“So there’s this girl…” It has recently been pointed out to me by some close friends that most of the stories I’ve been telling them for the last two years have started out that way. The story continues, “so there’s this girl…and I think she’s really cool and I like her a lot.” The story then ends three weeks later, “so that girl…she’s so stupid. What a waste.” One month later the story starts again, “so there’s this girl…”
Are you getting a grip on how the cycle goes? As quickly as people come, they can leave even faster. I’m stuck at an awkward age where I’m friends with people who are both older and younger than I am. The older friends of mine are in serious relationships, looking for the bride or groom to be. The younger friends of mine are in “serious” relationships, where the biggest issues include why someone didn’t respond to a text in three seconds.
Then there’s me. I’m at an age where people who don’t want you get mad when you talk to someone else. I’m at an age where someone told me, “I love hanging out and talking with you, but I don’t want any part of that.” I overanalyze and overthink, but even I can’t decode the hidden message there. I’ve realized I’ve spent two years of my life falling in and out flings and ultimately making myself unhappy.
To put it bluntly, sometimes people suck. There is one thing in this world that does not suck and it is something you should choose over a relationship any day of the week. It goes by the name of Macaroni and Cheese.
Every “relationship” I’ve been in has usually ended in a blazing wreckage, one or both of us yelling at the other while our voices shake a little. Macaroni and Cheese does not have a mouth, and therefore, cannot yell at you. You have a mouth, though. That’s what is most important because that means you get to eat the delicious Macaroni and Cheese. When I experience a falling out with a person, one of us usually walks out on the other, unwilling to try to make things right. There are two options in relationships: Either you leave, or you stay. Macaroni and Cheese doesn’t have legs, so it can’t leave you.
Macaroni and Cheese is also consistent unlike people. It will always be what it is; there are no surprises. I have not been able to find a human that trustworthy. If I were to be with someone on Valentine’s Day, then she would expect a gift. Macaroni and Cheese only expects to be eaten. How simple, right? That’s all it wants and that’s all you want. That is not always the case when it comes to relationships.
With holidays like Valentine’s Day, it’s easy to get caught up in feeling like you need to have someone. Don’t feel like that. Macaroni and Cheese has provided me with joy like no other person has given me. Keep in mind all of the things that people are capable of. People can yell and leave. People can change and make you upset. So if someone ever asks you, “Would you like Macaroni and Cheese, or a relationship?” then you should already know what to say.
