So earlier in the week, I had a paper due in another class and the topic of the paper really got me thinking. We had to discuss a relationship in our life that had ended. As I got into my own paper, I started to think about what the same paper would look like from the other persons perspective.
I will give you a quick overview of my story. I started talking to a boy over the summer who would be going to school with me in the fall. Our relationship progressed quickly into something a little bit more then friends. But here's the catch: he had a girlfriend. I tried to not let it bother me because it seemed to not bother him. But sadly when we got to school, he got scared and realized what he was doing was wrong. He told my friends that he didn't want anything with me. I was very unhappy and we got into a huge fight and stop speaking completely. I hated him.
At this point in time we have come to terms and say hi to each other and have an occasional conversation.
As I was writing my paper explaining this story, I started thinking about what he would say if he had to write this paper. Would he say bad things about me? Would he make himself look like the good guy? Probably. I would love to see him try and defend his choices and actions. How would he flip it so that I looked like the whore and he looked like the innocent?
Each and every story has two sides. We have to realize that if you are telling a story about something, you need to be as honest as possible, especially with yourself because you wouldn't want other people telling the story to be twisting it around.
Lia Veley
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