sunday storytime

boy meets girl. 

boy unexpectedly falls for girl.

boy has an incredible senior year of high school with girl (and others), falling in love with girl in the process.

boy and girl go to different colleges, and break up.

boy is miserable without girl, begs for her back, and gets his wish.

boy and girl have many more bumps in the road, but are generally happy and in love.

boy and girl are best friends.

boy gets to the point where he sees himself marrying girl.

boy and girl, however, have some issues between them that have been issues since the beginning.

boy tries to ignore them, but both boy and girl are what we like to call "strong-willed", and neither boy nor girl are easily swayed from their positions on the issues.

boy and girl are both immature.

boy finally realizes that, although he loves girl very much, and although he and girl are best friends, and although he can never see himself being so close to a person again, the relationship is not going to work.

boy breaks up with girl.

boy loves being single for a while, but soon realizes he might have made a mistake.

boy again tries to communicate with girl, but soon it is affirmed to him that he made the right choice by ending things, and communication ceases.

boy is very happy with being just "boy", living his life, preparing for his future, etc.

boy sometimes thinks about girl, wonders what she's doing, who she's dating, and how she is.

boy often wonders if girl has grown up yet. 

boy also knows he has a lot of growing up to do.

boy then finds out some information that makes him think less of girl, and more than anything, it upsets him, because he still has much love for girl, although he knows that girl is not THE girl for him.

boy wishes he never would have found out this information, because he's been thinking about it constantly, and wants these thoughts to go away, because he knows he made the right decision and that things are not going to change.

boy also somewhat desires to be friends with girl, but knows this is next to impossible.

boy wants girl to be happy, but also to grow up some and realize some things.

boy wonders sometimes if he is the reason that girl might still be making questionable decisions.

boy just wants to move on from the "girl" chapter of his life, but seems to still be having trouble. 

(to be continued...)