reality check

me: hey, you want to hear the dumbest thing ever? [i am, of course, reading blogs,
where you can find dumb things if you want]
friend: lets hear it
me: [i read from the blog something to the effect of...] "i had this dream where me and my boyfriend had a fight but i know that is a totally false dream cause joe and i would never fight cause we love each other."
friend and i laugh a lot about this.
random girl: why is that funny!?
we stop laughing to wonder what on earth she is talking about
me: uh. its funny because people in love can still disagree with each other.
random girl: no. people who are in love do not fight. they are just happy and in love and stuff.
my mouth, friend's mouth, and 5 other-people-who-werent-even-involved-in-
the- conversation's mouths all drop open. she has to wait a minute while we
try not to laugh at her too much. i dont know if it works.

well. we tried to collect ourselves enough to explain the differences between being in real love and being in mush [as defined here.] she of course tried to argue her position and all that jazz, and we, in turn, tried to help her see a few aspects of how love ought to be, but

i dont think she understood.
and i think shes going to be s u r p r i s e d.
now, im sure i will be surprised later too--cause im no expert, let me assure you--,
but sheesh

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p.s. [[ i think this surprises me: i expect and i believe
you're gonna run out of love
you're gonna give me the shove
cause thats the think that lovers do
then theres you. ]]

p.p.s. in a broader sense than what she was talking about, i want to know what real love is right now. and i still wont be an expert later, but i think im seeing more and more the need for un-mushness with everyone.
its hard to do, i think, but i want to. sort of anyway.
its kind of scary.

Posted 9/20/2004 5:47 PM