Tis the season

This time of year it’s usually good to people in a relationship, but hell to those not in one. You see, Dec 1st marks the true beginning of what Ryan Reynolds called the trifecta of loneliness. What is this? It’s the three worst holidays/days to be single and they are all in a big cluster. Christmas, New Years Eve and Valentine’s Day. When the Christmas holidays get into full swing, we see lots of messages of peace and love, but when you’re alone, that’s the last thing you really care to hear. No matter how much you’re comfortable you are with being single, you always wish you were in a relationship. There’s nothing like being in a relationship during this time of year. I’ve been without that feeling for 3 years now, yes, technically I spent my first “alone” holiday season last year, but before that I might as well have been single because it sure as hell didn’t feel like I was in a relationship even though it took 6 long grueling months for it to finally end.

Enough of that though, this is about the season! It’s nice not to have to spend a ton of money on someone who would just leave you anyway, but it’d just be nice if there were groups of people where their whole thing was to stay with someone through the holidays, or even the trifecta of loneliness. You could post a profile online in November, scout out the potential loneliness buddies, put down if you just want someone on your arm to go to events, cuddle or more than that. You see, this would only last from Dec 1st until Feb 14th. After that, both parties would have to decide if they shall keep on going and try to form a cohesive relationship out of it, or say their good byes and go. There would of course be a review system where other trifectas (yes, that’s what we’ll be called), would rate others in a series of categories. So you would have to be on the best behavior, and there would be an arbitration board for those who think they were unfairly rated.

You see, this idea would be great. Because you’re not committed to one person, you could switch people on each day or keep the same one throughout, it’s up to the trifectas.

So, who wants to be mine?

EDIT: I called it the trifeca of loneliness, but in fact, it’s the holiday trifecta.

Here’s to the end of the holiday trifecta — Christmas, New Year’s, and Valentine’s Day. Also known as the Misery Season.