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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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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scateice 0
You should try crushing on skaters who love hot topic, escape the fate, screamo, etc.. They cuss all the time and annoy you SO much, if you wrote them a poem they would start lashing out and insulting it in the worst way possible, seriously
christopherlove 0
I agree with #3. What century is this? Whatever happened to asking your crush out? Even if the poem was great, I'd still back away from you slowly because it's a little creepy.
nirvan5a 1
He is bullshit, forget him!!!
Common_Sense 0
I hate pre-teen drama. Your life is not ******; you just have a crush on an asshole. Get over it and stop whining about it here.
redlily 0
omg, that just happened to me... lol
lesp 6
Oh well. At least he never knows you wrote it for him. No harm done. You might have felt a little stupid, but it didn't hurt your chances at all. Either way, he's probably a douche. If you wrote me a poem I would think it's kinda cute even if I didn't like the actual poem. Not saying I would date you, but it would be kinda endearing you would do that.
kendalle_fml 0
A guy can't say i like this poem it is romantic or whatever when they aren't dating you, they look like less of a man to themselves. They have to be jerks and be all thats stupid. Since when do guys say what they mean all the time?
mattmag 0
Well, we'd need to read the poem to judge whether or not it was actually good.
Icarus3 0
Sorry, but YDI. Either you're a really bad judge of character to not realize that he wouldn't like that sort of thing (in which case you don't know him well enough to be in love with him) or you're living in a silly delusional world where chick flicks and paperback romance novels are realistic (in which case you're too immature to be in love with anyone at all).
Existantia 0
Good for you OP. There was no bad judgment. Sappy or not, you were doing something from the heart. You found out he was a dick and you did something you were afraid to do. #162 - No, he looks like less of a man for laughing. Men dont have to be jerks. If that were true, I'd could just punch you wildly in the crotch and "Sorry, I'm a chick, I have PMS. I can't help it." You need to know some more real men me thinks.