I Love You + PDAs

“I’ll see you after class.”

“No, I have to drop this off for a teacher. I won’t see you until after school.”

“Oh. I can’t wait.”

“See you later.”

“I LOVE YOU.”

Imagine this exchange of words between a tall boy and a blonde little girl locked in an embrace. UGH.

This bothers me so much. Disgusting displays of affection in public. PDAs are definietly a huge pet peeve of mine. Okay, holding hands is inoffensive on occassion (as long as you two are not locked together 24/7) and a really cute couple can pull off a goodbye peck or soemthing, but high school relationships have gotten so public it is ridiculous. I hate walking through the halls and seeing the same two people walking hand-in-hand everywhere together, never seeing them separated, gazing into each other’s eyes. When they’re torn apart for class they hug for a really long time, might even give each other a long painful kiss and head off for the hour without their sweetie. It makes me sick. It’s 75 freaking minutes. Let me give you a little perspective. My boyfriend lives 1 1/2 hours away. I get to seem him every other weekend if I am lucky. I’m thinking these couples who can hardly last 2 hours are maybe a little dependent.

And PDAs and clingy-ness is just the tip of the iceburg. I hate that they said “I love you” to each other. They’re grade 9 or 10s… how can they be in love? To me the words “I love you” carry a LOT of meaning and sentiment and should be used wisely when in the context of a significant other. I admit to saying “I love you” to friends and family, but when it comes to my boyfriend I’ve rarely said it, if ever. That doesn’t mean I don’t care about him, I do immensely, but I’m aware of the heavy meaning of those words and I don’t just want to go tossing those around whenever. It’s for special moments and special feelings.

Anyways, that’s my little rant about PDAs & “I love you”s. Obviously it’s different with different people… I hate PDA’s… in fact I aviod holding my bf’s hand in public (I know I sound like a cold, horrible and feelingless person, but to me, especially since we haven’t been dating a LONG time, that is all personal and private stuff) yet some of my friends love it and say that they enjoy pdas because it shows they’re not embarrassed or ashamed to be with that person. Different opinions I guess. How do you and your sweetie act publically?

No More Moolah

Money is such a stupid thing. I hate it. Mostly a lot. You  need it for nearly everything! I’m not going to lie, there are times when I don’t go out with my friends because they’re going out to a movie or to dinner and I just do not want to spend the money. But what is the alternative? It’s really hard to think of exciting things to do without spending money. I would much rather spend my money on clothes or maybe save it, because I plan on going to university some time. So what am I supposed to do? Do you ever have this problem? What do you do?

I’m just going to brainstorm a few ideas that could be fun to do that won’t cost as much money (I hope):

1. Make dinner yourself – decorate the table, make a centerpiece, try out a gourmet recipe, light candles, be creative!
2. Play sardines or Hide-and-Go-Seek in the dark, inside or outside. That’s always a good time.
3. Have a bonfire (okay.. in the summer okay?) Roast marshmallows and weiners.
4. If you and your friends have a tv show in common get together regularly to watch it… make t-shirts. Everyone loves t-shirts.
5. Go tobogganing or build a snowman.
6. Get dressed up in crazy clothes and take a lot of pictures! Pictures last, and it will be fun. Oh that’s a good one.
7. Have an all-nighter and watch movies or play video games all night long. Sit in your pajamas (mmm) and eat popcorn.

… okay so maybe I have a couple of ideas. But yeah I am definitely WAY too lazy to go out and spend my money.