At the time, I thought it was just a phase she was going through. This year, talking to her again, I realized it isn't. The girl has had 15 boyfriends (yes, she told me), and she isn't even 18 yet! And the worst part is the fact that they always end up being awful. All of the boyfriends she's had in high school (about 2/3 of the 15) she's met on Facebook. She meets random guys throughout the city, talks to them for a week or so, and before you know it, her Facebook relationship status is "In a Relationship".
That's her business, of course. Until she involves me and all of her other friends in it. All this girl does is whine. One day we were working in a group, and she asked her other friend "why does my life suck?" The girl answered "because you make it that way". This girl lost all her friends, lost any self-respect she had for herself, and any happiness, because of her obsession with having a boyfriend. All her Facebook statuses are "fuck my life" and "I'm so tired of all this bullshit".
What the hell were you thinking then, when you decided to go out with a 21 year old who isn't in college, has no job, and spends all of his free time going to concerts with his friends? This girl whines that he never calls, blows her off to hang out with his friends, and barely communicates with her. Yet she refuses to break up with him because she doesn't want to be alone.
And then you complain about hating your life and being insecure? You don't understand why you can't be in a good relationship, because trust and love doesn't exist? Start with your choice of men.
I can't understand those kinds of people. Good things come to those who wait. Sure, I'd love to be in a relationship, but I choose not to be in something that will end up like what I discussed above. Relationships are not to fill a void of insecurity. I've never even been in one, and I know that. Is aiming reasonably high completely futile?
I'm aiming high;"I'm going to marry Mark Foster" high. You'll see.
See? He's waiting for me.
That girl is gonna get preggers some day soon.
ReplyDeleteI've known girls like your friend. One in particular ended up exactly as Hazel said.
ReplyDeleteI just think it's so important to be able to stand on your own. Would I love to be in love? God, yes. Am I depressed and sad and angry at the world because I'm not? No. Why? Because I can stand alone and make my own happiness. Are some days tougher than others? Yep, but that's life. Really, it all comes down to you--your inner strength.