Ever since I was young, I had this feeling, this need for love. I always wanted somebody to love me, not like a friend or a family member, but like a lover. To this day I feel that same yearning; it follows me wherever I go, constantly giving me false hope wherever I find fancy in strangers. It’s infuriating, I feel this and I just don’t have any clue why I always feel this horrid and empty feeling?

But then I realized something: that is just how our society works. Take a look at any movie out there; if there is a man and a woman, they will inevitably end up in a relationship. Even worse, that is what everyone expects, because it is so ingrained in our society. And if the pair we see don’t end up together, we will still imagine them together, never think of them as anything other.

What happened to friendship? Why can’t two people just be friends, reveling in the beauty of friendship without having to be in romantic love? It isn’t a good mindset to push on people, it isn’t healthy. Boys and girls can be more than just romantically involved; girls aren’t just some object to be won and boys are not supposed to win them. It’s screwy.