How I did it: It's a little over-dramatic to say it took me 18 years, because I obviously wasn't looking for a boyfriend when I was 2 months old. But it is something I feel as though I've been waiting for my whole life.

I kept asking myself what was so wrong with me that no guy was interested? What was I doing wrong?

I still don't know the answer to those questions, but I do have a boyfriend now, just recently. I am still fascinated and astonished by what he finds he likes in me, and the idea that he likes me at all.

Looking back, I can see that I've had prospects, I just never had the nerve to say something to them. I guess the key is just that we can't sit back and wait for guys to come to us. I told my boyfriend that I liked him a lot, and that's what did it. He would never have been the one to admit that first.

Now I don't regret not having had a boyfriend all those years. Not really. It makes me special, I guess. My boyfriend likes it anyway.

Maybe, to all you out there who haven't gotten a boyfriend yet, consider that you're worth something extra and it will take a unique person to see that. (No offense meant at all to girls with boyfriends.)

Apr 21, 08:42AM PDT | 1 comment | 5 cheers