Man With Cats

There was a group back in the the early 1980's called Men Without Hats that sang a song called "The Safety Dance." It was a reactionary song to the punk rock clubs in England where the punk rock fad had taken over and "slam dancing" was en vogue. The first line of the song went something like "You can dance if you want to but you can leave your friends behind" and I can only assume they were imploring their listeners to dance without turning it into a Rugby scrum or a free-for-all. My post-apocalyptic view of the relationship-free world has me acquiring many cats so I can face old age with some furry friends (of course this is post-Molly as well. She is not a big fan of cats). I was talking with a female friend the other night and she told me she was "done with relationships." That made me feel kind of bad because I was the last relationship she had two years ago but now I can see where she is coming from. The extreme disappointment is just not worth the effort. My mantra is quickly becoming "it is better to be alone than to wish you were alone."