So let's just say, hypothetically, that a friend of a friend puts up some pictures of that friend of yours on facebook. You don't really know they guy who took the pictures, other than that one time you met him and he was half-lusting after your other friend at the table you were eating at (that you also happen to have a nice sized crush on.) After eating you make a joke about it to her, and she outright rejects the idea and says stuff to the tune of "No way, he's too 'insert bad quality'" or "Eww, don't like him like that." You laugh it off, but it's still there, and you're pretty sure you were just lied to at no-miss range.
Awkward anecdote aside, you go, "Hey! I want to see those!" so you start looking through them.
So you see some photos of friends and then you click just one too many times for your own good. Yeah, that friend you had a major league crush on and have problems letting go of is hanging all over that good-guy-yet-kinda-creepy kid from before.
What does a person do? You were lied to, and it hurts a lot just to be reminded of something you lost out on, but top that with the quick recovery-rebound onto the good little boy, and you're not happy. You might not even be angry, but you're upset and it feels like a person should do something in this situation.
You can't do anything to the guy, cause he's just collateral damage. Can't do anything to her, it's worse than Clark Kent and kryptonite. Sending a strongly worded message just seems pointless. Ignoring it is really the best option, too bad it doesn't work that way. So what's a boy to do? Nothing. Nothing at all. Out of sight, out of mind.
I'm going to go read more of Kevin Roose's book, Unlikely Disciple: a sinner's semester at America's holiest university. It's a quality read, and should be mandatory for anyone who is attempting to see something through someone else's eyes. Basically a kid from Brown goes to Liberty University (run by the late Jerry Falwell, the guy who said "The homosexual steamroller is literally going to kill our families," and obviously doesn't know what 'Literally' means.) He writes about his undercover semester in Bible Boot Camp (not to be confused with the real Bible Boot Camp which, oh so sadly, is shut down.)
It's a good read.
Anyways, the product of this post is... nothing! Yay!
Hah,
Angel
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