Summer lovin'...is it worth the wait?
Rachel Jaye
Issue date: 4/23/09 Section: Life!
A lot of people have recently asked me "What are going to do about the summer?" It's not exactly about summer jobs. One word: Rela-tion-ship…STATUS. Because lots of us like to think about those lazy summer days of endless movies, trips to the shore, and plenty of time with family and friends, no one wants to answer the open-ended question at the end of the school year - what do we do now?
Once May 8 rolls around, couples all over Muhlenberg will be asking themselves that inevitable question. I'm sorry to say, I don't have a clear answer, but there are pros and cons to sticking with that special someone.
One of the things that constantly stick in my mind is the emotional attachment. Two people who are pretty into one another could agree that when the SUVs and moving trucks pull out of the dorm parking lots, it's siyanara sucka!
But can we really just turn off our feelings like a shower or sink spigot? I think not, my friends. We can all agree that the strings will release and those happy couples will be happy singles, but I don't think that's the case.
When you really enjoy someone's company, how can you just say goodbye to them? However, I know that keeping things hanging on without the constant visits from ML to East or Brown to Prosser can be pretty difficult with about 200 miles in between two lovebirds.
A phrase that constantly rolls off my tongue is "absence makes the heart grow fonder!" I wonder if whoever said this had to do a long-distance relationship in between semesters; if so, he or she could give some solid advice I bet!
Unfortunately there are loopholes in doing a long-distance relationship over the heat-waved months of June, July, and most of August. There are the ever popular "friends with benefits" or "open relationships." This may be all fine and dandy at first, but someone always ends up getting hurt in the end. Is it really worth the risk?
If two people like each other enough to do what kids do these days, why not just call it even and become - 'scuse the popular phrase - "exclusive?"
Once May 8 rolls around, couples all over Muhlenberg will be asking themselves that inevitable question. I'm sorry to say, I don't have a clear answer, but there are pros and cons to sticking with that special someone.
One of the things that constantly stick in my mind is the emotional attachment. Two people who are pretty into one another could agree that when the SUVs and moving trucks pull out of the dorm parking lots, it's siyanara sucka!
But can we really just turn off our feelings like a shower or sink spigot? I think not, my friends. We can all agree that the strings will release and those happy couples will be happy singles, but I don't think that's the case.
When you really enjoy someone's company, how can you just say goodbye to them? However, I know that keeping things hanging on without the constant visits from ML to East or Brown to Prosser can be pretty difficult with about 200 miles in between two lovebirds.
A phrase that constantly rolls off my tongue is "absence makes the heart grow fonder!" I wonder if whoever said this had to do a long-distance relationship in between semesters; if so, he or she could give some solid advice I bet!
Unfortunately there are loopholes in doing a long-distance relationship over the heat-waved months of June, July, and most of August. There are the ever popular "friends with benefits" or "open relationships." This may be all fine and dandy at first, but someone always ends up getting hurt in the end. Is it really worth the risk?
If two people like each other enough to do what kids do these days, why not just call it even and become - 'scuse the popular phrase - "exclusive?"