"You Need a Guy"

Wow...in the past week...I've heard that a lot. Kate thinks that I should get one so I'll be completely over Salad now that he has a girlfriend. And Will's girlfriend thinks that I should get one too...probably for the same reasons. But apparently I am incapable of picking out the right guy because after Salad, every other guy I've liked doesn't live up to any of my friends standards.

"He's racist."
"He's ugly."
"You deserve better"
"Him? You like him? Out of all people him!?"
"No, keep that crush locked up inside the back of your mind and don't tell anybody that ever again."
"If you date him, in 4 months I will get a phone call from you in tears because of what he did to you, so forget about it now."
"I'm telling you this as a friend...a good friend. Don't date him...ever!"

Wow...they are harsh...well at least my parents have less to worry about because the guy I like has to go through my friends thorough examination before I'm allowed to develop any feelings for him. And people wonder why I still need a boyfriend. Of course they always say (before I tell them) I won't say anything about it, I'll say yeah, sure, great...yeah right they always have a comment about who I like. Technically the only guy they have all agreed on was Salad, after that whenever I start to feel over Salad and like another guy, my friends have something to say about him...and it usually isn't that great. Do they want me to keep liking him? Or do they want me to get over him? Because they're sending me mixed signals here. My friends...not the guys I like.