"The Only Exception."

Love can be life changing ... It can be absolutely wonderful or downright awful. It can be the cure for a heartache, or can make one worse. The great part about love is how it's like fate - Anything involved with it happens for a good/plausible reasoning. Sometimes we fall in love and that's okay (Always listen to your heart but do not leave your head behind as that too is very important.) The thing I like most about love is when you find somebody you believe in, that same somebody being the person who wants to be with you, always - When you're both petrified by the thought of somehow losing each other. However, falling in love may come with some consequences. There's always that lurking fear of getting hurt or losing that person. In my case, I don't hold too much faith in love. It's always wound up being yet even more devastation for me in the long run. It appears that in one way or another, we wind up getting hurt. I try and avoid falling in love at all costs, because whenever I get emotionally attached to someone, I wind up alone and broke unable to get up ... But this is apart of life. Which will now lead me to my point : Believing in the same circumstances as I do, you'll always have that one person who's the exception to the rules. (I.E - Patrick)

When having said "only exception", there is still a great risk of pain in the long run. Although I fully comprehend this, I find it best to just live life, letting love play it's role. If I end up hurt, so be it ... I will only further learn from my mistakes. Anywho, me meeting Patrick was probably the greatest thing that could have happened to me honestly. Our relationship could not be any better than it is right now. We started out as acquaintances, only conversing if we were taking the same bus home that day. Eventually, we decided upon exchanging numbers and frequently talk more of hanging out. Which escalated to hanging out on the regular, which made our friendship much stronger. One day at a dance, we had been hanging out the entire time ... I remember this moment fondly as if it just happened. We were sitting and he leaned (up) to me and said this : "If I were any older, would you contemplate dating me?" I was dumbfounded and speechless, as I was still wrapped up in Lucas, leaving my confusing love life to be a hot mess. I scurried for a response and said this : "I'm not sure ... I have to be into who I'm dating and I'm just unsure about some things." I could feel his sadness and his stress, almost as if it were to be my very own. I tried to give him the friendliest hug I could, as retribution for the inconsistencies and shortcomings that consume my love life. After about a week later, he asked me out again, and thankfully I said yes. This was on November 9th, which is actually a coincidence, considering that my birthday falls on a 9th. So far we've been exclusive for roughly a month now, and things couldn't be better. We flirt like we're lovers, argue like a married couple, and talk like best friends - I love it. Although I do have my occasional doubts about the relationship, I've realized that it's not because we're losing that spark, it's simply because I've experienced a bad day consumed with total jackasses. I'm really blessed to be with a dude like him. I simply adore our spontaneous hugs as we see each other periodically throughout the day, chasing each other with our shoes we try to throw at one another in some outlandish battle of the laces. I love how we can just be ourselves and completely goof off, without being taken too seriously and our attempts of actually being romantic (Which always seem to be epic fails as neither of us are bachelors of romance.) But what I adore most, was in the moment of us holding hands when at the movies. I can't wait to see what exactly the future holds ; whether it's for the greater good or the greater evil...

You see guys, sometimes we just need to go outside and take a deep breath, letting fate handle the rest. Although love has it's distinctive ups and downs, many valuable lessons are included in those situations for free - Everyone enjoys a bargain especially in this economy. I'm not trying to sugarcoat a lemon here, as love in and of itself won't get easier each subsequent round. It's similar to playing Twister ; the farther into the game, the more compromising the position. I hoped I served as a help to you all, and I wish all of you the greatest of luck in happiness, life and love.

"When I was younger I saw my daddy cry and curse at the wind...He broke his own heart and  I watched as he tried to re-assemble it...And my mamma swore that she would never let herself forget. And that was the day that I promised...I'd never sing of love, if it does not exist. But darling you are the only exception...you are the only exception."

-Paramore.