The Waltz

The Waltz is a tame and long essay in comparison to all the other essay's we have read in this lovely class we call "Intro to College Writing I." I did enjoy the essay all though, to be perfectly honest, I found myself thinking, "Could the other use anymore examples?" Possibly it's my own mild case of ADD, but that's beside the point.

Overall I found that it was a good insight into a person with such a disorder's life. I found myself thinking like a person with O.C.D. with the scatterbrained approach to almost laughable circumstances. Touching doorknobs with both hands, not sitting in a chair because you don't want to get pregnant (wasn't this an actual rumor in the eighties?) and whatever else the author discerned to us.

There's not a lot to elaborate on to be perfectly honest, the author has a very difficult chance at sustaining a long relationship with a boy just for the simple fact that she suffers from O.C.D. and It's not her fault, it's just that those who choose to be in a relationship with her have the chips stacked against them to begin with. I found it humorous that the one boy who tried his hardest to be with her -- even going to therapy sessions, eventually quit out stating that he basically decided within himself he is not strong enough to live with this disorder. A truthful response indeed, but a heartbreaking one all the same.

Not to be repetitive, but my criticism is this, it felt a little repetitive and long winded but I really did enjoy this essay that was off the path of what all the other essays where about. Not one mention of homosexuality or threesomes.

1. How do you think you would react to finding out that a friend of yours has O.C.D.? Would you be brave and try to stick it out, or would you find yourself hanging out less and less?

2. Do you blame the ex-boyfriends of the author for quitting out on the relationship?