23.04.2010
Love sucks. I mean... what do you really get out of loving someone? What good comes out of being in a relationship? Sharing each other's feelings? Giving support to your partner at the time of need? Give me a break! All those are just stupid excuses for what is the biggest joke in life. I agree, love gives you a few moments of happiness. But then, it gives you a lot more than happiness - anxiety, frustration, tension... and the occasional bit of violence as well. Love makes you dream. Makes you expect something from life. Something that is often unrealistic and impossible to get. And more often or not, those expectations are razed to the ground due to one reason or the other. And when that happens, the above mentioned by-products of happiness come into full effect.
Here's how a typical love story goes: Boy meets girl. They chat, get to know each other. A little spark is born in their hearts. They talk to each other more and more. A time comes when they feel they can't live without each other. They feel they were always meant to be together. Then.... things start to change. Little faults of one another begin to get noticed. They realize that whom they had imagined to be the greatest person on the planet turned out to be just another average human being, with his / her share of problems and weaknesses. That phase is the true test of their characters. If they pass, it's all well and good. But if they fail, then it's back to square one.
So, it would be best if you don't fall in love at all. There are better ways for a boy and a girl to be with each other. Here's how it should go - You meet a girl. She makes it clear that she doesn't want to make a commitment. She is just lonely, eager for some company. You decide to give her that company. You make your intentions clear - there would be no love stuff, no long term commitments. You tell her that you both would pretend to be going out for whatever time you are together. And at the end of it, all you take back are the wonderful memories you shared together. Memories not to be tarnished by time.The perfect memories. There would be no expectations. No dreams. No promises made. No responsibilities. No worries for the future. The girl accepts. You chat, gossip for hours and hours. You go to amusement parks, have the best dinners in the classiest restaurants. You enjoy every moment you share together - take every moment as it comes. You wish that those moments would last forever.
But then after a couple of months, you suddenly realize that time's up. The day of your parting has come upon you. But you don't want it to end. You just want those days to go on and on. You have forgotten the fact that you two were never meant tobe together. You have forgotten the ground rules. She bids you farewell, turns around, and leaves. You stand there, looking at her. Counting her footsteps as she leaves. You are happy for the great times you shared together. Happy for the wonderful memories. But deep down inside you know that you're never going to be with her again. She is going away forever. Never to come back. Those moments are never to come back. And that makes you sad. You understand the only flaw in that kind of relationship - that the one memory of her going away is meant to shatter all the good memories of before. You stand there for hours, hoping that she just might return, even if it is for an instant. For you would die to get one more look at her. But she doesn't come back. She is gone.
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