I wasn't having a particularly good day today but got this in my email and it made me laugh. So I thought I'd share it with y'all. My only preface I have is that you'd better think twice about what you ask for.
Showing posts with label relationships. Show all posts
Showing posts with label relationships. Show all posts
April 7, 2009
February 12, 2009
Speed Dial Number Three @ Missed Connections
As I mentioned on an Advertiser blog, I've recently found Missed Connections on Craigslist completely intriguing. I don't know if it's the undercover romantic or the nosy neighbor in me, but I can't stop reading this stuff. It's like being a voyeur and peering into a fishbowl world. Will he ever talk to his "girl that runs for days" or find his "skinny white girl, short shorts and long legs?" I'll never, ever know but I find it really, really entertaining to read.
Tonight, one of the post titles really caught my eye. It said:
Speed Dial Number Three
How could I not stop to click on this one? When I opened it up, its length surprised me. As you know, this Craigslist generation of ours isn't known for being verbose. This made me even more curious.
The post was apparently from a guy to his ex in his final, final good bye. It was so moving and honest. It was heartfelt. Is it weird that I felt like crying? I didn't of course . . . but I wanted to.
Why? Because this small glimpse into the history of this couple was amazing. The post showed us all the love and anger and strife that the relationship endured. It showed us the loss, confusion and sadness at the relationship's end. It was like a snippet of a well-written novel, a Hollywood film yet to be produced.
Will his ex ever read this? Will she ever know his feelings? We'll never know. But that, in itself, is why the post is amazing.
Tonight, one of the post titles really caught my eye. It said:
Speed Dial Number Three
How could I not stop to click on this one? When I opened it up, its length surprised me. As you know, this Craigslist generation of ours isn't known for being verbose. This made me even more curious.
The post was apparently from a guy to his ex in his final, final good bye. It was so moving and honest. It was heartfelt. Is it weird that I felt like crying? I didn't of course . . . but I wanted to.
Why? Because this small glimpse into the history of this couple was amazing. The post showed us all the love and anger and strife that the relationship endured. It showed us the loss, confusion and sadness at the relationship's end. It was like a snippet of a well-written novel, a Hollywood film yet to be produced.
Will his ex ever read this? Will she ever know his feelings? We'll never know. But that, in itself, is why the post is amazing.
January 30, 2009
Does First Love Kill Your Future Relationships?
I was reading Shauna Goya's Odds and Ends blog today and she posted an interesting blog. A British study apparently determined that your first relationship determines how you go into future relationships. If it was a really intense relationship, then you're more likely to use it as a benchmark for success and failure of other relationships so it can screw you really good. If it's just so-so, you don't look to it as being the holy grail and can proceed through other relationships with more of a level head.
I wonder if this is true or not? I would tend to agree with the study as your first love is your initial impression of what it is or isn't like, right? How can you not use it as a benchmark? Does this mean that people who hang on to those past relationships shouldn't be considered pathetic anymore? They're just very in tune with what they want/don't want. It's almost like their scientific about it.
But does hanging on to the past really hinder future relationships? I think it would only because if you're so focused on the past, then you definitely can't give 100 percent to the current relationship. You can't be half in, half out of a relationship and have it turn out okay. Interesting.
I wonder if this is true or not? I would tend to agree with the study as your first love is your initial impression of what it is or isn't like, right? How can you not use it as a benchmark? Does this mean that people who hang on to those past relationships shouldn't be considered pathetic anymore? They're just very in tune with what they want/don't want. It's almost like their scientific about it.
But does hanging on to the past really hinder future relationships? I think it would only because if you're so focused on the past, then you definitely can't give 100 percent to the current relationship. You can't be half in, half out of a relationship and have it turn out okay. Interesting.
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