# ah, relationships...
**URL:** https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/ah-relationships/12183
**Category:** Creative Writing
**Created:** [August 11, 2006, 3:01am UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/ah-relationships/12183 "2006-08-11T03:01:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Bessy](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/Bessy)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2006, 3:01am UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/ah-relationships/12183/1 "2006-08-11T03:01:20Z")
She said I said it;
I never did -
She told me I threatened to say it
But I actually said it, but not to him.
They think I listen only to him,
I listen to him sometimes
But listen to my heart more;
He used to listen to her,
But now sees that she listens
To only him;
She doesn’t understand him
Even thought she used to,
They were even friends,
Good friends…
But that is gone because she has changed,
Or did he change? Or perhaps…
They both changed and in that case
Maybe they could be friends again,
But I doubt it
She isn’t nice to her
She thinks she is jealous of him
But, in fact, doesn’t know him
Or talk to him that much;
He used to talk quite frequently,
But never to her
Even thought she respected him quite a lot;
They don’t want to listen
They want to do what they want to do,
Which isn’t what they want them to do
But they are ignoring them,
Even though the standards were clear
He told her that she said
Something that was repeated
By another person,
Even though she asked her not to -
She couldn’t imagine not trusting her
At one time,
But now the trust is broken;
He will be the one to decide
He means more to her than the others,
It meant more to her at one time,
But now he has taken away her focus
Even though in her heart she knows
Not to trust him either
She told me that.
But then again, I can’t remember;
It could have been she who told me
But at one time she and I were good friends;
She said I said it -
I never did;
She told me I threatened to say it
But I actually said it, but not to him.
She and I are now friends,
Even though we weren’t at first ;
I told her how I felt about her
And she reminded me of that,
Which I thought was unnecessary
She is gone but when she returns,
It is going to be trouble in river city
She told him that I said that she said
Something that wasn’t right,
But afterwards apologized because she knew
I had been right all along,
Which is usually the case.
tadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
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### Author:  [@rainey](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/rainey)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2006, 10:03am UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/ah-relationships/12183/2 "2006-08-11T10:03:05Z")
Hmm…a bit rambling.
A satire of junior high school relationships perhaps?
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### Author:  [@Colinsign](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/Colinsign)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2006, 10:29am UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/ah-relationships/12183/3 "2006-08-11T10:29:55Z")
I loved the jostling between ‘him’ and her’ and ‘they’ - the anonimity actual works quite well it begs to ask, who are these people? It was also slightly comic in that these unidentified people are so intensely concerned about their relationship and the relationships surrounding them.
As rainey says: highschool? comedy sketch? archetypal relationship conversation?
It kept my attention. I’ll re-read.
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### Author:  [@Bessy](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/Bessy)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2006, 11:58am UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/ah-relationships/12183/4 "2006-08-11T11:58:02Z")
Thanks for the comments. This was an actual “sitation” from my life but I added pronouns instead of names to be creative. If you think about how your brain rambles and ruminates over the people in your life - you all have these thoughts. It was inspired by a high school type experience but [think about it] your head doesn’t use names but pronouns when ruminating about your relationships. What made it interesting to me it that it forces you to want to make sense of it and it is impossible.
I thought it would be a good exercise for English teachers for their students. Try it. Tell a story about any lengthy relationship and just use pronouns.
I promise to get back on the medication but I am so much more creative without it.
😆😆
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### Author:  [@CrookfingerJake](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/CrookfingerJake)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2006, 4:06pm UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/ah-relationships/12183/5 "2006-08-11T16:06:15Z")
> [@Bessy](#):
>
> If you think about how your brain rambles and ruminates over the people in your life - you all have these thoughts.
I liked it up until this statement, then I REALLY liked it. I’ll admit to being a little put off by the content until I understood the relevance becuase at first it made me think of all the things about human relationships that I hate. Thanks for this! =D\>
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### Author:  [@Bessy](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/Bessy)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2006, 4:08pm UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/ah-relationships/12183/6 "2006-08-11T16:08:07Z")
Most people don’t get it, so thanks for that, Jake!