The end of man as we know it.

I know I haven’t written a blog here for a while, but there has been a genuine reason. Last week I finished uni, forever!

Getting my head around this has been a huge challenge, one which admittedly has not yet sunk in.

Either way, writing this blog ‘the end of uni’ would be the first hurdle in accepting the truth.

So to put it in pure Coussens style I have decided to divert this topic with a reoccurring theme that has been present throughout my university life…men.

With all this spare time I have managed to finally attack my ever increasing list of books to read before I die. Yes, I am one of those sad people that can occasionally block out the world and read a book cover-to-cover in a matter of days. Not surprising being an ex-English student.

Anyway, first on the list was Twilight. I could write book reviews till the cows come home, but this book drew me in more than any guy I’ve ever known. And it got me thinking; are there men out there who are as irresistible as the allusive Edward Cullen?

I will be the first to admit that over these past three years of university I have dated as many men as I have completed Journalism assignments. In short that equals out as quite a few dates.

A few men never made it past the first date; some only just made it to the destructive forth date of doom and a minor two I actually fell for. I have been cheated on, cheated myself and done things that would make my Grandma turn in her grave (thankfully I no longer have that car.)

So it poses the question, are there men out there who can send you giddy at a single smile? Whose mere presence leaves you unable to keep your hands off them and who will take you home and tell you how edible you smell?

Rippling six packs and physiques aside, do we women have to look to the fictional characters to prove that love exists? Or do these made-up-males just make it harder to see the real men in front of our eyes?