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
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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 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, 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 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, I spent hours delicately writing out what seemed to be a beautiful poem to my girlfriend. After I sent it to her, I kept eyeing my phone to see her surprised message. No, the only response I got was, "You may want to use a spellcheck." 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 a long poem that ended with, "Please don't get another mister / I regret I screwed your sister". 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, I wrote my boyfriend a poem, and left it on the bed with a rose for him to see after work. When I came home later, I noticed the flower in the trash, and the poem had been used as gum wrapper. FML
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abbbeyS 14
He is so rude. I bet that what you wrote was amazing tho.
JocelynKaulitz 28
Some people just don't understand poems like others do. I bet it's good.
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picturescrazy 24
Career choice? Not to be rude, but there's actually enough need for poets that you can support yourself on it? I always thought it was more of an artistic hobby for people. That would be amazing for you to get to do something you truly love! Anyway, maybe your poetry was too complex for him to wrap his head around. Instead of getting mad at him though, why not have a discussion about what he liked/didn't like about your poetry? You could use it as a learning experience to gauge how well-received your poetry will be with the rest of your public audience.
MissMarjori3 10
It was rude of him to say that to you, but you should never try to force yourself to write something, such as a poem. You can't write a poem the way another person wants it because that's just not how poetry works. Next time someone asks you to do that, just politely decline because even if it's a wonderful poem, they're probably not going to be happy with how it turned out.
AngieeRebecca 10
maybe you should rethink about him.
FrankHotpants 31
She's only one person, imagine if every famous writer just gave up because of one persons comment. You can't please everyone.
bradopotato 5
It takes you hours to write a poem? And it wasn't even good?
Zebediabolical 45
Maybe you should cater to your audience better.
Saikon1357 25
I want to hear OPs poem
canadiangurl13 4
He probably isn't the best judge! Don't sweat it :)
Msraina 8
Maybe it's not your career choice you should be reconsidering.
ecascio2010 9
Maybe you should rethink your bf choice.