of this book/concept and I have made multiple jokes about it (mainly plays on words with the title). I have had friends who have declared a 'year of the yes' or a 'year of the no'.
Around three years ago (eek!) - I semi-declared a 'year of yes' and decided to be more open-minded about who I would date - it lasted a couple months (there are a lot of creeps out there - this concept simply doesn't work in the city of Chicago, let me tell you).
I personally find that if I go out with someone I am not sure I am necessarily interested in to begin with, I continue to feel the same way about him after a couple dates and then end up in the situation of having to have an awkward conversation about only wanting to be friends. Although it's good to have an open-mind, I think there's also a 'you shouldn't lead a person on' component to the situation, and honestly, I have never had a 180 change of opinion on someone.
Anyhow, what does everyone think of said "Year of Yes" concept?
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No to the Year of Yes,
However a few years ago, namely between 22 and 24, some friends and I based our years losely on the Chinese "Year of the ..." except ours were more aptly named for the circumstances of Chicago.
If I remember correctly,
2004 was the "Year of the What-the-F$@%" (hopefully no explanation is needed for that, it started bad and ended worse),
2005 was the "Year of the What-the-Hell" (which was 65% less bad than the year before but was still pretty annoying, sexual harrasment at the new job after leaving it at the old one),
2006 was the "Year of the Awh Hell Yeah" (new job, new place and new perspective).
How could we know that naming the year those things on the 1st night in would determine the outcome of the whole year? Was this some mysterious phenomenom that The Secret could have warned us against? Who cares, they were years of gaining good and bad experiences.
Say No to the "Year of Yes" I shudder to imagine what someone would end up having said yes to, especially with the sleaze in Chicago; my "Year of the What the F#$@" was primarily that because of an incident I should have said NO to. LOL.
ANTP. So glad you brought up the secret - i am currently working a post on said subject. I distinctly remember these namings. what should 2008 be?
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