[Anon]

[brokethecamera.livejournal.com]

Okay. So.

Say you like this person. He may be a total jerk sometimes, but you really like him anyway. And then this other guy comes into the picture and you realize you might like him too.

What do you do? I mean...is it even possible to like two people at once? Ahhh, no. That just makes me sound awful. I really am awful, aren't I?

[ooc note: Please assume that all replies will be anon unless otherwise stated.]

Comments

[negative-five.livejournal.com]

It's not awful. It's completely normal to be in love with two people at once. I... looked it up.

[brokethecamera.livejournal.com]

You can look something like that up!?

[negative-five.livejournal.com]

Yes, of course. There are articles and everything. Psychology Today said "empirical evidence clearly suggests that humans are capable of loving and having sex with more than one person at the same time."

[100thbrokendish.livejournal.com]

It isn't awful! You sound like you're only confused, so...

[brokethecamera.livejournal.com]

I am.

Really, really confused.

[100thbrokendish.livejournal.com]

You like two people and you only want one?

[doesitwithtrees.livejournal.com]

Do you like them the same way?

[brokethecamera.livejournal.com]

Well...I like them for different reasons.

[doesitwithtrees.livejournal.com]

Then it's simple. You figure out which reasons mean more to you and go after the one you like for those reasons.

[originaldragoon.livejournal.com]

It is possible, and it does not make you an awful person. It just means you would have to make a choice later on.

[brokethecamera.livejournal.com]

That almost sounds worse...

[aburningspirit.livejournal.com]

Uh...flip a coin?

[brokethecamera.livejournal.com]

W-what!?

[aburningspirit.livejournal.com]

Ya know, get a coin and flip it. The jackass can be tails and the other guy can be heads. You like 'em both, right? This way you don't feel bad for choosing or not choosing 'cause the coin did it.

and enter totally clueless Masa

[shadow_spread]

I don't think that makes you awful.

excellent~

[brokethecamera.livejournal.com]

...You don't?

[shadow_spread]

It's just how you feel. You'd only be "awful" if you did something to hurt someone else because of it, and it doesn't sound like you'd do that.

[material_guy]

Wouldn't only liking one person be the "weird" way to be? It's a big world. If you were the kinda person who could only like one person, that'd mean not liking everyone else. You'd probably be the picky kinda person who couldn't find that one person you could like! That'd suck. And make you some kinda antisocial freak.

[brokethecamera.livejournal.com]

No, no. I mean like like. Not just as friends.

[thesleeperwakes.livejournal.com]

It's not "awful" to like more than one person at a time. It gives you a bit of variety, rather than sticking with the one person and growing tired of them.

[brokethecamera.livejournal.com]

I'm not trying to trade one for the other like that...

[yagyu-nasuti.livejournal.com]

You're a perfectly normal person! Lots of people go through similar dilemmas when they have time to worry about those sorts of things.

I would give it time. This is an important decision, and you shouldn't rush things. It never hurts to start out with friends. Spend time with both of them.

Do you know if they both like you in return? They may make that decision for you.

[brokethecamera.livejournal.com]

No, I don't think they do. At least not like this.

[areyoulovers]

A love triangle? Yes, it's completely normal, and quite exciting!!

[brokethecamera.livejournal.com]

How could it possibly be exciting?