Spring Break
Column: Love stinks!
Sarah Jean Bresnahan/Verge Editor
Issue date: 2/12/09 Section: The Verge
I admit it; I haven't been in a relationship in about a year.
My last relationship ended because of distance. He graduated and moved home, and I was left here, temptation at every turn.
After that relationship ended, I thought "it's just a matter of time before I start dating someone again," as is pretty typical for me.
I was wrong.
When I was in my "dating prime," I was one of those girls who moved on at the first sign of boredom.
I had many casual boyfriends my first few years of college, usually one right after another. Hey, it's not like I was expecting anything serious.
Rarely, though, I found myself falling for that "special someone." Obviously, it never worked out.
Valentine's Day always brings up those memories of my relationships gone wrong.
Seeing the pink and red hearts triggers my emotions like a bull, and my first instinct is to become angry and want to tear them off of whatever they happen to be on.
Ok, so maybe I'm a little bitter. You would be, too. Don't deny it.
I'm not completely cold-hearted, though.
I look at my DVD collection, and I see titles like "Love in the Time of Cholera," "Chasing Amy," "The Princess Bride," "Say Anything" and "Feast of Love."
All of these films are about the trials and tribulations of falling in love.
Sometimes it works out right away and the troubles come later, and sometimes the hero/heroine spend their lives waiting for that perfect person to either notice them or realize that they love them back.
Gag me with a spoon.
I find it interesting that the concept of love is found in everything from film to art to music to poetry. It's one of the most described subjects in arts and entertainment.
Yet, does anyone really know what love is?
It always bothered me in movies when two characters are supposed to fall in love. It's usually an immediate, intense scene, maybe with slow-motion, romantic music and soft lighting.
My last relationship ended because of distance. He graduated and moved home, and I was left here, temptation at every turn.
After that relationship ended, I thought "it's just a matter of time before I start dating someone again," as is pretty typical for me.
I was wrong.
When I was in my "dating prime," I was one of those girls who moved on at the first sign of boredom.
I had many casual boyfriends my first few years of college, usually one right after another. Hey, it's not like I was expecting anything serious.
Rarely, though, I found myself falling for that "special someone." Obviously, it never worked out.
Valentine's Day always brings up those memories of my relationships gone wrong.
Seeing the pink and red hearts triggers my emotions like a bull, and my first instinct is to become angry and want to tear them off of whatever they happen to be on.
Ok, so maybe I'm a little bitter. You would be, too. Don't deny it.
I'm not completely cold-hearted, though.
I look at my DVD collection, and I see titles like "Love in the Time of Cholera," "Chasing Amy," "The Princess Bride," "Say Anything" and "Feast of Love."
All of these films are about the trials and tribulations of falling in love.
Sometimes it works out right away and the troubles come later, and sometimes the hero/heroine spend their lives waiting for that perfect person to either notice them or realize that they love them back.
Gag me with a spoon.
I find it interesting that the concept of love is found in everything from film to art to music to poetry. It's one of the most described subjects in arts and entertainment.
Yet, does anyone really know what love is?
It always bothered me in movies when two characters are supposed to fall in love. It's usually an immediate, intense scene, maybe with slow-motion, romantic music and soft lighting.
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