The truth behind likes

In this world that we live in we are all the time finding ourselves in new situations that we have never encountered before, right? So you do the best you can when you get to a point like that and learn from your mistakes. What if you have already been down that road before, or a road that looks familiar, and know whats coming and yet do it all anyway? You know the red flags coming up all around you, yet you ignore them because at the moment you don't care. The only intentions you have are the intentions to please yourself at that moment in time. You go through the motions and then, you get the fruits of your labor and it is as dark as the night.
Sometimes when we like people and we know what they are capable of we ignore it and keep going because our emotions get in the way. We always have the best intentions for ourselves not to get hurt, and we tell ourselves this and try to persuade others to believe what we've made ourselves believe. The truth of the matter is, is that if people are telling you something is wrong you should listen. Most of the time when that happens though, we don't want to listen because we're "in love" or just attached to that person so much we can't bare to imagine letting them go. Emotional attachments are sometimes the chains that hold us back, or wear us down, and the saddest part is that we have the key to let ourselves go. The fear of pain in losing the person we "love" is almost too much to bare and we don't want to think about it so we ignore it like everyone else around us trying to save us.
I've never been in real "love" before, but I have had some pretty strong feelings for guys that I have fallen hard for. The thing with this though, is that a lot of times they never liked me back so when they hurt me it was nothing to them. When they don't feel anything back for you as you feel for them, it's a different ball game. Their wants and needs seem to always come before yours, unless they become your friend and care about you that is, but usually they're selfish. In cases like this, you're better off alone, but you can't seem to get away from it. Like a drug they keep pulling you in and you become caught up in the sweet things they say or do and think that there must be something more between yourself and them. No. There never is, and the worst is when they find out and use it to their own use because they know they can control you any way they please. This goes for guys and girls, it's a disgusting sight to watch people be used and know it but not care because they're so "caught up" in someone.
The truth of the matter is, when you love someone make sure they love you too, and if you find someone doesn't care about you like you care for them then they're not worth your time. You'll be glad it's over once the pain is gone, and everything will be okay.
"We have to face the pain before we can feel the freedom." - Oneandonlymi