BrownSuga's Sweet Spot: Who's your McDreamy?

As most of you know, I am a diehard fan of Grey’s Anatomy. I lose myself every Sunday night for an hour inside the hallowed halls of Seattle Grace Hospital. I laugh, I cry, I waited in bated breath to see if Denny Duket would survive the heart surgery. If you haven’t caught an episode then you are truly missing out on a future classic, but it’s ok. This piece is not about the joys of Grey’s Anatomy (I’ve already sung their praises).

Grey’s Anatomy did however, inspire this. Patrick Dempsey’s character, Derrick Shepherd, is referred to by the female characters as “Dr. McDreamy”. And I must agree this man has grown up BEAUTIFULLY! Yes this is the same actor, who professed his love on a lawn mower for the popular girl in Can’t Buy Me Love, the same guy who started out as a pizza delivery boy but soon became a “companion” in Lover Boy.

But the ladies at Seattle Grace Hospital see what I see, a boyishly cute yet sexy mature man with melt my chocolate eyes. One lady in particular, Meredith Grey, can’t let go (even though he is married and chose to work things out with his wife).

And this is how the question evolved. Who is your McDreamy? Who is the guy or girl who you can’t stop thinking of no matter what? Who is the person who can pop back in your life tomorrow or in a decade and you still think twice about shedding everything to try and make it work for the 1000^th time? As a friend said, who is your ‘ohhhh weeeee’ person? When you think about them you automatically think, ‘ohhhh weeeee’.

This person is not always your soul mate. If they happen to be and you’re with them then great, lucky you! But for some it’s not even someone you should be with. Sometimes your McDreamy is supposed to stay in your dreams because no matter how much your breath stops when they walk into a room, no matter how AMAZING the sex is, no matter how many times they say “it will work this time” the two of you together will never work out.

I’ve talked to a few close friends about this subject. Some understand and agree, others say they’ve never felt like that for someone. If you’ve never felt an unexplainable pull to someone, just wait. For one woman I know she said in all honesty that if her McDreamy knocked on her door the night before she got married and asked her to call off the wedding she would have. Although in her heart she knew it would never work. That says nothing about her marriage now. She is happy with her husband and would never leave him for ANYONE. But it illustrates the kind of pull our McDreamies can have.

To have one does not make you weak or psychotic; I think it makes you human. Out of every past relationship I’ve had no regrets. I enjoyed my time with the guys, learned things and we parted when out time was up. Any one of them could ask me to recommend them to another girl and not only would I be happy to do it, I wouldn’t have a negative thing to say about any of them. Because of my “good luck” with the opposite sex it’s easy for me to think back and want to say “ohhhh weeeee” about any of the guys. But only one can make me wonder about what would happen if he knocked on my door right now.

Everyone is someone’s McDreamy. Take a close look around you; at past relationships and friends, you are someone’s “McDreamy”. I hope that when you think about yours you smile as genuinely as I do when I think about mine. Who is your McDreamy?

*sighs as I think of my McDreamy*. Tell me about yours at mgf_brownsuga@yahoo.com