Today, I wrote a poem for this guy I am falling for. Before telling him that I wrote it, he read it and then laughed at how "corny and stupid" it was because he would "never date someone who could come up with something that lame." The poem was about how vulnerable he makes me feel. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my boyfriend asked me to write him a poem, as I am an avid writer. Happily, I agreed. After hours of working, I proudly presented it to him. He read it, laughed, and said, "No babe, I meant a real poem." Maybe I should rethink my career choice. FML
Today, my friend, on whom I have a crush since I can remember, read the most beautiful poem to me, which he'd written himself. After reading it, he said that it was for a girl he likes, and asked me if it was good. FML
Today, I spilled my heart out to a guy by showing him one of my poetry journals. He read through it and said, "Wow, I feel sorry for the guy you wrote about." The poems were all about how I loved him. FML
Today, my boyfriend gave me a really sweet poem that he wrote for me. I think it was secondhand - the first letter of each verse spelled his ex girlfriend's name. FML
Today, my boyfriend wrote me poetry. Here's how it went: "Roses are red, violets are blue, I suck at poetry, show me your tits." That's the most romantic thing he's done for me. FML
Today, my boyfriend asked me if we were going to become "that stupid couple that sings cheesy songs to each other." I just spent the past 3 months writing the perfect song that I was planning on singing to him tonight. FML
Today, the person I've been trying so hard to get with wrote me a beautiful poem that almost everyone at my school saw and liked. It was about how we'd never be together. FML
Today, my boyfriend came across an old poem I wrote. I like to write horror stuff, but he was disturbed, called it “silly” and “sad”, and said he didn’t want to have a girlfriend who thinks about stuff like that. I'm now discouraged from becoming a writer. FML
Today, my boyfriend wrote a song for me. As he was singing it to me I realized it was actually a breakup song. FML
Today, I received the sweetest love letter from my boyfriend after having a bad day. After gushing about it and reading it to my friends, they said it reminded them of a letter that they'd seen online. He got it from a fill-in-the-blank love letter generator. FML
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redbluegreen 41
It's cool that you had the guts to gave him a poem you wrote yourself, but you really shouldn't write about how vulnerable someone makes you feel. And they're a little overdone, making them even more corny. Not everyone appreciates poetry though.
ZiggyMorrison 0
most guys dont like poems specially love poems you should have just told him how you felt its not that hard
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F_Y_Comments 0
He sounds romantic, you should write him a poem.
FoundManyLemons 0
Ouch
lmmmr 0
Yeah, #3, because literacy is SO antiquated. There are SO MANY guys who appreciate poetry. They're called educated.
amatoryangel 0
#120...i really dont think she was digging for a compliment...i doubt she even wanted him to tell her how great the poem was. im pretty sure her main purpose was to get across the point that she had feelings for him...and was hoping he'd say he reciprocated those feelings. #121...lol
Kitty34_fml 0
Some people may find that romantic - but I think it's really desperate and creepy. "Here's a poem I wrote about you. It's about how much I love you and how you make me feel vulnerable.." That's weird. What ever happened to "I really like you. Would you like to go on a date sometime" ??????
fermata 0
Listen to Oscar Wilde when he said, "All bad poetry is sincere." I guess love poems would work for certain ppl. Personally, as a literature buff, I despise the term "heartfelt". The way I see it, heartfeltness is only useful in conversations and ordinary methods of communication. When you are trying to be creative and literary, you subjugate yourself to the style the piece demands, not to whatever hormonal fancies you have in your head, and that always requires a bit of self-directed irony and the ability to laugh at oneself.
icyfirefox18 0
Out of experience, writing poems for guys and showing it to them is a complete waste of time unless you are/were in a very solid relationship with them. You need to be able to know you trust them before you open up such a personal part of yourself. I know it always seems like a good idea, but trust me it's not. I'm sorry that guy was being a jerk. :-/
TysonFawlay 0
One point for effort. People saying "You shouldn't write poems", that's up to her isn't it? I can picture the guy anyway, as one of those idiots that will never get anywhere. Tactless piece of shit. Not a keeper. Get another.
jerrycurls 1
I ? #17
nonynony 0
I hate to say it, but he probably knew you wrote it and was being rude on purpose to scare you off from confessing your feelings and having to have "that talk." I mean, as weird as it is to write someone a poem, it's even weirder to GIVE someone a random poem that you didn't write yourself, you know? I'm sure he knew you were the writer and was thinking, "oh shit." Sorry, but on the bright side, if I'm correct then it doesn't necessarily mean your poetry was lame. It means that he just freaked and wanted to avoid "the talk." Still sucky though.