It didn't rain today

What is it about girls and lying to impress a guy? If lying gets you the man, then I don't know how you can say that relationship you have is "so honest and real". Let's take my friend for example. Well, I don't think we're considered as friends because we hardly talk to each other ever since we graduated. But let's just refer to her as my friend. It'll be way easier than calling her the girl I used to hang out with in school. So, anyway, she had a crush on a guy in our class and never fail to keep me updated on his likes, dislikes and what not. I swear, it was like she was stalking him, but through Facebook. I admit, I do sometimes check on the profiles of people on my friends list, but not that excessively. That's why I keep reminding myself not to expose myself much on social networking sites, in an effort to avoid something like this happening to me. Not that it did, but there were, I wouldn't know because stalkers are meant to be discreet. But my friend, she's not even hiding the fact that she checks up on his profile every hour.

Well, some guys can be pretty egoistic and are attention whores. So to cut it short, the guy found out. I swear that that was part of my friend's plan by telling everyone, even those she's not close with, about her little crush. She's smart. Embarrassing, but brave. Naturally, they got together. Now, I think that it's an awful idea to hook up this quick, but that's just me being practical. It's not for everyone.

I, for one, have no ounce of interest in knowing about people's love life. I tried to show my disdain whenever my friend started telling me details about them that I really found boring, but maybe she's too ignorant, or she just didn't care that I wasn't paying attention. To sum it all up, she just told me about the lies she had to tell him, to keep him being interested in her. "Do you like the outdoors?" "Of course, I love it! I love nature." "What about the bugs, and the mud if it rains?" "Oh, that's just part of the fun!" "Do you like computer games?" "Yes! I play them all the time!" "Which are your favourites?" "Oh...you know, the one where you have to...shoot the enemies...those kinds."

I cringe every time this came up in our conversations. What are you going to do if your lies catches up to you in the future? And doesn't it bother you that the guy that is supposedly "the one" likes you based on the persona that you are portraying with your lies? And when he finds out you are nothing like the girl he thought you were and fell in love with, he WILL leave you. Can you handle the guilt and responsibility of breaking his heart because you weren't truthful throughout the relationship? I couldn't.

So girls, stop trying to lie or change yourself just to fit the requirements of the guy you think you love. Because, at the end, you're going to find out that it's not you he loves, but the girl who you made up just to be with him. Time to wise up.