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August 21, 2011

The Broken Picker

A nice long weekend away has come to a close.  Its bittersweet.  I greatly enjoyed the leadership training and time spent in late-night conversation with a couple friends...

A theme began to develop with our late-night conversations: the broken picker.

A psychologist told me that there are 4 reasons why a man is single at my age:
    1) he has a broken picker
    2) he has a fear of commitment/marriage
    3) he is divorced (which means his picker is probably broken)
    4) he is a widower

After mentioning this to my friends, we were left to contemplate the question: why am I single?  We all began to realize that we, like many men, have a broken picker.  We fail to recognize the quality men around us and instead find ourselves selecting men who are broken, entering into broken relationships.

I wonder if these four categories accurately reflect every - or even the majority - of singles in their late- 20's and 30's, but it certainly is some challenging food for thought!