Why I’m Sick Of Hearing That College Is The Best Time Of Our Lives

College is hard. I’m taking five classes, working part time and trying to balance time with friends and family.
College is hard. I’m taking five classes, working part time and trying to balance time with friends and family.
You’ve probably heard the story before: (Cue the reporter voice) Who wants to pick this lovely fresh-out-of-college ex-degenerate who finally got her life together for a real world, actual, working job??! Yeah…didn’t think so.
Please get tested, Joey. There’s no way you lasted ten seasons of rampant promiscuity and you do not have an illegitimate child somewhere.
He makes it a point to actually make plans with you, by setting a date and a time, instead of throwing out a vague “we should hang out soon” kind of suggestion.
So I started to test him, for the first time ever. I would watch his body language and his responses to different situations. I would go through his phone whenever possible, collecting evidence and background information to compare to his stories and to see how easily and how well he could lie.
People are constantly being urged to find their comfort zone, which is less of a place and more of a state of mind/being. What seems like a harmless piece of advice and encouragement can actually be a dangerous suggestion.
A little over a year ago I had my very own white wedding cliché. After months of stressful planning and teeth grinding at my mother in law to be, I was finally slipping awkwardly out of an overpriced car, in an overpriced dress, ready to walk the aisle in front of a hundred of what I thought were my closest friends and family.
I was the girl who stayed even when things get rough. I was the girl who stayed even when the texts got lesser, the calls short and rough, and the date nights no longer existent.
1. “Honestly, one reason to get hitched at some point in life is so that someone can actually be there when you’re sick. This blows.”
Someone stole $90 million from a company I was involved in. I’m a poor judge of people. The company collapsed.