September 22, 2008
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A Tragic Ending
“We have so much in common, we are just such a good match. Don’t you think, hon’?”
“Yes,” said the lad in a low voice, staring off into other thoughts.
The girl, once bubbling, turned downcast at his distanced reply. “Jason, what is it?” came a concerned voice a moment later.
“It’s just,” he responded, his focus still partly elsewhere, ”we don’t share everything. There are…differences between us.”
“Like what? Tell me, we can work this out,” she pleaded.
“For instance,” Jason began with a tone of authority, “you are attracted to guys. Me on the other hand, well, I don’t swing that way. I am very attracted to girls. That, just that right there, is a huge difference between us.”
“But Jason, that’s just, that’s just,” Rosalyn stammered, at a loss, “that’s not a problem at all.”
“It’s a HUGE problem!” Jason roared. “Are you going to start liking girls anytime soon? Huh? Well?”
There was a pause.
“ARE YOU?” Jason erupted, ”Because I’m sure as heck not going to start liking guys. And that’s a huge disagreement. It means we’re different on the deepest level possible, so how could this possibly work?” Another pause. “WELL?”
“Please, don’t yell, Jason,” Rosayln whimpered, tearing up, “I love you, I need you. This is just…silliness.”
“No. It’s an unbridgeable chasm. I’m sorry, Ros. I’m sorry this had to happen to us.” Then in a resolute voice he gaveled, “We are done.”
With that he got out of his chair and walked to the door, leaving the broken-hearted lass to cry in his wake.
Comments (12)
that is sad.
hahahaha….I hope this is irony?
I.. don’t understand.
Oh, yes, I was thinking this was absolutely absurd, heheh. I just didn’t know it was supposed to be that way.
Hahah, out of pity, perhaps. But for those in the know, it’s all the more fun that way! Now that I read this again, it’s quite amusing.
So, I’m not sure if you remember this dialogue~
Philip: So your blog post, I happened to notice, was the exact same as your facebook note.
Megan: Yeah. I’m lazy. So what?
Philip: That does not exactly — em, what do you call it — COUNT. …..just sayin’…
Megan: You’ve done it! Hypocrite.
Philip: No I haven’t! My facebook notes are completely different from my xanga posts.
Hmm….wow…..*coughcough*…..that’s interesting. However, while I’ll on here giving you two eprops, I might as well say that I find this hilarious. It’s ironic, because if they “reconciled their differences” or whatever, they wouldn’t like each other anymore. Obviously. So…nice job.
Made me laugh, anyways.
@RoBoChIcA -
Yes, yes, I knew you would bring that up when I decided to transfer this one to facebook. You possess the endearing trait of accountability.
Those were different circumstances – the problem was that you had not updated your blog uniquely in a long time. With relation to my desire to read all-new, cutting-edge Megan thoughts, it doesn’t make sense to say you have updated your blog if it’s the same as what has been your facebook note for some time.
I don’t actually think this should be classified as irony. Recalling some Wikipedia surfing I was doing over the summer, I think it would be best described as ‘literary nonsense.’ Irony has to do with a situation of unexpected results compared to someone’s intention. For instance, a couple is going through a hard time, so they decide to take vacations away from each other. They split up and travel separately, and after having picked their locations independently of one another, they end up on a small island on the other side of the world, right next to each other on the beach. There’s nothing nonsensical or illogical about that, it just contrasts intentions with the expected result.
I’ve had some discussions about irony with people, and apparently its definition is a little less clear than is presumed. Some people didn’t even think the example I gave was an example of irony. Mmm..do you agree?
@StrokeofThought -
I’m not saying that what I did and what you did are the same thing…I just find it funny that you so adamantly denied transfering your posts just a few days ago.
No, I don’t think the story as a whole is ironic. The only thing I thought was ironic was that the one thing that your freaky male character thought could save their relationship would be something that would make a relationship impossible (since your female character would no longer by attracted to him). I’m not sure if your example of irony is what I would call irony. I think I might lable that as “coincidence”. I dunno. I’m probably wrong. lol.
P.S. I’m glad you find my accountability endearing.
@RoBoChIcA -
Well, the dictionary.com definition simply says “something unexpected, a coincidence” (or something like that), so it’s somewhere in the neighborhood of those two ideas. I think there’s something more to it though; I think you need to add an element of intention.
What do you think irony is?
@StrokeofThought -
Well, let’s see. My Webster’s dictionary says “the use of words to express the opposite of what one really means” or ” the incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the expected result” In this instance, we’re not exactly using the first definition, but I did kinda think that it had more to do with something being opposite of what it was supposed to be, instead of just incongruent.
And yeah, I actually physically looked it up in a real, paper dictionary. How cool am I? lol
All I can say is, bravo.
It seems to me you have quite perfected nonsense.
This is just like every teenage relationship i’ve ever encountered. lol. Total nonsense.