Getting to Know You

I pray that one day I will get married.  Until that day, I have to put up with some things that I'm not happy about.  One of them is the getting to know someone process.  I thought this was the process:  I see him.  We're attracted to each other.  We get to know one another.  We like each other.  We spend time.  We become exclusive to each other.  We become engaged.  We get married.  We live happily ever after.  Right?  Not that easy, especially in my case.  Because of what I've been through, this getting to know process is one that I can't stand.  Reason being is because too much change happens.  For instance, the conversations are magnetic at first.  At least with me, they last for hours, and normally, I don't want to stop talking.  Then, as time goes by,the conversation frequency decreases, and they drastically shorten to minutes.  Another change that happens is the attention paid to me.  Initially, attention is shown to me like I'm the only thing on Earth that matters.  That is so beautiful.  As time goes on, other things become important.  So, when we're talking, I'm sharing attention with the computer, radio, and everything else.  This part of the process really sucks.  So, I encourage each one of you reading to do better.  Make him or her feel special during the communication process.  If they're not that special to you anymore, then make a change.  These changes hurt, and as a woman, I think I can speak for us all when I say consistency is key.