thirsty af

We're currently surrounded by a society where if you're not in a relationship, you're automatically pitied, as if being in a relationship is our ultimate goal. And maybe it's not this way for everybody, but going to a school where half my grade seems to be in a relationship, it's easy to think that that's what I should be doing too. And if I know one thing, it's that I'm not the only one who feels the pressure to find a significant other and start posting lovey pictures and videos online through different forms of social media. But due to this culture of "thirst" and social media relationships, I can't help but wonder how many relationships are genuine. To me, with this underlying motivator in the background, it's so easy to fall in "love" not from pure feelings but because you can imagine the prospect of posting things online for likes and to hear "You guys are goals" each and every time. Some are so desperate that it doesn't matter who the girl/boy is, as long as the "feelings" are reciprocated. As high school students I don't think this process is as harmful as it would be when we are older and looking for potential husbands/wives. But what I do think is harmful is when one person is out of the secret. One side has fallen in love so deeply and so genuinely but the other has fallen in "love" for the fame, the reputation, the hormones, and the social norm. And it's not to say that this person is doing it on purpose, but when the genuine side finds out, I don't want to be there to see the look on their face.

Don't get me wrong - I've seen couples where everything is so genuine I have to wonder if maybe one day they would even get married. But then there are the couples where I wonder if I poke it with a needle if it won't dissipate.