I got to thinking lately, about how, damn, why didn't I meet any guys like the pre-Idol David when I was in my mid 20s? (I'm in my late 30s now). Someone kinda grungy, plays in a band, just enjoying life, and totally hawt!!! Damn it I really missed out!

But the thing is, in my mid 20s someone like David would totally not be my type. In my 20s, I was still growing as a person, and too insecure about myself and my own career. It would have really bothered me that he didn't have a "real job", only because I wasn't secure enough about my own career at that age. I would have worried that he's not acceptable enough to my friends, like didn't have the right "look" (I'm not talking about his face, but you gotta admit the pre-Idol David dressed funny and didn't have the best haircut, and was slightly overweight, although now I actually find DC of "Happy Together" very sexy--yes---hair and body all too!!!). Basically, in my mid-20s I was way too shallow, self-centered and superficial to appreciate someone like him, and if someone like him hit on me I would have turned my cold shoulders to him. So I kinda answered my own question as to why I never met anyone like him.

And supposed I got passed all that and did start to date someone like David in my mid-20s. I would totally f**k it all up by demanding commitment. I would get all hung up on what a relationship is supposed to be like. My insecure 20 somethng self would have felt inadequate unless the guy was immediately committed to me. And with DC playing in bars and flirting with girls around, it would be a miracle if I lasted more than 2 weeks with the guy.

Flash forward to me now, in my 30s. I'm completely secure in who I am. I like my life and relationship is but one aspect of it. I have a successful career. I don't need the man I'm involved with to supplement and complement who I am. Who he is and what he does are not the missing pieces to the puzzle of my life. And let me tell you, if I were single and meet a guy like David now, all I would want to do is to be his lover and play with him as many nights as I can. I don't want to be his girlfriend, I don't want to be his wife. I just want to have a passionate love affair and hot u-know-what with him, hear all about his adventures and misadventures of his musical life. I can totally enjoy him for being exactly who he is. I can care less if he's seeing anybody else. Commitment be damned. Someone like him is to enjoy like a dish. I swear, if I meet someone like him now, I would totally, freakin have THE TIME OF MY LIFE!!!! --- no pun intended.

BRAAAAAWWWW!! But I'm never gonna meet a guy like David now. Hell even if the real David shows up and offers to have an affair with me, I can't because now I'm married!!! And yes I do love my husband very much. So in this life time I'm just gonna have to always think in my head about what I would do if I were single now and how I would have a blast if I meet a guy like David Cook.

Oh to be 20-something again, with the wisdom and experience of my 48 years....

I am 33 years old and married to a wonderful man who loves me very much, but if I had the privilege to do it all over again this is the type of guy I would have really gone for, my perfect match in every way. Omg, this is making me sad .

I'm 18. I have a boyfriend. He's 17. He has a month and a half to go before he grows up.
Lol Overall, he's SO much like David Cook. So, I'm in love and happy... even when we fight over stupid things.
I love my age.
I feel like it's a great time to be alive and in a relationship.
13 months with the same guy is amazing. I thought I would never stop fooling around.
For 3 years I had a new guy every week even though I'm young.
But 13 months ago I changed that.

AMEN to that!!!

I find that the "pre-idol Davids" are really hard to find. I dated many grungy rocker guys several who were AMAZINGLY gorgeous and had a wonderful music career going but they all turned into jerks at the end! I was origionally drawn to their amazing voices, laidback dress, skillful guitar playing (except for my husband who plays the keyboard) but when the rubber met the road they all seemed to be stuck on themselves and not "us" (only using me as their little trophy on the side). It was very rare to find a real gentleman in that crowd but it seems like David might actually be a rare exception, a lilly among the thorns. However, if I had dated someone like him back when I was still dating I would have screwed it up MAJORLY! I used to be very insecure about myself and I probably would have fooled him into beliving I was something I am not and inturn ruining the relationship.......

But.....now I am married and cheating on my wonderful hubby is not even a thought of mine. (even if it was with the AMAZING David Cook lol)

Using the term,"a guy like David" is like saying," a place like paradise." There's only one! So, rest assured that even if all of us who are wishing about our previous selves would wake up one day in our twenties again, He'd STILL be with another SuperStar type.
I'm just really glad that we have him the way that we do. Sharing himself with us this way is HUGE! With any smidgen of imagination we can transport ourselves back to our better days and in the context of that daydream, he's as real in our lives as we are in our own!

AHHH Gawd, I feel exactly the same way!!
What a different path I might have chosen!




Oh, I couldn't have said it any better! It's like you pulled my thoughts
right out of my head!!

I don't necessarily think so. Much as we all love him, he's still just a person. I don't think any famous people are perfect or superior to other people. Although there's an argument to be made for David Cook being paradise.



But I was saying that I wish I could date someone like the pre-Idol David, not the current superstar celebrity. Celebrity David is a whole different story. Pre-Idol David wouldn't be with another SuperStar type.

I hear ya there. I love my husband, but he isn't Mr. Exciting, and he is about as different from DC as you can get. I also wonder what my life had been like had I not been in such a hurry to settle down, and I had just enjoyed my 20's as a single girl.