Love., A simple thread... because I'm a soppy girl. Options

[Diamandis]

Love. Is it worth the effort? 5 times out of ten you'll just have your heart broken, right?

Or maybe, after a dozen failed relationships you'll find your perfect partner and live happily ever after with five children and a garden full of dogs.

Maybe you'll stay with you're childhood sweetheart until your golden years.

Me, personally, I've never had much luck with love. My last relationship ended miserably (most of you know all about THAT drama!).

My boyfriend before him moved away after a strong three year relationship. He was pretty great. He was my best friend for a number of years and after asking me to my end of school prom as a date, he successfully broke out of the friendzone.

So I want to hear about your love related stories, because I am in that kind of mood. Good or bad, romantic or cringeworthy...

Let's spread the LOVE

[Uleni Athram]

I am afraid to Love. I got wounded. So, so bad. It still hurts. To this day. But that does not mean I will not Love again. Because it's true what they say. Love is the most heavenly and hellish thing one can experience. I'm young. I'm not even twenty yet, for chrissakes. So maybe I'm not sure what I'm talking about here.

But I know what I felt during those times when I was in Love.

I know what I felt when I was with ... Her. For a brief moment of time anyway.

It was ... IS a slow poison that I do not wish to be cured of.

It is fire that I'll gladly burn myself with, over and over and over again. I'll burn the whole world with it if I could.

Love is painful. So painful. Love anyway. To be afraid of pain in Love is to be afraid of the arrows in a battlefield. It can and will happen. Love anyway. Like Truth, Love can set you free. Sappy much? It's true. It's damn true. You haven't lived life if you haven't been in love to the point, that you can't possibly damn sleep. Because your waking hours have become dreams.

Love is also understanding. And I understood, from the very moment I realized I was madly in love with Her, that I cannot be with Her. I loved Her anyway. It cannot be denied. No matter how much I tried to resist it, to prevent myself from diving in too deep, I still... F#%^ing loved her. Because Her happiness became MY happiness.

I made all kinds of ridiculous and sometimes awkward gestures JUST to see a smile on Her face. And, at least for a little while, I was the reason behind her smile. It was enough. It is enough.

This is why love can be so painful. Just because you love someone with all the fibers in your being.. Doesn't mean you're meant to be. The most bitter thing in this world is to be so close... AND YET SO FAR.

Grateful for it anyway.

Because I know now what Love truly is.





Oh, Chocolate Chip and Mint Ice Cream.



I still love you.

Even if you and me aren't compatible for each other.

I still love you.

*Uleni Rides Off Into The Sunset*