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Kalia said:

"You have a really neat friend that you care a lot about, but there is a whole world out there and you will never be able to see it and enjoy it in THESE CRUCIAL YEARS if you have your tongue shoved down a 14-year-old's throat or you are glued to your keyboard sharing your fantastic vocabulary with her day and night. (Ennui??? Conflagration?? You are every English teacher's fantasy!)"

M. Randir responds:

She Is My Best Friend

You're right, about her being a really neat friend, anyway. She is my best friend, in fact, and I treat her in that consideration next to my other friends because of our (emotional) intimacy.

You said this friend of yours was with his girl for 5 years. Good for both of them--and I'm sorry to hear that you and the rest of the gang were pissed--but personally, I'd reevaluate my friendship with any people who seemed to be jealous of the time I was spending with my her.

She Gives Me Deep Fulfillment

But alas for the "Crucial" Years! What can I say, except that I find much deeper fulfillment bonding with her in this time than I would living the single scene; even if she was closer to my age, I really doubt I'd be spending my time any other way (e.g., out with her and oodles of older friends) partly because that's just the way that I am.

And 4 years? 15/19, 16/20, 17/21, 18/22. There I go. I fully accept and acknowledge the differences between our 'levels,' small though they may be in our eyes.

Four Years Is Nothing!

Four years? Pshh! I'm just glad it's not 7! Or 10! You get the idea. People have had greater challenges laid before them before. I'm not going to delve any deeper now into the whole 'star-crossed lovers' cliche, but thank you for your opinion and response.

I disagree with a lot of it, but it also gives me much to think about and respond to.

And yes, I love English--language in general, really. I just HOPE that hasn't drawn me into any of my teachers' fantasies--yuck! = P

M. Randir

Male, age 18, USA

 

 

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