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A R T S & CU LT U RE
A Little Sheep Asked Me: Should you date a girl
who travels?
ANGIE SHEEP
Arts & Culture Editor
In the past few weeks, there has been a lot of
discussion in the blog-o-sphere about whether
one should date or not date a girl (or guy) who
travels. It all started with the article “don’t date
a girl who travels” which was met with a surprisingly large amount of positive feedback. But of
course there were also many female travelers who
adamantly opposed it and took their revenge in
a number of “do date a girl who travels” comebacks. And surely, as a fellow backpacker and
world “gallivanter”, I am itching to give my two
cents on the issue.
I want to take a more balanced approach to
the topic and let you make the decision of whether
it is wise to get involved with a girl in a permanent state of wanderlust. And no, this is not
a real psychological illness so don’t even think
about committing her to keep her in one place!
I can definitely see both sides of the argument;
they are points that I have struggled with myself
too. I guess once you contract the travel bug, it is
almost impossible to get rid of it. So I will let you
decide Osgoode: are we wanderers utterly “undatable” or maybe more interesting than ever?
guess this is where you have to be more careful
with your heart. I’m not saying that we’re incapable of being faithful! But you can see how it runs
counter to our whole live in the moment, you only
have one chance philosophy right?
She has a good grasp of who she is
BUT she knows she will be fine without you
A girl who travels has a good understanding of
herself in the sense that she knows what is important to her and the big things she wants out of life.
She is also confident in her abilities because she’s
had to overcome rough patches along the way. I’ve
been forced to deal with homelessness on a number
with moving on. She knows she will be fine and
she definitely knows there are more fish in the
sea, so when there’s a bump in the road, sh