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Saturday, February 14, 2009

When I was young and stupid (A V-Day post)

Drunk on ego
Truly thought I could make it right
If I kissed you one more time to
Help you face the nightmare
But you're far too poisoned for me
Such a fool to think that I can wake you from your slumber
That I could actually heal you..
A Perfect Circle- Sleeping Beauty

When I was young and stupid, I met a girl. She had a boyfriend at the time, though I could tell their relationship wasn't exactly a perfect one. For example, perhaps a month into the friendship she said I should move to Asia with her where she would teach English and I would do whatever.

I asked if her boyfriend would have a problem with her dragging some other guy along with them and she was like "Oh no, when I do this he's not coming with me. We've already decided that" They'd been together like three years but hey, whatever.

Anyway, not long after, they broke up. She started to hang around me a lot because I was the one friend she had who didn't know her boyfriend, therefore, hanging around with me didn't bring back memories of him.

In time, she got depressed. I later found out she was bipolar to boot. She thought she'd never find anyone else, and would end up alone.

So, I thought to myself (remember, I was young and stupid), "Poor girl. She just wants a little male attention. I should just flirt with her, get her confidence back, and she'll go out and find a nice boy"

I remember being at lunch one day with her and one of her friends, and I went to the bathroom. When I came back, she said "She just said I was flirting with you"
I said "Of course you were, you always do"
She looked very embarrased and perhaps a little upset.
Before I smiled and added "But I'm always flirting with you too"
She looked so happy in that moment. I think that was the first time I saw her happy.

Ladies, some of you are probably reading this now and thinking "You idiot" Yes, yes I was an idiot. A MASSIVE idiot. But, I had told her many times during the friendship that I was living a life of being "eternally single", so I thought she understood we would be nothing more than friends.

I remember now telling her about guys who were checking her out. She'd always find some flaw in them. Some reason they weren't her type. And then eventually, one day she said "But he's not you"

I didn't know what to do, so I just said "So few people are"

Over the next few months she kept telling me she had a crush on me. I kept pushing her back with bad jokes. I kept thinking "If I keep her happy, she'll move her affection to another guy and find love"

I was young and stupid, I didn't realise she wasn't thinking the same way.

Over time we moved apart (geographically). When she moved away she got depressed again, and so I kept in constant contact with her.

One day she asked me "Do you think we would ever have a chance of making something happen romantically?"
I didn't know how to answer. She was already depressed. I thought, a lie was the best response. It would give her some hope of finding someone in her new town. Remember, I was young and stupid.
"Of course," I said "You're an awesome girl"

I knew it would come back to bite me.

"So what the fuck was all that eternally single bullshit then?"

That was it. She disappeared from my life. I think it was best for both of us. I was too nice to ever force her away, and she was never going to let go.

She came back recently. She has been dating the same guy for the last two years. She asked me if I was seeing anyone and I told her I wasn't. "Such a loner" she said.

I've been wondering lately if I let a chance to find love go. Maybe I could have had something with her. She's the girl I mentioned in my "Twenty Steps to a Working Relationship" So maybe I could have loved her. Maybe I could have found happiness with another person.

Or maybe I'm just trying to convince myself I'm capable of feeling love. Of feeling anything. I'm like the kid at school asking his parents why he doesn't have the cool new racecar toy all his friends have. "Mummy, daddy, how come I don't have a heart?"

But mummy and daddy can't afford to buy me a heart this month. Mummy has just lost her job and daddy is paying bills to keep his parents in hospital.

So, because I'll never own that cool new toy, I run around in a cardboard box, make the noises and pretend.

"The minute people fall in love, they become liars" - Harlan Ellison

She is everything to me
The unrequited dream
The song that no one sings
The unattainable
She's a myth that I have to believe in
All I need to make it real is one more reason.
Slipknot- Vermillion Part II

17 comments:

  1. poor lad..he must feel like the metallic guy from the wizard of oz..
    //_`

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  2. If nothing else, you have an awesome Fallout biopic. And who needs love when you have computer games?????

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  3. Thrice- I thought of naming this post "The Tin Man"

    Krystal- Glad you liked it!

    Vanessa- With books, Television, video games and work, who has the time for love anyway?

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  4. I'm still thinking about this one.

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  5. awww you're just too nice. =) that was really so sweet of you to really look out for her by trying to get her self esteem back up and just really being there for her. But you gotta learn to stop being so nice though. It gets you in trouble sometimes. =)
    By the way, happy valentine's day. =)

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  6. Wow man, I found myself in a similar situation once. I was in a position to make her feel better, but not in a position to date her.

    I think you might like the song below...

    Stabbing Westward:
    Save Yourself


    I know your life is empty
    And you hate to face this world alone
    So you're searching for an angel
    Someone who can make you whole....

    I cannot save you I can't even save myself

    I know that you've been damaged
    your soul has suffered such abuse
    but I am not your savior
    I am just as fucked as you....
    (I am just as fucked as you....)

    I cannot save you I can't even save myself

    Please don't take pity on me

    my life has been a nightmare
    my soul is fractured to the bone
    so if I must be lonely
    I think I'd rather be alone....
    (I think I'd rather be alone....)

    you cannot save me
    you can't even save yourself
    I cannot save you....I can't even save myself

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  7. Stephanie- So am I.

    ChinkyGirLMeL- Thanks for focusing on the part of the post where I was trying to be nice and not the part where I was an idiot =D

    OmegaRadium- Love the song. I'll YouTube it later.

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  8. Is this girl worth remebering?? Sorry, if I am rude- but I am very straight forward. Can't help it.

    How dare she calls you a loner... ?? Even if you are one- who is she to tell you that??

    Ya. You were a idiot to give her wrong impression in first place. But not that bad to listen this from her.

    My advice- stay away from such weirdos... better if you can pretend not remembering them. Or- remeber her as- "ahha.. the one who was always depressed because of not having anyone. The one that that had a crush on me?? The one that behaved like a clingy idiot.. I don't think you are her... ya I am the same old happy to be single loner- living a life of content-"

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  9. sending contradictory signals can be bad. But the 'ur always flirting with me' was the way to go.


    Yep

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  10. yourstruly100- I think she's allowed to feel some bitterness towards me, and if she wants to call me a loner so be it.

    EcK- I know, contradictory signals are a bad thing. At least, I know now.

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  11. I felt sorry for that girl initially. I kind of felt sorry for you at the end. Helping people's nice, but look out for yourself and all that.

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  12. no way--- !! You are single and hell happy before she got you into behaving a flirt around her- and at the end she trys to prove you are the loser!! I wouldn't give her the right to make any such comment. If she is happy- she should be fine- why should she take pleasure in hitting back. Everybody has choices!!

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  13. This post really rang a bell. I find myself in a similar situation right now and don't know how to react. My brain says I should try to give it a shot but my (nonexistent) heart doesn't want to get hurt again! Yeah.. as you can see I'm a little messed up about this.

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  14. Alafole- Thanks for stopping by! I don't think I deserve people feeling sorry for me. I was an ass. But thanks.

    yourstruly100- I don't think she meant it an offensive way. But even if she did, I've never been the type to take the bait in those sorts of situations. Arguing or hitting back at people never solved anything.

    Endless Randomness- Well I hope this post helped in some way. Depending on which side of the equation you're on, it might have opened your eyes to the other side or helped you feel you're not the only one who's been there.

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  15. hiyee! What's new? I'm tagging you in my latest post called "WHAT KIND OF FRUIT ARE YOU?" hahahahaha...

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