Editor's Note: This is part three of a five column seriesdealing with dating and relationships.
The other night I ate dinner in the Atrium with a friend I'veknown most of my life. We've had an on-again, off-again, love-haterelationship for years. Now, though, we needed to talk.
She's not a student here, though she's definitely a regular oncampus. You'd recognize her if you saw her; she's pretty hard tomiss. She's a drop dead gorgeous Greek girl. Looks like agoddess.
I offered to spend some of my dining plus to buy her something,but she insisted on eating the ambrosia and drinking the nectarshe'd brought.
So we sat down in a private corner on the second floor and I letloose on her: "Look, I'm really sick of this love business, okay? Imean, it makes no sense whatsoever. Who do you think you are,manipulating me like this? You can't just go around breakingpeople's hearts. Life would be so much easier if you'd just give mea little peace."
She just laughed in my face. "I saw you practicing this," shesaid with her trademark grin. "Is telling me off going as well asyou had hoped?"
I was not pleased: "I'm not joking. You hurt people. You've hurtme many, many times. And I've had enough. I'm ready to stop loving.I think it's best if we stop seeing each other."
She grabbed one of my Chick-Fil-A nuggets and popped it into hermouth. "Sorry, boy. You're not allowed to break up with me. Notgoing to happen. Can't let you stop loving. You're just going tohave to deal with what I throw your way. And if you start trying toignore me, if you disrespect me in anyway, you'll pay dearly, andyou know it. You'll be even more miserable than you are now. Youhave no choice but to do what I say."
She stared at me with those hypnotic jade eyes of hers and said,"Trust me, sweetie, I have your best interests at heart, I reallydo."
Irritated was the Dave. "Well, if that's the case, can you atleast set me up with some simpler women? I've had enough of thesewild, crazy, confused girls. Couldn't you just hook me up withsomeone who's normal, maybe?"
She let out a hollering laugh this time, attracting way too muchattention. "Oh you're a card, hon, you really are. 'Difficult'women? That's all there are. Normal women are as mythological asMedusa. You're not going to find someone 'convenient.' And even ifyou did, you of all people most certainly wouldn't be interested inher.
"I've given you exactly what you wanted--one strange,fascinating, amazing, 'difficult' girl after another. You're justgoing to have to face the fact, my sweet child, that you cannotchange who you love or who you're attracted to. Nobody can. You cantry all you want but it ain't gonna happen. I'm in charge. I pick.Deal with it."
Aphrodite was right. And I loved and hated her for it. Soon itwas time for her to get back to Mount Olympus. She gave me a hugand an unexpected French kiss before driving off in her Swanchariot. I sighed and went back to my dorm, a little sad, butsomewhat comforted by having let go.
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