Boyfriend Reference

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We've established a long time ago that my blog includes, amongst other things, silly thoughts and ideas that I come up with every now and again.

I can't really pinpoint the exact moment when 'Boyfriend Reference' first crossed my mind, but it must have happened as I was watching some music videos and reminiscing about my glorious past...maybe some old Madonna songs. jeje... I was - for some weird reason- going through the list of boy-friends that were part of my brilliant past and was thinking if any of them would ever give me a good reference for further applications,mmr... I mean further relationships... Just as you ask for credentials from a former employer and hope that they'd tick all the right boxes. The 'To whom it might concern' letter is most often a praise for doing an excellent job, for being an excellent team-player in possession of excellent interpersonal skills and multi-tasking abilities. That's what you most often hope to get anyways at the end of a work partnership, after putting lots of effort and hours into the various taks of your job.
Likewise, when you move out of a flat-share and into a new one, it is the customary that you ask for a reference. According to you behaviour, the letter will acknowledge that you are generally tidy, that you did your share of house cleaning , respected the set rota, chipped in for household items, always paid rent on time, were always respectable and kept your noise down...

Just as you need references for all these to pile up to your personal and professional portfolio, at the very end of a relationship, you should be able to ask for a reference. I imagine it going something like this:
'Hon, we've split up, maybe not under the best of terms, but I could really use a reference! Not to use it straight away, of course not, I'll be on the rebound for a while and it will surely take me lots of time to get over everything that we had together... but when that time eventually comes, I want to be fully prepared. So, do you mind writing a letter for me? Just, if you could, leave out the snorting...and the occasional farting as well. Thanks, you're a doll! You know what? I'll write one for you! I'll just make sure I leave out the endless rows and arguing...'

I was just imagining what a reference for me would sound like.... I strongly doubt it would ever get me a next boy-friend, as I'm afraid I'm so NOT girl-friend material. The reference would probably comprise mentions of my total inability to cook, iron or do any house chores, my totally boyish attitude, being a permanent attention- seeker, party-goer, hyper-active, baby-ish, tantrum lover, facebook addict, photo shooter and poser 😊, miss 'Know-it-all' and 'I'm-always-right', shopaholic and shoes-worshiper.....this reference wouldn't get me far... And if at the bottom there was a contact number for further information, then I'd be totally screwed! Nothing good would ever come out of this!!
So it is a real relief that there isn't such thing as a 'Boyfriend Reference' that you can pass on and take along to your first date as one of the requirements!! 😊

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Comments

[anonymous]

Thanx for making me smile...actually...what if i would actually ask some ex GFs for some references??? just for fun....i wander... PS: I am really happy cuz you are writing again....it means you are happy :)

[pink mona]

Thank you! :)
Happy to put a smile on your face and thanks for the comment! Indeed I'm happy again :)

[Sarah Stafford]

HAHAhaha too funny

[Sarah Stafford]

HAHAhaha too funny