Do something daring

Do I dare? Do I go out on a limb? I'm considering something bold, almost radical. Should I change my facebook status to "in a relationship"?

It is a social media society. Proclaiming this on facebook would be sharing it with all my closest friends and relatives. And the distant ones too. And some people who are barely friends. But they are facebook friends, so that counts right.

Here is the risk. It's been five and a half weeks. He's successfully met my friends. He met my sister but only by accident. He spends weekends at my house. And the occasional snow day but there aren't going to be any more of those this season. There better not be. But it's only been five and a half weeks. I'm still counting it in weeks for pity's sake. That is way to early to announce it.

But talk of a vacation was mentioned again. We're planning to take a small trip together. That is something that only people in a relationship do. Isn't it? We talked about him meeting my parents. He talked about me meeting his. Although that was mostly in jest since his family lives in Peru.

Then the little voice of pessimism chimes in. It's not that often and not that loud, but it is there. It says that something might go wrong. I'm not living in fear of this. In fact, I barely even think of it. Mostly, I only hear it when I think about changing my status on facebook. So I guess it's best to leave things as is. I'm not that daring. For now.