Irony of Life

Different events took place in my life recently that made realize how life sometimes can be ironic.

A friend of mine wasn't willing to give up her own freedom and lie to herself for this guy who wanted all of her to fulfill his own insecurities. So this guy infuriated by this, spent the past 4 months of his life trying to portray her to people as a horrible Satanist person who only loves herself and cares about no one else. However, today after consuming all his time writing hate notes and poems about her, he decided to post something to portray the love and beauty in the world and so he posted a picture of a beautiful piece of street art. I saw the picture and laughed because the beauty he finally saw in the world was made by her...this Art Work that he loved was her Work of Art!

Two of the people in my life, who I truly care about, have been building this mock flirtatious friendship. None of them sees this friendship as a real option only as innocent fun. The irony is that their being together is the solution of a problem yet the cause of another. They feed each other’s ego, allowing them to overcome their insecurities but only for the moment. However, this confidence boost is not a permanent solution for their insecurities; it is conditioned on them being together and on other, so called ‘serious’, options being out of the picture. Having this friendship makes them feel good because they are getting attention from the other sex with no obligations or compromises. Yet this friendship to them is not a serious option, which also destroys their confidence. The truth is that one of them wants to feel the attention he used to get from girls without the obligation of having to be with one of them. The other enjoys the attention she receives from him and the fact that she doesn't have to put her feelings out in the open and face the possibility of being rejected; the idea is unrealistic to her that going after it is nothing but a joke and since she never took it seriously then she can't really get rejected. But because they don't consider it as a real option, it destroys their confidence too and stands in the way of them obtaining something real with ‘serious’ options out there. This friendship that is feeding their egos is making them feel good but because it is not taken seriously it is also crushing them and making them think "why can't I have something like this but real with someone I truly care about?". However, speaking from experience extensive flirting will result in confusion. It's like an addiction; you become so accustomed to having it that when you lose it, you miss it, making you re-evaluate what it meant to you in the first place. Anyways, putting the irony of the situation aside, I hope this doesn't end badly...but I have a feeling that only one of them will survive this.

This incident I will not elaborate on but I just found it extremely ironic that one incident could caused me to lose some respect for a person that I gained so much respect for a while ago and cause me to gain some respect for a person who I completely lost respect for a while ago. It is like I traveled back in time only this time the roles were reversed.