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June 23, 2004 I constantly hear folks talking about how they are "truly in love" at the grand old age of fifteen. These are (mostly female, but a few male) high schoolers who do indeed believe that their lives are meant to be spent with so-and-so until death do them part. The sentiment is sweet; really, it's just that it's not incredibly realistic. To give an example of what really happens, let's get a few fictional characters upon which we can inflict this sweet torment. Meet Eric and Mary, two teens that are happily unaware of each other. Enter Dave, the catalyst. Dave, Eric's best buddy, throws a party at his place. Dave is the "clean" kind of guy who would rather cut his hands off than touch a girl Eric was after...this does not, of course, mean that Eric would return the favor. So it's party time and through a friend of a friend of a friend's ex-girlfriend, Mary is "invited." Dave does a double take and falls head over heels for Mary-putting aside the fact that they have just met- and asks her if she would, maybe-if-she's-free-would-she-like-to- catch-a-bite-at-so-and-so-resteraunt-on-let's-say- Friday-night-at-eight? Mary is flattered gives him the sure-why-not-but-can-I-bring-a-friend? He obviously counters with the yeah-okay-I'll-bring- a-friend-too-so-if-we-don't-click-we-won't-sit- there-like-total-morons. And the party continues. So Friday night arrives and Dave and Eric are sitting rather anxiously at the restaurant waiting for the ladies. Finally, Mary and her gal- pal Lisa walk in about 15 minutes late looking at each other and giggling every so often. As soon as Mary lays eyes on Eric she forgets Dave. All she sees is Mr. Super-cool sitting nonchalant as you please joking with what's-his-name-again? Dave is completely forgotten as she makes plans for tomorrow night with Mr. Super-cool. Dave talks with Lisa for a while, tries to regain the attention of his "love" then gives up and gets his sad, depressed self out of there as fast as he can. The romance begins. Dave had told Eric everything that there was to tell about a twenty minute conversation with a girl he didn't know but asked out on a date anyway...and Eric was interested. Dave might be his best bud, but there is NO WAY that he is going to allow Dave to get this girl. He is always the one with the chicks chasing him and Dave was not going to get a crumb of that sweet, golden, sugar cookie...Dave was just the "good boy," not the amazingly hot, self-appointed prince-of-the-universe Eric was and that was how it was going to stay. So Eric and Mary have the best three days they've had in a while. Mary has fallen for Eric like someone wearing lead suit on a skydiving trip. She starts talking with good old Lisa (who by the way has started dating Dave) about Eric. "He is the best thing that has happened to me, ever! I want to be with him for the rest of my life! I don't know what I'd do without him!" After hearing this, Lisa calls up Ashley and tells her that "Mary and Eric are really happy and want to get married and she'd just DIE without him!" and Ashley calls Melissa and says "ohmygosh did you hear? Mary and Eric are getting married and if they don't Mary will kill herself!" and Melissa, being with her beau at the time, tells him that "Mary and Eric are getting married because Mary is suicidal and pregnant..." and the list goes on until it finally reaches Eric in the warped form of "Hey Eric, man! What's going on? I hear Mary wants to kill herself over you not wanting to marry her when she's pregnant with your kid and she's got leukemia and all..." Eric calls Mary when he gets home and breaks up with her. He wanted to get her before Dave did, mission accomplished, but this was getting way too serious! Well, after that heartbreak, Mary decides to call Dave and asks if he can come out for a while just to hang out and gets the shock of her life when she hears Lisa pick up his phone: "Oh didn't you know? You didn't want him and he was just so sweet...I meant to tell you; I thought I did tell you, come to think of it..." Five years later, Mary is a single parent, Eric is an unemployed high school dropout and Dave is a very successful entrepreneur who is marrying Lisa, who is an up-and-coming artist. The next time you complain about not being able to understand your boy-crazy/girl-chasing teenager, think about it this way: you might not understand them, but you probably understand them more than they understand themselves...but let them figure it out, because eventually, they will. ------------ Any questions? Email Ambreen Momin: stardust_inc786@hotmail.com Tell a friend about this site! ------------ |
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