Cheddar Cheesy

WARNING: This is a cheesy blog post.

      Nothing feels worse than being cheated on. You feel like you aren’t good enough because your partner had to cheat, to find on others what he couldn’t find in you. You even feel ashamed of yourself and that’s why it’s so hard to talk about it. I admire Olivia Kling the author of The Hole in My Heart (87) because instead of writing about how perfect love can be, she decided to talk about the dark side. Before, I would have never thought about writing about the negative side of love. It felt wrong with all the beautiful love stories, movies, poems, and songs but now I will because I felt related to Olivia’s thoughts and feelings.

      Olivia had been with her boyfriend Samuel for over a year. She said it had been “the happiest months of her life” (89) but when she found out what happened the night Samuel went to a party, she was “heartbroken and devastated.” (90) Samuel told her what happened and even though it was a girl that Olivia didn’t know, she was very hurt. I understand what Olivia was feeling at the moment especially when she said, “I wish he felt all the pain I am feeling.” (91)

      Olivia’s story is just one of the many stories in the Love chapter of Teen Ink. It has amazed me how more than half of the stories are sad love experiences rather than happy ones. From my experiences, I have seen that at this point in life, you find more disappointment than anything else, especially in love. Up until know, this has been my favorite chapter even if it was very cheesy. I wonder how all teens that wrote these stories will feel in a couple of years. Judging by Olivia’s title, The Hole in My Heart (87), this experience touched her so badly that she will still be affected by it even if time passes. In my case, lots of time has passed but I will never love again like I did the first time.