The Dilemma Caused by Glenn Frey

The song that started it all.

Driving home one day, switching from station to station and this song's unmistakable intro comes on. Now, I've always been bothered by the lyrics of this song. Let me show you why.

Are you gonna stay with the one who loves you,
Or are you going back to the one you love?

Okay so let's assume there are three parties involved:

1. The confused Girl.  
2. Lover AKA the one who loves Girl
3. Lovee AKA the one Girl loves

We assume again that Lovee does not love ze girlaloo. Because if he did, then the answer should be pretty clear and we wouldn't be having this conversation - nor would this song exist.  

But therein lies the perplexity. Okay, okay cause then it goes:

Someone's gonna cry when they learn they've lost you,

Someone's gonna thank the stars above.

Okay let's look at it from the only two probabilities - keeping in mind that:

      (a) Lover LOVES the girl, Girl not so much. 

      (b) Lovee doesn't love Girl but Girl does (after all, he's the guy who "left her crying" and "made her
            blue". Yes, I went through the entire lyrics in pursuit of enlightenment.)

Scenario A: Girl chooses Lovee AKA the one she loves, but doesn't love her back

Lover's gonna cry when he learns he lost you --- Of course. 

Lovee's gonna thank the stars above --- Okay now why would Lovee do this if Girl chose him, when he doesn't love Girl anyway? -> Dilemma #1

Alright, let's switch things around.

Scenario B: Girl chooses Lover AKA the one who loves her (she, not so much)

Lovee's gonna cry when he learns he lost you --- See Dilemma #1. -> Dilemma #2

Lover's gonna thank the stars above --- Sure.

So there. Glenn Frey, you got some 'splainin to do. 

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Yes, I don't blog for a little close to a year and this is what I choose to write first. Hello again, blogosphere. Ah missed chu. :)

I know that they're writings on the wall.

Listening to this for months on end

Candy - Paolo Nutini

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a phone, GarageBand, and a Sunday night

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Candy (Paolo Nutini Cover) - Jennie Jo

Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby Sparks: Let it never be said, the romance is dead.

I had a feeling I was going to fall in love.

A few seconds in, I knew it was something incredibly special. I wanted to pace myself, not be into it too much, afraid that I might be disappointed.

Magic realism, wit, quirk, humor. Love. Hopeful and hopeless. It was all that I wanted and so much more.

In the end, I was in tears, overwhelmingly in love. One of the best feelings in the world. 

"I don't need to make sense of this."

The Perks of Being a Hopeless Romantic

On the downside, it hurts. Like HELL. Somehow, it all seems more unbearable, confusing, devastating. 

Seems.

SEEMS.

See, the good thing about being a hopeless romantic is that our hearts are more resilient than usual. Sure, we hurt the most. But then we bounce back just a little bit faster, too. 

At least I'd like to think so. :)

Lebenslangerschicksalsschatz is not something that develops over time. It is something that happens instantaneously. It courses through you like the water of a river after a storm, filling you and emptying you all at once. You feel it throughout your body, in your hands, in your heart, in your stomach, in your skin… Have you ever felt this way about someone? If you have to think about it, you have not felt it. Of course, everyone does eventually, you just never know when, or where. - HIMYM, S08E01

I'd like to think my Lebenslangerasdfjklh is still out there. I mean, I know he is. And this could be our song right now:

James Morrison - Get to You

Oh, that's right. Hopeless romantics are the cheesiest, too. ♥

The Self-Esteem Plan

I should really be less of this...

...and more of this:

Time starts... NOW.