So as you may be able to tell from this blog, I don't have a good track record when it comes to relationships. And as I've mentioned before, even though I have years of experience with breakups, they don't get easier with experience. Some things, however, do help.
Last night my dear friend Nikia invited me out to partake in one of my all-time favorite activities: singing. But this was a new singing experience. It wasn't karaoke or singing in the car, it was an organized adult group sing-a-long. And it was fabulous.
I have to admit, when I first learned the theme of the songs would be love, I was saddened. After just getting dumped, I wasn't in the mood to hear sappy love lyrics. Then I remembered not all songs about love are happy ones. The group of about 15-20 people started out tame enough, singing "The Shoop Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" [side note: it totally IS in his kiss] and "Ho Hey," but then we got some angsty songs... "Don't Speak," "Somebody That I Used to Know," "Irreplaceable," and, the highlight for me, "You Oughta Know."
It's one thing to listen to an angry breakup song in your house or in your car, but when you're with a group of strangers coming together and shout-singing about a relationship gone wrong, it's incredibly cathartic.
I was actually feeling pretty happy again. So when "I'll Make Love to You" was on queue, I happily obliged to sing about people in love (or lust) getting it on. [Side note #2: unsurprisingly, we also sang "Let's Get it On."] I reminisced about middle school slow dances when "Truly Madly Deeply" came on, couldn't help belting out "I Wanna Dance with Somebody," and ended strong with my favorite duo, Hall & Oates' "You Make My Dreams Come True."
I'm so glad someone decided to create this event. I love singing in the first place, so two hours of it was perfect.
Laughter may be the best medicine, but group sing-a-longs will definitely help the all-too-common broken heart syndrome.
