Five Things You Love to Hate | Friday Five

Oh happy Friday everyone. Friday is finally here, but not soon enough. The topic for this week's Friday Five linkup "All About Love". At first, I was not happy with the topic. I couldn't decide what to write about, but then it came to me. I could have gone straight to the feels and wrote about loving my wife, or my sweet two little munchkins, but I did not. I could have written about reasons to love Disney or runDisney or running like Phoebe, but I did not. I could have written about expressing your heart filled love through doilies, but I did not. Instead, this week's topic is

Five Things You Love to Hate

1. THAT Guy

Everyone has that guy (or girl). Maybe it's that guy that shows off at the gym, lifting the entire stack of weights or running 40 miles per hour. Maybe it's the coworker that coughs for two weeks at work without going to see a doctor. Or perhaps it's an obnoxious neighbor. Or maybe you're Gru and you hate that guy. You know who also hates them? Frank. I don't know Frank, but there's a Frank, and you can bond over that and love together. Or maybe you have a sarcastic friend (or if you're like me, they're all sarcastic) and you joke about loving to hate each other (mine's named Zima).

2. THAT Song

I love music. I love all sorts of genres and all sorts of artists. But there's always that song that you just can't stand. It may be one everyone loves, but you just can't take it. Or it gets played again... and again... and again... and again... and you just want to rip the radio out of the car and throw it onto the road and let the traffic of the interstate stop the sadness. Or maybe it's by Justin Bieber. Whatever the circumstances, we all love to hate that song.

3. THAT workout

You hate it, you curse it, you swear you'll never do it again but them you finish, feel great for beating it and do it again. Maybe its speed work. Maybe it's that part of a run that's a uphill, both ways, with a head wind on a 89 degree angle. Maybe it's burpees, planks, or moving that giant tire across the damn gym for no reason even though it looked happy on that wall and you were made anyway to disturb its slumber just to make it cross the room like some sort of chicken joke. But we're glutton for pain, glutton for the punishment and glutton for the achievement. That's why I can run 13.1 miles and immediately be ready to sign up for next year. Damn you runner's high.

4. THAT Fictional Character

You know you have one (or twenty). That one character that. You. Just. Despise. You can't stand them. Your face scrunches in spite when they come onto the screen or onto your page. Yet you love watching and reading about them. You just want to see them pummeled to little pieces, those pieces ground up then those pieces doused in gasoline and then lit aflame. But you don't want to see them go. You need them. "Every fairytale needs a good old-fashioned villain". In fact, if they are gone, if they were to come back and ask "Did you miss me?", you would explode... and then say "yes".

5. THAT Writer 

This may not apply to everyone, but surely a large number of you can relate. Especially if when we talk fictional characters, your favorite has died. Or all of them have died. Maybe multiple times. Perhaps you have read or watched Game of Thrones? Maybe you were happier when just an ear was gone? Or maybe you're glutton for pain, watch the BBC like me and shudder at one name:

Gif courtesy of the world of Tumblr.

Linking Up

Check here for some links out to others sharing, staring with our three lovely hosts: Courtney, Cynthia and Mar. Check their posts (Eat Pray Run DC, You Signed Up for What?! and Mar on the Run to see the full set of links). I will add some others, usually randomly, as I read them to share the love. Go visit and keep reading!


Our hosts:

You Signed Up for What?! - Five Things to Love about a Triathlon

Mar on the Run - Love

Eat, Pray, Run DC - Gifts for the Lover in Your Life

Some other good reads, pulled from the link up:

HoHo Runs - Disney Valentines

Got2Run4Me - Five Ways to Love Your Heart

Running on Lentils - Five Things I Love: Animal Edition