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Sooooo, when I was in high school there was really only one solid couple that I knew. Solid, of course, is open to interpretation, given the fact that they were both clearly nuts and they obviously thrived off the drama their merely being together caused, but these are things you learn in hindsight (except the nuts part, that one was obvious even at the time) and also, really. If you're only going to watch one super serious couple up close and personal, it should have as much drama as possible.
C & AA faced one HUGE obstacle: her family hated him. Forbade her to see him and naturally this just made him the most important thing in all the nine realms. So, as I'm the sidekick in my own life (huzzah!), I tended to help them out whenever possible. This did not endear me to her mother much, but that really wasn't my concern. TRUE LOVE, guys. Or something. I dunno, like I said. Teenager and an idiot, that was me. I was the cover story for a lot of dates and I kept the really obvious mementos of their 'ship at my house (pictures, mostly) and I'd distract people if the phone was needed. This meant I got roped into doing some stupid stuff and to this day I think I'm the only one of my friends who actually saw US Marshals all the way through. (Why yes, this was one of the cover dates only it wasn't supposed to be a "ditch me and then have me frantic when we're like 4 seconds until it's time to go and you're both still MIA and ohgodohgod, the parentals are here!)
I did this because I thought they were adorable together and thought they deserved a shot to see if they could actually work out.
Things shifted over time, but while I was still very much a fan of them together, they got into some huge fight over things I no longer recall, and they broke up. At that moment in time, I was still friends with both of them and quickly realized they both really wanted to be together but it just... wasn't going to work. This is when I learned that sometimes love, be it teenage infatuation or any other form, really isn't enough. Maybe other people learn this little life lesson earlier, but this was pretty much the first relationship I ever saw burn to the ground in front of me, and it broke my heart to see it end.
I don't think I've ever felt that same emotional kick in the gut over someone else's breakup (not even theirs after they got back together and broke up two more times that really, really counted) and to this day I still remember sitting there, shocked as hell, as they both admitted it was over. It's weird when you get worked up over someone else's heartbreak because you can't really get sympathy for it and you don't try because you don't co-opt someone else's pain, but you can still feel it anyway.
And it doesn't work for just any couple; it has to be one that you honestly thought were forever and ever bound. At the moment I can only think of two other couples I know who might trigger this, and only one of them is definite in the "I would bawl like a baby if you two broke up" department.
Sooooo, when I was in high school there was really only one solid couple that I knew. Solid, of course, is open to interpretation, given the fact that they were both clearly nuts and they obviously thrived off the drama their merely being together caused, but these are things you learn in hindsight (except the nuts part, that one was obvious even at the time) and also, really. If you're only going to watch one super serious couple up close and personal, it should have as much drama as possible.
C & AA faced one HUGE obstacle: her family hated him. Forbade her to see him and naturally this just made him the most important thing in all the nine realms. So, as I'm the sidekick in my own life (huzzah!), I tended to help them out whenever possible. This did not endear me to her mother much, but that really wasn't my concern. TRUE LOVE, guys. Or something. I dunno, like I said. Teenager and an idiot, that was me. I was the cover story for a lot of dates and I kept the really obvious mementos of their 'ship at my house (pictures, mostly) and I'd distract people if the phone was needed. This meant I got roped into doing some stupid stuff and to this day I think I'm the only one of my friends who actually saw US Marshals all the way through. (Why yes, this was one of the cover dates only it wasn't supposed to be a "ditch me and then have me frantic when we're like 4 seconds until it's time to go and you're both still MIA and ohgodohgod, the parentals are here!)
I did this because I thought they were adorable together and thought they deserved a shot to see if they could actually work out.
Things shifted over time, but while I was still very much a fan of them together, they got into some huge fight over things I no longer recall, and they broke up. At that moment in time, I was still friends with both of them and quickly realized they both really wanted to be together but it just... wasn't going to work. This is when I learned that sometimes love, be it teenage infatuation or any other form, really isn't enough. Maybe other people learn this little life lesson earlier, but this was pretty much the first relationship I ever saw burn to the ground in front of me, and it broke my heart to see it end.
I don't think I've ever felt that same emotional kick in the gut over someone else's breakup (not even theirs after they got back together and broke up two more times that really, really counted) and to this day I still remember sitting there, shocked as hell, as they both admitted it was over. It's weird when you get worked up over someone else's heartbreak because you can't really get sympathy for it and you don't try because you don't co-opt someone else's pain, but you can still feel it anyway.
And it doesn't work for just any couple; it has to be one that you honestly thought were forever and ever bound. At the moment I can only think of two other couples I know who might trigger this, and only one of them is definite in the "I would bawl like a baby if you two broke up" department.