As is the case with young romance we were not the masters of our own
destiny's. We were not able to hang out again outside of school for
more than a week but then my girlfriend was able to come over. In the
intervening time my pure altruistic love for her had slightly
devolved back into y testosterone driven motivations. When she came
over we talked and hanged out and I was trying to figure out someway
to bring up the moment we shared post breakdown but she was not
interested in talking about it so I was trying to find my angle and
then I hit upon it - Guns and Roses. I had both 'Use Your Illusion'
albums and I knew just the thing for showing sympathy and building
intimacy, the 7th greatest rock ballad of all time 'Don't
Cry'.
How can this not work to build a deeper relationship? Thanks Axl, I did have to give you 20 bucks but it was worth it.
I popped in the disc and skipped to the song I needed and there
I was sitting with my emotionally vulnerable girlfriend listening to
a great tune that showed my sympathy and emotional depth and I knew
this was working. I ran into a little bit of a backfire when she did
exactly opposite of what the song instructed and started crying. I
had to work fast to keep this from devolving into a situation where
making out would be inappropriate. I suggested we go for a walk and
she agreed. We walked down towards the dump which was about a mile
down a relatively secluded road. As we walked she cuddled up close to
me and as we were away from all of the houses she pushed me over to a
patch of grass in an apple orchard and started kissing me. We sat and
talked and kissed until it started to get dark and then we headed
back home. I thought things were going really well but after that
night nothing ever went so well again.
