Sunday, October 07, 2007

Strung Along No More...

i meant to do some sort of introduction for guest posters but of course but i forgot at the time and then remembered today when i asked brian about it. he suggested doing some sort of italic introduction at the beginning of any guest post. that is what this is. the author tends to like bold pure colors... greens and blues.... sometimes rust and burgundy... i believe this post was inspired (and correct me if i am wrong) by my post on what is or isnt a relationship/dating and the ever changing definitions/situations.

How is this for a dating story… or um… I don't know what to call it since I was never really given permission to define the drama… but according to the criteria…
1. Held hands
2. Kissed
3. Kissed more
4. Stopped kissing
5. Still held hands
6. Invited to move into boys house when girl needed a place to stay
7. Most holding of the hands and cuddling stopped
8. Emotional intimacy and occasional hand holding and cuddling

In girls mind: more than just friends
Boy’s introduction: housemate

In the beginning:
Boy pursues... but then he just really doesn't… Girl interested and then not… girl deletes boys number… boy calls several times… he is pursuing again… girl interested again… girl spends most of summer with boy… because of lame circumstances girl ends up living in boys house temporarily… he offered… a month later boy meets another girl at a party… original girl is at the same party… boy starts dating the other girl… this is confusing… girl original doesn't understand… two days prior boy shared very intimate conversation… cried… and boy and girl cuddled… boy told girl how much he cares about girl… and that these things take time…and everything he likes about her… boy is totally sincere… (Girl being of the salt of the earth kind of girl recognizes sincerity)…

Okay… so two days after totally intense conversation boy goes on date with new girl… of course old girl knows about this because she lives in his house and can read him like a book… boy calls meeting up with the another girl just something to do… boy insists that he has feelings for girl original… talks about how he will miss her when she is gone… girl is not convinced… girl tells him so… girl and boy talk about it for several hours… next day boy hugs girl … smiles… flirts…at this point girl doesn't trust boy and will not be lured in by his ways… and of course that night boy goes out with new girl again and tells third roommate that she is "a woman I am seeing"… boy is a liar to girl original…
Girl number one loses respect for boy… she is finished

But wait… why does it infuriate the girl when boy brings new girl over… if girl really is finished why would she be so enraged??? Girl so close to telling girl in front of boy that she is “only something to occupy time”… but girl leaves for yoga instead.

Girl is angry…

In yoga girl imagines a little three inch version of herself totally enraged… girl holds the little angry self in her hand and watches her… it was kind of weird and cool in a very cosmic sort of way…

Later in conversation a friend tells girl she has no right to be angry because she knew what she was getting into… girl realizes it is true… girl was seeking a relationship with a boy who is too broken to have one… it is not girls fault… it is not boys fault… it just is…girl is looking for clarity and the ability to honestly see the truth in the situation… to understand what it is girl was looking for in boy and how she would and will never get it…

Even with this newfound clarity that will continue to clarify…

Girl original ate love brownies made by new girl…it is the least new girl could do for original girl… thanks for the brownies… they were really good… good luck new girl… and it will probably not be as fun as you think it will be.

Girl original is now doing yoga everyday… sweating the boy out of her system…replacing him with an open-heart… clear mind… and connected spirit…not to mention a smoking body…

13 comments:

natali said...

i am really excited to have our first guest post. i am going to start picturing my angry self at yoga.

Chelsea said...

way to get outta that situation mystery poster! and now, a new mantra: downward dog is better than a downward-spiraling relationship

Colleen said...

i like any story with brownies.

natali said...

the brownies part was my favorite. anytime you can benefit from your replacement i say go for it.

chloe said...

this was fantastic!

Jason and Emily said...

ah!! I love this! good job, "girl"! I also love the little angry self at yoga.

Chelsea said...

i especially love that "guest post" is now on the list of contributors for this blog. lovely

Anonymous said...

Natali, I initially thought you wrote "picture myself angry at yoga" and wondered why you'd be angry at yoga. What did it do to you?

And crap, because I'm with a broken one, acting like we're in something serious with a non-exclusive umbrella over it. Shizz creek, no paddle.

brian said...

i meant like an introduction about the guest poster like this is so and so and her favorite record to make out to is substance by joy division. but yours is good too.

natali said...

yeah it was annoymous. i was going to ask her favorite color. hey what is your favorite color?

Anonymous said...

i tend to like bold pure colors... greens and blues.... sometimes rust and burgundy... does that anwser your question?

-the girl

n said...

yes that will do quite nicely. i like gold as well.

Colleen said...

rust and burgandy are good wedding colors fyi.