Love Question 28
I had my first ‘boyfriend’ when I was all of twelve years old. I was thrilled when he asked me to be his girlfriend, as I had a crush on him for months and hadn’t said a word to anyone about it. I wrote about him in my diary nearly every day. When he did ask, I tried to play it cool, of course. I wouldn’t want to be a lo-ser.
It lasted a day.
He told me he didn’t want to be together anymore (though we’d spent about a whole hour of the last twenty-four together) and I accepted it. I didn’t feel upset or even angry. In fact, all I could think was, “I can learn from this.”
Even at that tender age I realized that I had been building him up for months into someone he wasn’t. The boy I dreamed about would never break up with me after just a day. (And he was a bit cleaner, too, to be honest.)
I made a promise to myself then and there that, no matter what happened, I would always learn something from any relationships that failed. (Or didn’t really get the chance to start.)
Which brings me to this week’s question…
Love Question 28:
What lessons have you learned in previous relationships that you have brought into your current relationship/will bring into future relationships?
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Have fun!
November 23rd, 2008 at 6:56 am
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