I heard this twice in a pretty recent/short time span now, and I was beginning to think that I just plain offended pretty girls. So… I called the girl who first told me the “I want to be single for a while” line. But first, a little background info…

I met this great girl while in Baltimore and we started hanging out a little. We went on a couple dates and things seemed to be progressing nicely. I could tell that her mind was on some other things, occasionally, and she seemed apprehensive about [my damn smooth] advances, etc… Eventually, she just came out and told me that she had just broken up with her boyfriend right before I met her, and she wanted to be single for a while. Not really knowing what that meant, I just figured that I would just take it slower and see what happened… Anyway, to make the story somewhat short, we’ve just become good friends. So, I talked to her this last weekend because another girl gave me pretty much the same line. When I heard it, I kind of giggled and wondered what the fuck was wrong with me, etc…

To put in normal guy lingo what “I want to be single for a while” means… that the girl wants to see who else is out there. Basically, you don’t fit the 100% perfect man ideal that the girl has, so she wants to see if there is someone out there who does. I suppose girls think it’s a nice way to keep things open but still look for someone better. It doesn’t mean that opportunity is gone or anything, but they’re just not ready to settle for your ass, yet…