Because I know exactly how much it will hurt just to know that the pair of hands that I'm holding would be holding another; and the pair of lips that I'm kissing, would be kissing another.
We're teenagers. We're still learning. Shit happens. We cheat, we lie, we criticize, we fight over stupid things. We fall in love and end up getting hurt. We bitch, bitch, bitch. We bitch about bitches being bitches. We party till dawn, we drink till we pass out. We hate people for no reason, we call each other names. We stay up late having deep conversations, or stay up late just doing nothing meaningful. We go out and have a kick ass time with our friends and those times will become memories. One day that's going to all pass. You can waste your time focusing on all the bad things, but one day you're gonna wish you were still a teenager. So make the most of what you have now, forget all the bullshit and drama and LIVE YOUR FUCKING LIFE WITH A SEXY SMILE ON YOUR FACE.
In response to this too demanding price of belonging, we move towards isolationism in order to defend our individual freedom. We choose a life lived alone in order for it to be our life. We give up the meaningful life that can only be discovered in relationships with others for a meaningless life that at least we think is ours. What we can see from our pursuit of loneliness is the terrible price exacted for such independence. We end up in deep, vacant places, over0whelmed by loneliness and the emptiness of life.
