Mysterie
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i have fallen in love twice in my life.
note: this first paragraph is backstory and context, or simply can be read for interest
the first time it was with a friend's (lets call him harry), then current girlfriend (jess). i was head over heels and she was like a goddess to me. this was two years ago and i was more painfully shy than i am now, it tore me apart to be around her where i couldn't be honest with my feelings. but i also had faux dates with her where we would see a romantic movie, or just drink tea and talk, and it would feel like i was walking on clouds around her. it took me about a year, maybe a year and a half to work up the courage to be direct and tell her how i felt. needless to say i had waited wayy too long for spontaneity to work in my advantage and she said that she views me as a friend rather than romantically. not much longer after i felt (or realised) i didn't have much in common with her and was no longer attracted to her in a relationship kind of way. she has since moved interstate.
the second time was with a girl (lets call her carrie) who is part of a little group which has been kind of merging with the group i hang out with, slowly over time. from the first time i saw her i felt a strong connection and at that point i would say i had a crush on her. i would make eye contact with her and had that sense of knowing when theres an attraction there. we had never shared a single word for many weeks of her being at the same art shows/gigs i was at, one time we had a sentence worth of exchange, which made me like her even more. fast forward to a few weeks ago and she was at a friends birthday party, somehow i was in a small circle of conversation (me not talking much), and slowly people drifted away to go to the toilet or whatever, and it was just me and her standing there. we started talking and i felt a significant sense of ease around her which is absurdly uncommon in my life. i could look into her eyes and get lost in them, the rest of the world was melting away and ceasing to exist and there was a bubble encasing us in a shared bond. her voice sounded like honey and we found out that we have many similar interests (meditation/yoga/psychology/spirituality in general), i almost never find people my age who are interested in the things i like.
well, today i found out that she is quite possibly dating the same friend (harry) who's girlfriend (jess) i fell in love with.. life is strange sometimes. i am not reacting very strongly to this news, and i feel like if i had made a move when the iron was hot or w/e, things wouldn't have fallen into this place. i'm not attached to having things turn out in a certain way for me, to me love does not grasp, it just loves. ive felt a greater degree of clarity and insight in the past few days and i have the confidence to ask her if she would want to hang out and talk sometime. the thing is, i don't know how seriously my friend feels attached to carrie, i don't want to be hated. on the other hand i want to get this off my chest, but not for my selfish personal interest, i felt a connection that for me is very rare and would like to see if it was my own infatuation or a shared transcendent moment.
at this point if it is true they are in a relationship, it would be easy (i think?) for me to simply drop my attention for carrie. i identify as the sufferer or as the depressed lone wolf who is cursed in love, so it is not difficult to play the masochist or ascetic.
or i can see if a good moment arises where i can see if carrie wants to meet up sometime just so that we can talk as friends. if she is hesitant at that point i can just point out that i have no expectations for anything that would happen in the future.
congrats if you made it this far into my analytical late night mind. thoughts? or similar experiences? resonance?
note: this first paragraph is backstory and context, or simply can be read for interest
the first time it was with a friend's (lets call him harry), then current girlfriend (jess). i was head over heels and she was like a goddess to me. this was two years ago and i was more painfully shy than i am now, it tore me apart to be around her where i couldn't be honest with my feelings. but i also had faux dates with her where we would see a romantic movie, or just drink tea and talk, and it would feel like i was walking on clouds around her. it took me about a year, maybe a year and a half to work up the courage to be direct and tell her how i felt. needless to say i had waited wayy too long for spontaneity to work in my advantage and she said that she views me as a friend rather than romantically. not much longer after i felt (or realised) i didn't have much in common with her and was no longer attracted to her in a relationship kind of way. she has since moved interstate.
the second time was with a girl (lets call her carrie) who is part of a little group which has been kind of merging with the group i hang out with, slowly over time. from the first time i saw her i felt a strong connection and at that point i would say i had a crush on her. i would make eye contact with her and had that sense of knowing when theres an attraction there. we had never shared a single word for many weeks of her being at the same art shows/gigs i was at, one time we had a sentence worth of exchange, which made me like her even more. fast forward to a few weeks ago and she was at a friends birthday party, somehow i was in a small circle of conversation (me not talking much), and slowly people drifted away to go to the toilet or whatever, and it was just me and her standing there. we started talking and i felt a significant sense of ease around her which is absurdly uncommon in my life. i could look into her eyes and get lost in them, the rest of the world was melting away and ceasing to exist and there was a bubble encasing us in a shared bond. her voice sounded like honey and we found out that we have many similar interests (meditation/yoga/psychology/spirituality in general), i almost never find people my age who are interested in the things i like.
well, today i found out that she is quite possibly dating the same friend (harry) who's girlfriend (jess) i fell in love with.. life is strange sometimes. i am not reacting very strongly to this news, and i feel like if i had made a move when the iron was hot or w/e, things wouldn't have fallen into this place. i'm not attached to having things turn out in a certain way for me, to me love does not grasp, it just loves. ive felt a greater degree of clarity and insight in the past few days and i have the confidence to ask her if she would want to hang out and talk sometime. the thing is, i don't know how seriously my friend feels attached to carrie, i don't want to be hated. on the other hand i want to get this off my chest, but not for my selfish personal interest, i felt a connection that for me is very rare and would like to see if it was my own infatuation or a shared transcendent moment.
at this point if it is true they are in a relationship, it would be easy (i think?) for me to simply drop my attention for carrie. i identify as the sufferer or as the depressed lone wolf who is cursed in love, so it is not difficult to play the masochist or ascetic.
or i can see if a good moment arises where i can see if carrie wants to meet up sometime just so that we can talk as friends. if she is hesitant at that point i can just point out that i have no expectations for anything that would happen in the future.
congrats if you made it this far into my analytical late night mind. thoughts? or similar experiences? resonance?
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