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Cause and Effect Essay
© Vennesa Riddle, October 11, 2005
| Tiffany and I met about three years ago. We got real close fast, she lived four houses down from me so we were always together. She went to Alexandria High School and I went to Ohatchee High School. I would sometimes have friends over to my house from my school that she did not know, and most of the time she was at my house so she met a lot of my friends. One of those people was Micheal. We all hung out a pretty good bit, but after a while, Micheal and Tiffany just started becoming friends, and talking on the phone. I did not think anything about it because that is what me and Micheal have done for years. Eventually Tiffany started saying things like Micheal is so sweet and cute, but she did not ever tell me she liked him. It was not too much longer, and I decided to tell Tiffany one of my deepest secrets that I could not tell anybody else…I liked Micheal. She seemed to respect that. About two weeks later, I was going to her house and I saw Micheal’s truck in her driveway. Tiffany’s mom had ordered something from him because he was doing some kind of fundraiser for football. I expected to go in her house and just hang out with Tiffany and Micheal for a little while. I walked in (I do not have to knock on the door.) and to my surprise, they are on the couch, cuddled up, watching T.V. My heart broke into a million little pieces and fell to my toes. They did not see me when I walked in, but I had a cup in my hand and I threw it at them. I stopped being friends with both Tiffany and Micheal. Tiffany knew I liked Micheal, and she just looked over the fact like she did not care. About six months passed, and finally Tiffany came to my house one day. I was still bitter, but she said she wanted to talk to me, and so we did. She told me she was sorry, and she still wanted to be friends. After talking for a while, what seemed like forever, I accepted her apology. I feel that has brought us closer as friends and family. The three positive effects of my argument with Tiffany were our friendship got stronger, it taught me not to be so jealous, and taught us to talk our situation out before assuming things. | |
| Tiffany chose to date Micheal over being friends with me. I had told her before that I liked him, and if she was going to be two-faced, then we could not be friends anymore. She stayed at my house a lot, so she had things over at my house like clothes, c.d.’s, her movies, etc. When I found out that Tiffany and Micheal were really together, I packed all of Tiffany’s belongings into a bag, took them to her house. When she opened the door, I threw the bag at her, and told her she was no longer welcome in my house. That hurt me so bad to have to do that, but I thought she was my best friend. I think she should have had the dignity to at least tell me she liked him too, so I could have expected something like this to happen.
After about six months of not speaking to each other, Tiffany came to my house. I was on the swing outside and she sat down beside me. I just looked at her. Eventually, we started talking and I told her exactly how I felt. I did not hold anything back because deep down inside I still felt bitter. I think that was bad of me to still hold that grudge, but I just could not help it. She told me how sorry she was and we made up. We ended up spending the night with each other. I think sometimes being a teenager, and having a problem like this where a guy comes between two of the best friends, adds more drama than it is worth. Tiffany and I let Micheal come between our friendships, but that just pushed us harder to get closer. However, Micheal knew what he was doing and getting into. He should have had more respect too. But he apologized before Tiffany did though. Now that I look back on the past, I realize that me, tiffany, and Micheal should have sat down with one another, talked out problem out, and told each other how we felt. That would have prevented a lot of this fighting and arguing. I lost two very good friends due to an immature situation. Even though it has been a while since this problem happened, I guess I am still a little bitter. Sometimes I catch myself blaming the whole situation on one or the other, but I know that they are still both equally to blame. |
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| Since then, all three of have gotten close again. Micheal and Tiffany are no longer together or friends so I know this problem is solved. Some people say I am too forgiving because Tiffany and Micheal put me through a lot. I am just understanding. Out of all of this though, I learned three main things, Tiffany and I will always remain friends, not to be jealous, and to talk things over with people you care about. | |
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