Ashley Milana 1/28/13
Ms. Scardina Period 3 How to see Past a Silly Fictional Romance and Focus on Reality!
Are you disappointed that your Edward Cullen and Jacob Black haven’t fought over you yet? Did prince Charming skip your house and you never got to try on your glass slipper? Sorry honey, but you’re not alone. Many teens today have hopes and dreams that they would meet their prince charming, and everything would turn out magical in the end “Together Forever”. I’m not being hypocritical I too am victim of falling for the prince in the movie or the mystical angel in a book. But, how many teens do you see actually turning out like there Main Character in the latest New York Times best seller. Some teens need to get real; No vampire name Edward is going to watch you while you sleep and promise to devote his life to you, or the preppy jock after his Football victory picks you from the crowd and swoop you off your feet, believe me I can only wish that would happen. In my many years of school I remember every girl in 7th grade wanting to be part of the Hunger Games just so they can have their Peeta and Gale to fight for them. But, who would want to be in the Hunger Games, they literally have to kill one another to survive in harsh conditions and brutal combat!? But don’t worry after everyone you love is killed you still have your man. I get that the thought of having that perfect romance is a dream come true to some girl, including me, but we all know something’s can’t really happen. Hopefully you’re still reading and not too discourage that I’m downgrading your dream, but somebody has to slap some sense into you! If you’re ready to stop your heart form breaking and the pounds gained from the ice cream you consume watching the Notebook, continue reading my “How to see past a silly Fictional romance and focus on reality” step by step guide! (That’s a mouth full!). Trust me throwing away the ice cream will lead to something worse, like pure Chocolate.
First, step on your recovery. If you’re in the book store and you’re desperately trying to pick up on reading, avoid book titles that have the words, love, kiss, passion, romance, and Twilight and the three miserable sequels after it, and if you already have these book donate them to your mother, she’ll appreciate it. These titles also go along with TV show titles as well. One TV channel that you should avoid for sure is Lifetime, the channel for the lonely and depressed and where you can consume the most chocolate. They might look tempting but now that if you give in you’ll hit a collapsing point and it will be hard to recover. Trying watching Discovery channel, or read about how grass was made. I’m just messing with you! Try to find a show that entertains you, maybe a comedy like Workaholics, where the men are far from dreamy but hilarious. Just don’t watch a show where you would do anything to be the girl with a perfect boyfriend even if her life is filled with angst, because lets be real these girls are not the right in the head after all the drama.
Second, step to recovery. When you walk into school in the morning, after you’ve whipped the crust from your eyes from tiredness since you decided to writing a paper that you had two weeks to do till the last minute, look around what do you see. Well, let me tell you, probably drowsy students who also did the same thing as you last night, or students so caffeinated they can’t even walk straight. But oh! There’s that boy who looks like Zeus minus the lighting. He may look like a God but his attitude may need some cleaning up, and if you agreed with me, listen to this. Do really think Zeus and his posy of Gods is mature enough to dedicate their lives to you, like a sparkling vampire. Do you think you two will have a serious relationship at 17 or, 23 where you two have matured more? No matter how mature he is in your eyes I doubt a 16 year old boy wants to talk about marriage, they can barely commit to their homework. Just think about it.
Third and final step: Really take a moment and think to yourself, in the comforts of home do you really need a committed immortal man today, in your prime time. Now, I’m not saying to go kiss and party with every boy you see, but wouldn’t it be nice to think “I can be independent and sane and not drool all over a fictional character.” If you do find a boy of interest and he’s not your Edward Cullen or Harry Styles, don’t pull a Taylor Swift and write a song about his immaturity and stupidity. Or! Please for the love of everything good don’t pull a Miley Cyrus and cut off all your hair in retaliation because of a bad break up. Take a deep breath, I’m not saying you can’t feel a little puppy love at a young age, but don’t mistake a fictional character type romance for a real man, since half the time these “teens” on TV are 34 and still not mature. Be reasonable this is reality; don’t reject every boy who isn’t your Edward. You have time to find your Edward, oh bad example, How about you Ryan Gosling, you still have time, you’re only a teen after all.
I wrote this for a English project and I thought it was pretty good I hope u guys like it
