Millions will want and desire you, but millions will not...
While the world is filled with millions of attractive, desirable, and amazing opportunities to find love, most of these people only see opportunities to feel disappointed, discouraged, and disillusioned. As a result, the most desirable people are NOT taking risks. R.A.W. is a celebration that invites the single and searching to take THE RISK that leads to love. Instead of loathing and longing during Valentine's season, take THE RISK.
If you're someone who has already found love, help celebrate R.A.W. by sharing the story of how you took THE RISK . Help prove that love really is just around the corner, down the street, or a few clicks of the mouse away.
Thank you,
Harlan Cohen
Founder of Rejection Awareness Week
Hey Harlan!
ReplyDeleteI found love in an unusual way I guess. I was a 17-year-old woman who had decided to stop looking for love. Well, I started noticing this guy because he was in the Fall play and I thought he was really attractive and talented. Then he was in a group that did little skits between acts in the variety show and I asked my friend who was in drama who he was. Well, a couple of months later I decided to try out for the spring musical (a big risk for me, I was SO nervous) and well he was at the meeting. After the meeting about 15 of us hung around for a while and I thought that this was my chance to say something to him. But, I didn't know what to say.
Well, I overheard him having a conversation with some other girl who exclaimed, "Oh, I love you Andrew." And he jokingly responded by saying, "Everyone loves me." For some reason, I thought that was my chance to say something, so I said (perhaps coyly), "I don't love you." He looked over at me, paused for a second and then said, "Oh you will." And he was right!
I made the first move and it has worked out wonderfully! We've been together for 2 years now and it's better than ever! We're always trying new things together- we just learned how to rock climb this summer! I don't know if your book helped me, but thanks anyway because I think it is a great tool full of great advice!
-Kristin, First year student, Drake University
P.S. You just came to our University today, Wednesday, Feb. 11 and mentioned posting this, so I did!
It started last year in my Biology lab, she arrived late and she sat across from me, she was the most beautiful girl that I had ever seen. I talked with her during class and thought that she was amazing. I then found out that she had already had a boyfriend (who they had just met and started dating) so I was distraught by that. I desperately wanted to be with her so I continued to be her friend. She broke up with her boyfriend a few months later and I wanted to see if I had a chance, but she told me I was her best friend and she was afraid to lose that. I was upset by this but being as nice as I was I remained her friend.
ReplyDeleteOne day though, towards the end of the Spring Semester, she came over to my dorm room to watch some movies with me and we kissed, after that we kept on kissing, and she spent the night with me (nothing sexual). I then came to find out that she was thinking about getting back together with her boyfriend, so I was heartbroken again... I was upset with myself for feeling happy, and mad at her, but I couldn't hate her, no matter how much I tried. Later on in the summer we talked and she asked me if it was possible to like two people (she wasn't back with her ex) and I asked her why and she told me she had feelings for me. She came to my hometown of Grand Haven to visit me for a day to make up her mind, and a few days later she told me "you had better have a good reason to break up with me". I am in love with her, and we have been together for over 7 months. This is a love can come true Hollywood movie that happened to me in my real life. I am so happy to be with her and I never gave up, and it got me the girl of my dreams.
-David
I had a thing for Sean ever since I was a freshman in high school, it was just an innocent crush and nothing would happen between us, or so I thought. I wasn't really looking for a relationship, but when we had P.E. together, those old feelings rekindled. It all started after a Key Club meeting (which we were both members of) and one of my friends knew I had a thing for Sean. She decided to literally PUSH me into asking him out.
ReplyDeleteNeedless to say, we collided and I had to appologize repeatedly. I finally got up the nerve to ask him to the Sadie Hawkin's Dance that was coming up. He said yes and I had the biggest goofy grin on my face the rest of the day.
Sadie Hawkins went well, and on my birthday we officially went on our first date. It was the best birthday present I could have asked for. We had our first kiss that night and things have been going wonderfully from there. After that first kiss I knew what people meant when they said they saw fireworks. I then asked the dumb question, "So, are we official?" and it's been going strong from there.
It's been the hardest and more enjoyable time of my life these last 4 years. It all started he went to college the year before I did. I also ended up going to a different school than Sean. Now he is going into the Army after graduation and I will still have 5 more years of school to finish. Loving someone else and trusting them to not break your heart is never easy, and the time apart has only strengthened our relationship, proving that we can handle anything life throws at us. we can even handle Army training that only allows two 15 minute phone calls over 6 weeks. I know what we have is a once in a lifetime kind of love, and that's what makes all the effort and time apart worthwhile.
- Danielle