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I’m tired of all this social crap of defining what everyone “should” be. We can be told theoretically how to be a good person, but just by practicing these rules, does that genuinely make someone an actual good person?

Actually it seems people are MORE caught up about their “theoretical” goodness than practicality. Sounds similar to the idea of “book smarts” vs. “street smarts”.

Anyways, I say this because I’m sick of trying to be a “good” boyfriend in theory. All this crap at “what to do when you like a girl”, like steps to take starting with “1) ask her out”… etc. etc. blah blah…. is driving me insane. It’s making me base my actions on a list of stupid procedure, instead of doing things from impulse and emotion. Actually that sounds bad in terms of like a business standpoint, but doing business is very opposite than doing things from love. When it comes to love, impulse and emotion is what defines you, not the petty “procedure”.

Do what you want. If you’re in love, and you two know it, do what you want. Don’t be afraid to be judged upon doing what the girl or guy is “supposed” to do, because a textbook can’t show you how to love. So why follow the textbook in the first place?

If anyone’s seen the French movie “A Very Long Engagement”, you’ll notice how they were both deathly in love. And the guy seemed so fruity, but did that matter? No, because he did everything out of love, and didn’t care what ’society’ thinks or says. And neither should we.