[mood: in the middle]
[listening to: Jolene by Dolly Parton]
How many times can a person break their own heart?
It is a question that baffles many teens. “Why do I keep taking him back?” “Why does he not like me?” “Why does she send me one signal but contradicts it with another?”
“Why is she going out with someone who will break her heart?”
A friend of mine is dating an ex-boyfriend of mine, and I’m not sure whether to be happy for them or worried that he’ll do to her what he did to me. I wonder if I should tell her to watch her back, wondering if I should tell her that he will always have another girl squirreled away somewhere. It frustrates me that she has chosen someone like this after going through it twice already.
Normally, I think she is a very smart girl. I can’t help but think that this is a temporary lapse of judgment.
Be smart, my readers. Don’t fall for someone that is just like every other man that has come before: he sees a pretty face, and wants it for himself. Selfishness is his motivation; he wants what’s up your skirt, not what’s going on in your head. If you are a man, then I suggest you try not to become a man like that. Choose a girl because you can talk to her and truly care about her, not because your libido wants her.
And before anyone gets on my back, I’m genuinely worried about her. I’m not jealous: he cheated on me, why would I want him back after that? I just don’t want to see a friend get hurt. I have no doubt about her strength: I doubt his ability to stop himself before he cheats.
I just would like for her to know fully what she is getting into before she commits fully to this relationship. I would like for her to realize that while he is sweet, charming, and polite now, in the end he is a terrible boyfriend. Great friend, bad boyfriend.
That’s all for tonight. I’ll be stepping off my soapbox now.
Victoria
