With chocolate boxes at every store, roses lining the windows of florists, and people blushing as their crushes awkwardly ask if they’re free on the 14th, Valentine’s Day is right around the corner. To all those happy couples or new Valentines, I wish you a lovey-dovey day, but for those who are dreading this Wednesday or waiting for the discount chocolate boxes, maybe you’ll appreciate this mix of awkward, sad, and cute romantic moments at McGill. With the former two being the most popular responses I received, I have to ask: McGill, where is the love?
The Happy Couple
“I played a gig here in Montreal, actually, my first gig in that band, and my girlfriend brought me flowers and hid them until the end. It was one of the sweetest things someone’s ever done for me—of course, we met at McGill.” — Wes Norton, U2 Arts
A Foiled Confession of Love
“One of my best friends one day suggested I should study with her twin brother because he’s in the same program as me. It wasn’t a setup or anything. I mean I wasn’t looking for love. Before I knew it, I had a crush on him, which I proceeded to ignore. The thing is, finals season came and I couldn’t take it anymore! Keeping the feelings in was adding too much to my stress, and this boy was making me unfocused. I needed to tell him and get over it, so I made a plan to tell him after class. My heart was racing and I had all this adrenaline and then right as I was about to tell him, my friend—his sister—came walking up to us, having finished a test early. Just like that all my mental psyching myself up and my plan went out the window. I was disappointed. I mean, I said it eventually, but I think it’s funny how the timing played out.” — Anonymous
A Short and Sweet Horror Story
“One man was involved with both me and my best friend at the same time and neither of us knew.” — Anonymous
A Failed Case of Friends to Lovers
“There was this guy I had been friends with for a while, since res, and this semester he started leaving hints, and his friends made it clear he was down. I didn’t know if I wanted to do anything about it, but after a month, I realized maybe I did feel that way and I should give it a chance. We started hanging out, and it was cute. We studied in the library a couple of times and got food together. A couple of weeks in when things didn’t progress, I expressed that I wasn’t looking for casual, and if that’s not what he wanted, we should end things. He spent the next 45 minutes convincing me he didn’t want casual but just wanted to take it slow. Sounds kind of romantic, right?
Yeah, until after a week of hanging out, he texts me, ‘Can we go for a walk?’ and proceeds to tell me on this walk that he doesn’t know what he wants so he can’t continue seeing me. As you can expect I didn’t take this well. I mean I tried to break up with him a week before, but, no, he had convinced me he wanted more! I’m just upset he compromised a friendship, and now when we see each other at every friend event it’s awkward. The most annoying part is that he’s a nice guy who was simply confused. UGH—basically, don’t waste people’s time!” — Anonymous
Romantic Holidays
“There was a guy I had been seeing casually, and I was texting him one day, and it came up that it was International Women’s Day. Later he asked to meet up and when I arrived, there he was with a bunch of flowers. I have to admit, it was sweet.” — Anonymous
This piece was updated at 12:28 p.m. on Feb 14th.
