CONFESSIONS MEME

[devoutish]

1. Post a comment with your character spilling their confessions and innermost thoughts for all to see
2. Go around and comment to other characters ICly, expressing shock, awe, disgust, anger, etc.
3. Discuss, accuse, commiserate, threadjack, etc.

Comments

[pale_blue_arrow]

'Cause it's considered cliche and trite and stupid. [He's not going to pretend it didn't grate on him, but neither did he defend himself in front of other guys back home. He hadn't cared enough to. If Emily liked it, then as far as he was concerned that was the only important thing.] Hair Lockets, by Nicole Dollanganger. Morbid in retrospect, but I swear it was sweet at the time.

Y'know, my housemate told me I should talk to someone? He has some of the bare bones of what happened, since I'm loose-lipped when I'm drunk and I make poor life choices. He didn't really seem to know who I should talk to, though he also agreed it was a fresh wound. I always thought, whenever I read books, that grieving for years sounded counter-intuitive and pathetic. I sort of get it now. It's still pathetic, but it's not easy to get out of, either.

[drizzle]

I believe you. I've never heard of those songs before, so I wouldn't know of the type of music they are other than you and Emily's love song. [As for him saying it is considered cliche, trite, and stupid.] Wait until they find their own "Emily". I bet they'll do even more cliche things than you guys did. [Since it usually works that way all thing considering.]

Emotions have a way of making us feel that way: vulnerable. I don't think it should be considered weak unless you don't grow from the experience by allowing your fears to get the better of you. As far as I can tell, you have potential to grow as a stronger person since you're already acknowledging the problem instead of ignoring it. [As for his roommate's advice.] Your roommate is right in having suggested that: finding someone to talk to about this. I think you should find someone you feel comfortable with and in turn are willing to hear you out too. This sort of thing is heavy and not many people are capable of being the rock you need, but I know they are out there.

[pale_blue_arrow]

It's... it's a song about a girl who keeps bits of her boyfriend's hair in a locket so if he dies, she'll always have a piece of him she can keep close. [Which was a bit of an offputting concept to some people, but to Brendan and Emily it had sounded sweet, at the time. Now it was a bitter thing to hear. He'd always assumed that he would be the one more likely to get offed. That was how his luck had always run. The idea of Emily dying had never occurred to him. And he didn't even have a locket with her hair to hold onto in the aftermath.]

I ignore it more often than I should. Sometimes it's just too much to deal with so I just distract myself with anything I can. That way it doesn't feel like the world ended. But much as I've been thinkin' about getting someone to talk to, actually finding someone is harder than it sounds. How do I know I won't overload whoever I tell it all too? Other people have problems and struggles, too, y'know?