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
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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, 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
Today, my boyfriend was reading me a poem he wrote for me. It was beautiful, and going really well… until he read the last line, which had a girl's name in it. It wasn't my name. My boyfriend said, "Shit, wrong girl", and dug through his bag for a different poem. FML
Today, my boyfriend gave me a poem saying "Roses are red, violets are blue, rubbish is dumped and so are you." 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 wrote me a long poem that ended with, "Please don't get another mister / I regret I screwed your sister". 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 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, I forbade a student in the writing seminar I instructed from continuing to present his disturbing poems about demons. He responded to this by convincing nearly every other student in the seminar to write and read out loud several of his poems. FML
Today, my boyfriend shared with me his anxiety about death, so I shared with him one of my ridiculously irrational fears. He thought I was making fun of him and now won't talk to me. FML
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idragosani 17
You need a boyfriend who is going to support you
JasonThorn 24
Sounds more like you need a boyfriend who isn't going to be a liability to you, OP.
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JasonThorn 24
Sounds more like you need a boyfriend who isn't going to be a liability to you, OP.
idragosani 17
You need a boyfriend who is going to support you
RichardPencil 32
Becoming a spinster is the least of your problems. If you commit to your writing, you'll most likely become a poor spinster. Or a creepy, transphobic billionaire.
alex_jaguara 33
Discourage him from having a girlfriend.
RoyalSafari 26
If you can have that kind of an impact with just a little poem, I'd say you're on the right track to become a writer.
Mary Margaret 3
1) if you want to be a writer, you have to be prepared for bad feedback of your work. Take the feedback that is right, and ignore the rest. That being said, this is not the case here. 2) Your boyfriend is a dick. All the time, even when you think it is fine. Dump him and go write. Per a professional writer
Bamisoep 9
So one comment of a guy who calls himself your boyfriend already discourages you? You never have been criticized before? Dump the guy and move on.
Cody Vertigo Bonthoux 15
dump him
AutisticPat 10
You should never let someone discourage you from pursuing your passion! What you write is none of your boyfriend’s business. He clearly doesn’t understand you, your preferred genre, or how to treat people he cares about. I think that you need to have a serious conversation with him. If he belittles you or keeps disparaging your work simply because it “disturbs” him, you should probably consider leaving him. Also, you said that he “came across” an old poem—was he looking through your stuff without permission? That isn’t okay.
bloopaloop 27
If you can’t think for yourself and/or be emotionally tougher, your writing probably won’t be very original anyway.