"The Walking Wounded"

I don't claim to know love any more than I claim to know nuclear physics. I’ve never been in love, so to give advice on such would be asking too much of me.

To better explain my loveless situation, one would only have to watch, “The Holiday.” In it is a girl named Iris. I don’t think a character has ever existed with whom I can relate as much as her. She’s gorgeous (thank you) and she loves a guy who doesn’t love her back—of this, I am all too familiar.

Unrequited love. Yep, that’s all me. To love someone who doesn’t love you back—has my name written all over it.

I don’t understand true love, and not understanding leaves me with the inability to sympathize.

Unrequited love, though. To give advice on THAT is simple—move on. Date other people. Live your life. There a BILLION people in this world; surely you can find ONE to make you happy.

But to CONTINUE to pursue someone even when you KNOW they don’t love you… Makes no sense. Absolutely no sense.

It must be hard for those individuals who wake-up one morning only to find that their "true love" doesn't return the favor. To spend the majority of your life with someone and to sudden have the realization that the rest of your life won’t have them in it—yeah, I guess that might be a little difficult to cope with.

I’ve never been in love, so I can't really give advice on it. But, I do know unrequited love, and the best thing I can say is this: move on, be free, and live your life. After all, you came into this world alone--you'll leave it the same way.