Fights are a part of life. You love people and you hate people. One is bound to fight with someone at some point in their life. But what i can’t understand is why people hold onto that feeling. We are growing up, and we need to learn that forgiving is also a part of life.

Boys are the worst to fight with. When a girl gets into a conflict with another girl.. we have our verbal ways of getting back. Physically fighting is not really our style. But boys tend to just avoid the argument all together. They would rather ignore it then try to make it better. I feel as though girls feel the need to resolve it. We can’t stay in a fight to long cause it eats us up on the inside. Boys just forget about it, when it is constantly on a girl’s mind. But when a girl gets into a fight with a boy it’s a completely different story. The area for communication is somehow closed. Any idea of resolving the problem is completely shoved out of the picture.  Girl’s know how eachother work. We typically know what the other person is thinking, and we know just what to say to upset the other person. But boys are mysterious. They hold their emotions very well and it’s hard to tell when they are really upset or just joking around. When people get into fights, they tend to get very stubborn, and they hate to think that they were fighting for no reason. So they never want to say that they were wrong. But what i don’t understand is.. when one side lets their guard down, and actually says sorry. Why does the other side have to be so stubborn? It takes a great deal to realize you’re wrong, but it’s an even bigger deal to admit it to others. If someone has enough strength and courage to say they’re sorry, then why not listen? Things don’t have to be forgotten, but why not forgive?

We are soon heading off to college. I feel like everyone needs to grow up a little. If people just chose to ignore others as a way to deal with their problems, then they have a lot of growing up to do.

Maturity: full development; perfected condition