Getting lucky on Friday the 13th

Katie's update about Friday the 13th superstitions got me thinking about the role luck plays in the dating process.

When it comes to meeting a significant other, there's the standard debate:

Do you simply live life, or aggressively pursue a variety of matchmaking avenues?

We've all seen the woman swoons while eying her significant other and says, "I'm so lucky!"

In the end, it's often more pleasant to believe you landed in your relationship solely because of forces outside your control.

That way, you don't have to assign a specific explanation to your romantic failings. You can simply offer this line:

"I'm unlucky in love."

And strangely, that's often enough to make things better. Until your luck really runs out.