Romance Shmomance

Sometimes (all the time), I wish I could take the feelings I have for someone and put them on somebody else who will reciprocate them. If only life could be that easy. All this romantic junk we read about "unrequited love" is a bunch of poop. Unrequited love BLOWS. There is absolutely nothing romantic about liking someone who has no feelings for you whatsoever. In books and movies, it is obvious from the very beginning that the characters are going to fall in love (even if they totally hate each other)...it's only a matter of when. Usually they're standing in the rain, or in a crowded stadium and suddenly they realize that they're in love...and everyone around them cheers as they kiss while some dramatic pop song (if there is such a thing) drones in the background. Then the credits roll as you sit there and think..."well my life sucks..." In reality, we don't live with that kind of certainty. Our lives are not trapped within the stale pages of a romance novel (thank God). The freedom we have to choose who we want to be with is awesome...until that person doesn't choose YOU.

I'm not bitter...just realistic.