Posted: May 18, 2008, 7:24 AM CST
Real story for my distant past. Late high school/early college years.
I fell head over heels for literally the girl next door. Well in this case
the girl across the street. She was a couple of years younger. But for
a time we hit off like two peas in a pod, two kids in love, two widgets
with super glue between them.
Anyways....the pea pod split, the super glue weakened, and love
faded at least on her part. And she broke it off and began to see
someone else.
I can remember sitting there on a lonely Friday/Saturday nites....seeing
his car pull up to her house. So just saying I know the feeling here.
So you got my empathy on this one.
Some advice..........that I do keep myself. Never date a next door girl.
Initial stages of a new relationship are rough enough. Knowing their
activities....comings and goings....only add problems to it. If there are
any jealousy issues on either side of the fence. Proximity brings them
out.
Second piece of advice. My buddies eventually figured out, that I was
lower than a watermellon in a patch, a catfish on the bottom of the
pond, roadkill on the side of the road. OK I will stop.....even today it
does not make feel that good. They began to get me out the house
on date nights of Fri/Sat.
In other words.....they put some distance between me and the cause
of the depression....at the right times. I suggest the same if you can
do it.
Last piece of advice. Everyone in the world has been here.
For some the rejection of a lover come from nearby and for others the
rejection is 1000s of miles away on the net. Both are just as painful,
depressing, and confusing. Today, I am little wiser (boy, would I like to
say a whole lot smarter here but cannot) than when I was then. Now
I realize my value is not in this past love, but in the present and future.
Gentlepaws, know you got value and worth....dignity if
bruised...wisdom if hard earned.....life worth living if pained and
stressed.
From a bud that has been there and done that.