Duality

Essay on Duality

            

There are very interesting and significant people who walk into your life and imprint there presence there; whether you met them once or see them everyday, many people have unique ways of impacting your life. I met my boyfriend three years ago at a friend’s house and there was an instant attraction and growing friendship. He came off as cocky and irritating, but getting to know someone better shows most peoples true colors when you really get to the roots of there life.




I had gone to school with him for two years before we met which was very odd that we had never run into each other before; although I did know he played on the basketball and football team so I automatically shared my love of sports with him when we became closer friends. It is very interesting that I probably would still never truly know him if we both weren’t at the same function at the same time and happen to bump into each other. The more I thought about it, that is the case with most people who make imprints and walk into our lives: it happens by chance. When I think about when we first met I always associate my high school basketball court and football stadium and the way each atmosphere was different. There are different smells, different people, different environments, and very different games being played. When I think about the beginning of our relationship I can strongly remember the smell of the basketball court and popcorn from the concession stands and watching him play in each game, with all my classmates cheering next to me. I also associate the football games during the drastically hot august nights and the frigid Friday night light games in the winter. These particular events strike me and take me back to the beginning, and I find it interesting how events like those go hand and hand with meeting someone, and how they play with our memories of that person.




Ryan is a very outspoken person. He is stubborn, competitive, and very passionate about the things he does. He is short, handsome, and as reluctant as I am to say it, a bit stocky. Many would agree he is a typical jock who likes to have fun, enjoy friends and athletics before school necessities. I would say many of the details about Ryan are polar opposite of mine in the sense that I am very soft spoken, I am driven to the mindset of having school first before outside activities and I tend to have a more agreeable side rather than stubborn. However there are many things that seem to work in our friendship one-way or the other, and there is a trust in it. In order for my relationship to work the way it does with this person, he has to be real and he has to be alive, otherwise there is no connection or feelings for the way we have come into each other’s lives. Needless to say he is a special person to me, and I find it interesting to see how people impact us and the ones we choose to pursue in our lives and the ones we do not, based on interaction and personality.