the seinfeld curse.
there is an episode of seinfeld that always sticks out in my mind when it comes to dating. jerry was dating jeannie steinman, played by janeane garofalo, who played his opposite-gender equivalent. they had the same initials, like cereal for dinner, loved superman, etc… jerry thought she was his one true love and he even proposed. but at the same time, they also decided that they hated each other.
today i had an epiphany – mr. new years and i are the same person. besides the obvious traits like we are both stubborn, like sports, love boy meets world, hate letting people win, we both facebook stalk each other, and rarely admit when we’re wrong, he wrote something on his facebook status that is identical to a conversation i had with a friend on monday.
just go with me on this – my friend and i bought a bag of candy corn during lunch. we bought the harvest mix because she likes chocolate candy corn. i never had chocolate candy corn, so i tried it. and my life was changed. i literally said to her, “i’m never going back to real candy corn.”
this is what nye’s facebook status was this morning: “i‘ve always loved candy corn, but just had a few chocolate candy corns and they are officially my new obsession.”
yes, i realize this is entirely lame, but really, what are the chances?! for the longest time i’ve been trying to figure out why him and i never really worked out. i thought our similar interests was a shoe-in to relationship bliss. but i was wrong. it’s definitely a case of the seinfeld curse.
we are the same person. and i could never date myself. god, how boring would that be?! i like surprises, mystery, and spontaneity and there would definitely be none of that if i dated my opposite-gender equivalent. all we’d do is sit on the couch and watch food network and really bad reality shows all day long. snore.
do you think you can date someone who is exactly like you? have you even been a victim of the seinfeld curse?
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i have thankfully not been a victim of this curse-i also tend to not consider myself bi-polar or extremely rude so i guess i’ve been dating polar opposites of me. on another note, i definitely need to try chocolate candy corn now