Ah but are you serious?

I've been asked this a few times now, 'Russell, are you serious about this?'.

I don't know whether to be flattered or confuzzled by this question, as yes I am serious.

I am looking for Love in all the right places, even a wife, a life-partner, the butt of my jokes, the joke of my butt.

I guess that a lot of people who know anything about me at all, have a right to ask that question, as up until now, seemingly, I haven't been too bothered about things like marriage.

After all if I'd been serious about it before, they figure, I would have done something about it when I was in a 'serious relationship' a while ago, right?

Well one of life's little ironies is the fact that I didn't feel ready in myself, to make the necessary commitment, but more importantly in terms of how it fitted in with the rest of my life, which has been at times a sort of chaotic mollasses.

Or rather I was approaching readiness and this consists of many things, such as Solvency, Knowing what you want and taking action to get it and getting things sorted so that you don't repeat the same mistakes that you have been making.

And whilst we're on the subject, why do long-term relationships always have to be described as 'serious', like a triple-bypass or very high blood pressure?

As if the sword of Damacles is hanging over your head at every moment going, 'hey don't mess up, else I'll have to cut yah..'

The best things in life are Fun, Pleasure and those Chocolate covered Halva bars that I recently discovered.

So am I serious about this? Only when I have to be.