A whole lot of love
I recently read about a woman who has published her own teenage diaries.
I do not know if it is good, I just read about it.
I was a particularly angst-ridden, sensitive and overly thoughtful teenageer, so obviously I kept a diary.
From 1993-1999.
Obviously there is more than one actual book.
Since I am at the parental home alone and feeling nostalgic, I thought I would dig out my diaries and browse through them.
Things I recorded in the back of each one:
-A list of boys' and girls' names for my future children.
-A breakdown of my personality traits.
-A list of the personality traits I would like to have (honest, sweet, funny, unselfish, loyal: a list that an angel would have difficulty fulfilling.)
-A snog list (come one, you know you had one too.)
-A detailed and oddly literary description of each of my friends.
-A Useful Guide for parents from the point of view of a teenager.
-A christmas card list which included most members of the known universe.
But the main thing that struck me was that I fell in love at the drop of a hat. Every week. And each time, I was so sure I was completely in love.
At the age of 18, I became aware of this tendency, and began to refer to myself as an emotional tart. Entirely accurately. At one point at the end of my first term at university, I was claiming to love four people, and was going out with a fifth.
Now I am affectionate.
But really.
There is a limit.
Of five apparently.
Any advance on five? Anyone?
7 comments:
but are you going to post some excerpts from the diaries?
how about something from the 'Useful Guide for parents from the point of view of a teenager'?
True story... in one two month period, not that long ago, 5, count'em, 5 different men used the L word at me. To be fair, I'm pretty sure most of them were just trying to get in my pants ... and no, this is not a usual state of affairs (!) for me. It was strange. I think I had some weird pheromone thing going on. It seems to have gone away again.
And yes... something from the Useful Guide would be... .well, useful.
Emotional tart? No! Just spreading the love :)
Edvard, I will indeed be putting the guide up. I'm sure you can hardly wait... (But no extracts I don't think, I do not want to alienate my dear readers forever.)
Bohemienne, that is jolly impressive. I am a bit bowled over. Well done, you minxy minx, you.
Angie, a positive slant, that is what I like to hear. x
Hee hee. I too did the list of people I love.
Don't think I ever got to more than five though.
Yes I did the listing thing too - I had a 'wall of love' in the back of my diary! It was the back page, made to look like a wall and a heart drawn on ever other brick. Fabulous!
x
Jo, you are a better girl than I then.
Cas that is DEAD creative. I am a bit jealous I didn't think of it. x
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