Response

In another classmate's blog, they talk about how true love is something that is not just there and ever-lasting, but is something that must be worked on endlessly, to rekindle the fires periodically. And while I agree with this-to a certain extent- there is a catch. Many girls of all ages and in every facet of society attempt to continue to work on their version of 'true love', but rarely do they ever stop to think that they are not experiencing true love in the first place. Too often girls attempt to work on their 'projects', to make their guy a better person, not realizing that the guy is beyond help, at least at this point in time. So when they are hurt, in a twisted point of view, they are as much to blame as anyone, because they overlooked flaws and warning signs so they could change their man for the better- instead of looking at the safer option, the one who may not be as exciting or as rough around the edges, but the one who won't make them cry either. This is the type of man who seems to be the focus of Lorrie Moore's How, and there should be many more men in the world like him.