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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Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
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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Eiotlrd 0
falling for the wrong guy I guess next time give him a bj, that's more effective
Ric3ball 0
lol @ 3 :]
cthulhu1138 1
If you want to write him a poem, make damn sure it's a good one. Far too many teenage girls think they've got the writing talent of William Shakespeare yet compose trite, angsty pieces that can make one's eyes bleed; some of them would put a Vogon to shame. It's extremely easy to write a poem that looks sincere and profound to you but corny to someone else. I'm sure someone will say that it's the thought that counts, but thought only goes so far. It's usually not enough to get someone to fall for you unless they're already interested and are too shy to make the first overture.
spirited_away33 0
Don't listen to the haters, OP. If you like to write poetry, keep on writing poetry. The idiots who don't appreciate it are lame.
jillz 0
Never tell him and move on. Poetry FTW.
FYL23 0
at least he didnt know it was you!
SexyMami15 0
I write poems to guys, there's nothing wrong with that. I'm a good poet too. Guys should appreciate it.
mrmango 0
Sucks you let him get to read it prematurely, but he's a douchey fellow no?
slipkorn17 0
Guys typically aren't romantic enough to enjoy getting poems from someone, including myself.
RoguePenguin 0
#154 So some guys aren't romantic and don't enjoy poems. That doesn't mean they have to lash out at emotionally vulnerable people. I don't enjoy babies crying but I wouldn't hit a baby for doing it. OP -Dodged a bullet there... maybe you can date someone who isn't a jerk now