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06th Oct 2014

Little Miss Perfect, Captain Planet and the sexy Erasmus student: 7 people you’ll definitely fancy in college

Not to worry, it happens to the best of us...

JOE

You’re back in college a couple of months now and, if you’re anything like JOE, you’ve probably fallen in love with at least seven different people. Not to worry, it happens to the best of us.

And sure why not? College is a time for discovering yourself and all that jazz. Here are seven wonderful people we fancied during our college days…

The environmentalist

You were caught in her grip from the very moment you saw her at the rally to save the natural habitat of the head lice. Granted, you were just there for the free vegan pizza, but that hardly seems important anymore now, does it?

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Reason for parting: There were more important causes to fight for than getting your arse out of bed for a 9am lecture.

The future president of everything

This potential other half is great at pretty much everything they’ve tried their hand at. You probably noticed them when they tried to get you to join either the debating or law society. They probably noticed you because they saw a fix-him-up project.

Reason for parting: Unfortunately, if you’re anything like JOE, you enjoy being a little bit less than perfect… is that two-day-old pizza on the floor still safe to eat?

Media girl

You first spotted her picture beside her article in the student paper, then you met her at a local press event. This lady will probably work for Her.ie in the near future and has a tendency to take shorthand notes whenever you’re talking to her.

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Reason for parting: It’s rarely fun when your private life hits the pages of her blog.

Book shop girl

Bonding over a love of Charles Bukowski is not a good way to start a relationship and you know it. It didn’t matter though, as you were briefly her Mr Darcy while she was your Lisbeth Salander… wait, that wouldn’t work.

bookshopgirl

Pic via: OwnSkin

Reason for parting: Fiction trumps reality.

The girl from back home

The girl you went to school with has grown up, so have you, and now ye are both inside oversized sumo wrestling costumes and battling at Freshers’ Week. It actually all went great until she started telling your new friends embarrassing stories from home.

Reason for parting: Some things are best left in the past.

The girl you met on the train

You’re half-asleep and zipping through the country on the last train from Sligo to Dublin on a Sunday. Then she catches your half-open eye. You spend the next twenty minutes trying to build up the nerves to chat to her. Then, the train stops at Maynooth and she hops out, gone forever.

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Reason for parting: But is she gone? There’s always next week’s train back to college.

The Erasmus student

She didn’t speak a word of English. You only barely cared… she was gorgeous and exotic and now she’s back home in the middle of a country you can’t even remember the name of.

Reason for parting: Skype is great and all…

Irish Rail, a comfortable and affordable way to get from A to B and also maybe meet your future lover. Take the train; book online today; or simply tweet with #RailFTW.

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Main image via araedotus.