[ SECRET POST #1848 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1848 ⌋


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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Speak for yourself. I never wanted any guy to write a song for me.

[(Anonymous)]

I did have a boyfriend write me a song once, and it was the most face-palmingly embarrassing thing I've ever received from someone, I hope I never get one ever again. D:

[xerxes92.livejournal.com]

[spider-rogue.livejournal.com]

oh how I love this scene (and this movie). <3

[(Anonymous)]

And I still HAVE a girlfriend who wrote an awesome metal hymn about me slaying a dragon and bathing in his blood. I thought it was the greatest thing I've ever received for my birthday. She even incorperated all our in-jokes. Maybe girls are just better at this kind of thing than guys? :P

[(Anonymous)]

I went on three dates with a guy and he wrote a song for me. It was horrendously akward! And then he called me his mule, not his muse but his mule! I was like "I got to bounce, right now".

[viciousimp.livejournal.com]

I'm a guy [albeit a gay one] so I might be a bit biased, but I don't understand how you could be embarrassed at all by something so sweet, at least in concept and thought! They put a lot of hard work into that. Music's hard, ever tried to write a song for someone? I have.

And I'm not speaking as someone who's never had one written for him. My best friend wrote me a song for my birthday one year and even if it didn't rhyme and it was simple, it made me cry. It was the most unique gift I have ever received and I'll remember it for the rest of my life.

[(Anonymous)]

Basically, this. Unless they dance like Billy Idol, sing like Pavarotti, and write music like fucking Adele; don't.

[captain-emily.livejournal.com]

The mental picture from this comment is AMAZING.

[(Anonymous)]

I have a friend whose boyfriend is a mediocre musician. He writes her songs for her birthday/valentines day/christmas/their anniversary/what have you. The songs aren't TERRIBLE, but they certainly make me cringe out of the awkwardness of the whole situation - standing around and watching him perform for her on her birthday was one of the most awkward moments of my life.

[(Anonymous)]

Because you're sane.

I haven't had songs, but I have poems, and they were pretty much some of the most embarrassing experiences of my life. Why would you want this? Why would anyone want this? I got major creeper vibes from it even at the time, and they 100% confirmed my decision never to date the guy in question.

[(Anonymous)]

IA. Guys writing you poetry may sound "romantic" in fiction and some girls irl may honestly love it, but in my rl experience, it's so freaking embarrassing. Never felt so self-conscious in my life. I got my first poem from a guy crushing on me when I was 16 or 17 and now that I'm twice as old, I can honestly say I'm glad it never happened again!

There are other ways to let someone know you like them. PLEASE, NO POETRY. ;____; Not to mention, it's 100x MORE embarrassing and really awkward when you don't return the guy's feelings. He went through all this trouble to write you something but... Just ouch, you know? ;__; Talk about feeling guilty on top of everything else.

Going on a tangent, this is how Nice Guys (not to be confused with actual nice guys) operate: guilt trip you, manipulate you into liking them, do things for you so you'd reward them with sex later, etc. It's always about them and not really about you. They're only nice to you because they want sex.

[(Anonymous)]

It depends on the person and how good his or her poetry is. My husband consistently wrote poetry for me and continues to translate poetry that remind him of me from his native language for me, and it continues to be lovely and moving every time he does it. So maybe it's awkward if someone can't write, but I wouldn't call it a universally embarrassing experience.

[(Anonymous)]

Anon from above.

The teenage guy who wrote the poem for me in English, was Italian. English isn't my first language either and was a lot worse at the time than it is now, but even then I could tell the poem, while heartfelt, didn't translate well into English (I think he probably thought of it in Italian but tried to write it down in English).

Portions of it had some unfortunate undertones and other meanings that made the situation feel even more awkward. I don't think he realized what some of the words meant. A couple of years ago on vacation I was reminded again of the poem because of this old Spanish shop owner who tried to pay me a compliment. Instead of complimenting my looks (I gather this is what he was trying to do), he delivered some crude line no doubt young male tourists from my country tought him (and told him it meant something else!). Basically, instead of saying "You're a beautiful lady", he said what would roughly translate as "You're one hot cunt".

He was older than my dad, and his wife and son were a few feet away. So were my parents. Yeah.

Looking at his face, he had NO IDEA what he just said. No idea. He must have been congratulating himself on his language skills (and charm) he'd picked up from tourists, but needless to say, I was shocked to the core and very embarrassed. I just looked away and said nothing, sparing HIM the embarrassment.

Paying compliments in a language you're not that familiar with? Not always a good idea, is all I'm saying. It's not always romantic and certainly never was in my experience. o.o

[violence4.livejournal.com]

Yes this. And often when they do things like that it is the sign of their creeptastic nature. I had a guy I wasn't even dating, didn't even know all that well, write a three-page song for/about me, I made the mistake of not running for the fucking hills then and there, and two days later he was emailing me seriously sinister stuff about exactly how he thought I should suck his dick. Among other things.