I hate childhood friends

ArcadiaBlade

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How did this disqualify them as a romantic interest?
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*Sighs and takes out a can of beer*

D-do you want me to narrate a story of how I, who was once like a harem protagonist, start this story of my childhood friend from so long ago?
 

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I actually really love this trope. If done properly, the history between them is deep since they've been through so much together... I could be romanticizing the idea of childhood friends since I had none. I hate when the childhood friend never said anything though. One always falls first and keeps it to themselves and then get pissy when the other friend falls for someone else. Having said that, I do have childhood friends to lovers in two of my stories, one involves a guy who is terrified of confessing because his parents divorced when he was a child and his mother drilled into his head that romance ruins friendships (she is an awful lady), and the other involves two kids who were cursed from birth who only ever had each other. They are both aware of each other's feelings but part of the curse involves the world being destroyed if they get together so they kinda have to deal with that first. I guess maybe I just like that childhood friends would have seen you at your worst and still love you anyway and as someone who has never figured out how to make friends, much less keep them, I'm a fan of pretty much all cute friendship tropes. (The power of friendship is awesome and I will fight anyone who disagrees with me. Just because some stories do it badly, doesn't mean it's a bad trope)
 

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Finally there's one childhood friend whose still chasing her boyfriend with a knife
Yandere-stalk-yuno.jpg

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*Sighs and takes out a can of beer*

D-do you want me to narrate a story of how I, who was once like a harem protagonist, start this story of my childhood friend from so long ago?
I would. The yandere one please :blobspearpeek:
 

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Yeah, it's lazy writing. Many authors don't know how to build a proper romance, so they throw in a little fate/destiny or something, and then they can get back to writing the parts they are good at writing. It depends on the type of story you want to read, of course.
 

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I hate women

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To elaborate I hate women general, but not real ones but ones in books. For me it feels lazy and extremely unsatisfying, they are pretty much only needed for sex, but then the author make sem so annoying, or a Ugh friend, and try to make ‘em (attempted) lovers.


This is why we should kill all women (0) and just make the world all men, no more sex, no more boobs, no more horny, only bromance, and looking into each others eyes (0)
 

MyukiMruieast

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I hate women

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To elaborate I hate women general, but not real ones but ones in books. For me it feels lazy and extremely unsatisfying, they are pretty much only needed for sex, but then the author make sem so annoying, or a Ugh friend, and try to make ‘em (attempted) lovers.


This is why we should kill all women (0) and just make the world all men, no more sex, no more boobs, no more horny, only bromance, and looking into each others eyes (0)
Bromance turns into BL.
Men begins popping out babies ?
 

ArcadiaBlade

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I would. The yandere one, please :blobspearpeek:
Hmn.... it's a bit awkward since I didn't know the ending of this story. This one had happened while I was visiting my cousins from another state or different island. It's basically the hometown of my mom where I once hung out with my cousins in the past.

Anyways, it happened when my cousin's friend(older than me) visited our temporary home(living with our grandmom) and happened to meet with her little sister at that time where I was acting cool by smoking on candy power(it was shaped like a cig so I acted like it was a real one).

She wasn't too happy about hanging out with us at that time because we were strangers at that time and I wasn't going to stay there for long. So, I decided to make a friend where I plan on setting up the two to become friends before I leave the place.

The girl was a bit awkward around us but she slowly settle in because of my weird personality and how I easily open up to people. The guy I befriended was someone who was neighbors with my grandma's house and we got along easily because both of us were really into the mecha franchise, easily befriending one another which I became childhood friends before the month was over.

Before I left with my family to return back home, all three of us said goodbyes as my male friend gave me the choco candy he had in his pocket as the girl just hugs me with tears in her eyes.

To be honest, while I easily befriended the guy, the girl was a hard nut to crack as it actually took some time for me to befriend her, only opening up to her just before the day of departure.

It was only five years later did I come back with my family and noticed that the two friends went out with each other at the time I was gone.

We only hang out a few times, just giving me enough information to which I noticed that my male friend was slowly distant with some girls to which I was curious about it(since I remembered that I and the guy were pretty friendly with girls as kids) but before I could continue any further, he silences me while trying to pass a glance at his girlfriend who saw his actions in a suspicious light.

I don't have much info about that and my mind isn't well-develop to understand everything that was so yandere-like.

While I was tending my grandma's store, my friend quickly ran up to me in a terrified look as I hid him inside the store while the girl ran up to me with a paper cutter in her hands.

I felt terrified but still held on to my brave front as we talk to each other as she was a bit insane to converse which almost pissed my pants.

Taking some time to convince, she finally left as both of us sighed and he started narrating the story of why she kinda went ballistic all of a sudden.

He just told me that after they started going out, she kinda went master-servant on him like a strict mother where she didn't want any girls to approach him. Even threatening to beat her up if she got a bit too close.

At that time, he has followed her orders but still held a logic where he needs to interact with girls, only for important and not befriending them. Which she kinda accept at that time.

But then, things escalate to the point where she kinda went ballistic on one girl trying to interrupt their conversation as he slapped her out of anger and embarrassment.

He then continued about her trying to cage him one time in some forest where even I was surprised that she completely changed from the shy and meek girl to batshit insane in the five years I was gone.

And to be completely honest, if it weren't for her to be a bit sane at that time, we wouldn't have even talked with the three of us, without any bloodshed and just slowly mend the relationship to which she accepted after talking a bit sense into her.

I also scolded my friend since he also acted a bit of a jerk considering he sometimes put too much distance between them to the point she acted out violently and I finally come to terms that they only needed counseling and provided a proper way to slowly start their relationship like a couple.

There were still some occurrences between them that are almost going violent with each other but it was still to the point where it wasn't as crazy as locking or stabbing him which calm down their relationship.

In the end, I finally left and kinda lost connection with them since we never really socialize on the internet(still had a shitty internet at that time) and out social contact between us became less to the point where we lost contact.
 

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fate/destiny or something
I can sympathize.
Though it's not childhood friendship romance like what the thread asks, I just need to get this out of my system, twin star exorcist had marvelous writing.
Aaaand, childhood friendship romance? I can't remember if I had read something like that. This is the first time I learned such romance exists! Can anyone recommend me light reads with this kind of premise?
 

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I'm a bit lost as well lol. If such a trope is so terrible from the get-go just because it isn't authentic enough (and to be fair, what trope IS qualified to be accepted as authentic?) or it doesn't serve the climax buildup you expect, then why not bash every other recently popular trope?

But then again I guess this is why there are so many "I hate______" threads out there, not trying to single you out. I just don't get these. Someone hates any trope in existence, so why not just avoid them? Like said by someone above, I got zero interest in that genre much less that trope so I just don't ever click on them. :\
To answer your first question I don’t bash every other popular trope because I don’t hate them. I might not like them sure but that doesn’t mean I hate them.

To the second question, the childhood friend trope is mostly found in romance stories, but I don’t actually read those that often so I am avoiding them in way. But it isn’t as easy as you might think to avoid a trope, this trope can happen in any story with a romantic subplot. With that in mind should I just not read stories with romantic subplots because of the possibility of it having a trope I hate? No. There’s a difference between genres and tropes, genres being much easier to avoid.
 
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Is it a twin/older sister? Or your mother? Both would know you since age 0
Well, been a while, so I should prob explain. The childhood friend, whom I will refer to as CF is kind of an older sister, considering she is older than me and as close to family as one can be without being blood-related or adopted. She was present at the hospital where I was born (hence the whole age 0 thing) and we still talk to this day.
 

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I hate women

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To elaborate I hate women general, but not real ones but ones in books. For me it feels lazy and extremely unsatisfying, they are pretty much only needed for sex, but then the author make sem so annoying, or a Ugh friend, and try to make ‘em (attempted) lovers.


This is why we should kill all women (0) and just make the world all men, no more sex, no more boobs, no more horny, only bromance, and looking into each others eyes (0)
speak for yerself, I made a story where the female side character is actually a kick ass villainess whose sole purpose is to assist the protag cuz he's a wimp, but even if he's a wimp he has big brain and use her as asset of skills to deal with things he can't do.
Sadly, this story will be shelved forever in my drafts forever.

Making most of the female remaining trash in the stories you find.
YIPEEEEEEEE.
 

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The only bad kinds of childhood friends are the shelved childhood sweetheart (kinda like the latest DQ, before they definite-ed it) or if childhood friend is only there to be childhood friend/to lose to canon girl.

Otherwise the trope is pretty solid
 

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For us in the west might be unappealing, but "Childhood Friends" is very popular in Japan because of their culture, they strongly believe in destiny, reincarnation, and related stuff, so the idea of a "fateful meeting" with that special someone, who turned out to be someone from your childhood, or meeting someone from your past life is considered a blessing.
 

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My son is still hangs out with two girls who he had "play dates" with (Their mothers hang out together) before he was 1.
 
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