Good evening pOtterbein.
Isn't it insane to have this weather in March? Loving. It. And what day is it? Yes, kids, it's Thursday! Time to step off your high horse, get down from your ivory tower, and rage your face off.
While I get ready to shower, and the storm rolls in, I've decided to focus on a more somber topic for today's discussion. The act of betrayal. Now, some of you who know who I am might begin to get nervous, think I will put you on blast. No fear, the fact that you may have such suspicions means you're a guilty fuck, so man up. I don't need to tell you that.
Betrayal, in college, goes far beyond stealing roommate's food, or telling someone's dirty secret. Hey, rule of thumb, secrets secrets are no fun, unless you tell everyone! And this is Otterbein High, and no I don't mean high as a kite (for you stoners reading this). High as in high school. If you don't want something getting out, then either a. don't fucking do something dumb, or b. don't tell anyone. Chances are though, while you sit and contemplate this simple advice, people already know.
To continue, betrayal does go beyond such acts. I have mentioned before, in my blog about stealing, your friends here at college are your family. Or at least, for me and my friends that's how it seems to work. You leave high school, and come to a place to find out who you are. Your roommate, fellow teammates, and for those of you, your pledge brothers and sisters, they truly become your family. I am a different person than who I was in high school, I have become who I was meant to be, and I am more than happy because of the help from my friends.
When you betray a friend in college, I pray for your soul. I truly cannot wrap my mind around someone who can do something treacherous, and look a friend in the eye, and sometimes not even ask for forgiveness. I think I have decided though, that loyalty comes with age. I can look around my friend group, and at others, and could say that I don't know who would truly fuck someone over knowing they would ruin their friendship, or break their friend's heart, or get their friend arrested even.
Taking a look at the younger classes, the freshman and sophomores, where their loyalty lies is up for grabs. I mean not to generalize, and I applaud those of you like myself, who pride themselves on their loyalty and honesty. I am talking more so from experiences I have heard and witnessed among friends.
Sleeping with someone's ex...not okay. Lying to a friend who has just welcomed you into their world...not okay. Ratting your roommate out or a friend out to the OPD or WPD in hopes to save your own ass...not okay. Would you do such things to a family member? Probably not. So why would you do something to a friend, or a roommate? Your parents aren't here to save you, your family isn't here to make you feel better about yourself. Your college friends are the ones you will forever remember, they help you stumble and fumble until you look up to find yourself.
In my own experience, I have gotten into many fights with friends, but most of them were based on the fact that they were calling me out on my bullshit, forcing me to look at myself and my actions. I'm assuming, readers, that your friends do the same. I'd hope to, at least. I'd hope the people you surround yourself with aren't letting you fuck up without telling you "I told you so." As much as we hate hearing it, someone did tell us so. So start listening.
You younger readers though, you haven't put in the hours here at college to truly learn such a meaning. Yeah, sure pledging might have helped some of you out, for those of you reading from Greek Life. And for those laughing saying they would never do such a thing, hurt a friend, you probably already have.
I was accused of ratting a friend out to the OPD or WPD, I don't even fully know the story of what "I" did. It truly hurt my feelings to be accused of such, because that stupid young fucker 1. thought too much of themself being a part of my life and 2. doesn't understand all the things I've gone through here, that many of us have gone through.
Yes, the longer you stay here, everything turns into shades of gray, but there is one thing that should never be wavered on, and that's loyalty to your friends, and to yourself. No matter what you do with your days, whether they are spent raging or studying, I hope you can still sleep comfortably at night, knowing you did what you thought was right.
Alright, I'm getting off my soap box. I was just giving you some food for thought.
Enjoy your Thursday, pOtterbein! I know I personally have a bottle of liquor with my name on it waiting for me.
xoxo TO
No comments:
Post a Comment