Last woman standing!

"While everybody else is getting out of bed
I’m usually getting in it
I’m not in it to win it
And there’s a thousand ways you can skin it"
-If it's love, Train.

About a week ago, I noticed that all my friends in the Friday Night Crew with the exception of me and Coconat have picked up a partner in the last year [and especially in the last month]. I put it down to this winter being exceptionally cold.. yeah, that's it.

I mentioned this passingly to Coconat. "If you start dating, I will be the last woman standing!"
She was instantly dismissive, "As if. If there is a last woman standing, it will be me. Not that I'm not enjoying singlehood."

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Well last night at the end of a very very long night [it must've been close to three in the morning] sitting around the table with Dylmah and JT, she brought it up again. She'd obviously been thinking about it.

"I'm going to be the last woman standing."
"No, you're not. I am."
"Uhm. No. Definitely me."

Dylmah leans forward and gives us both a sideways look "what are you talking about?". We give him a quick rundown and then we turn to him and demand an answer:

"Well who do you think it's going to be??"

He looks at us. We're both gorgeous, smart and possibly the two most neurotic girls on this side of the Eastern Australian Coastline. His face is of someone who is being backed into a wall by knifepoint, so he answers as diplomatically as he can.

"Um. I dunno. Tough call."

"Fine," she grins at me, "Let's place money on it."

"You're on. How much?"

"Two dollars."

"Two dollars?? What is two dollars going to do for me?"

"Twenty dollars. I will be the last woman standing."

"Twenty is a done deal. If I am the last woman standing, you're giving me twenty dollars!"

We laugh and shake on it.

At this point Dylmah pipes up "No self-sabotage!"

I'm amused "That's what I'll tell them. Sorry, I can't date you. I have twenty dollars riding on it.

Right, the T&Cs are it has to be a relationship over 2 months and if anyone breaks up [from our group] within that period, the bet is considered null and void."

Coconat turns to JT: How long have you been dating for now?

JT: Over three months! Woo! *Gives himself a little cheer.*

I grin at her. This is going to be interesting. "Game on Coconat."