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They weren't
not in love. It's just that the subject, as such, never really came up. It kind
of loomed over them like a blissfully stupid cloud. The love cloud.
Guaranteed
to rain on your brain, 'til you're moanin' with seratonin.
Maybe what
was happening was that they were in love with the idea of being in love. But
that's still love, right? Instead of loving each other, they loved an idea. An
aspiration. A wish. The other person was more or less of an afterthought.
Somewhat expendable, or at the very least, interchangeable.
I love that
you make me feel like I'm in love. You, on the other hand, I can take or leave.
Of course,
it was just a matter of time before the truth of each other, the hard fact of
their unique selfness, their one-of-a-kind snow-flakiness, became unavoidable.
I may be a
broken toy, but you are a Chinese crib factory that uses lead paint.
Saying
goodbye in these circumstances is always very awkward.
"I just
had your car towed."
"That's
okay, those Flip videos I
said I
erased are now on the internet."
Chuck Lorre
My blogger brother, great post: sad, but true. Far too many people jump into bed, the sex is hot and convince themselves that they're in love. Days, weeks, sometimes months pass and then they discover: they've no idea who the man sharing their bed truly is.
ReplyDeleteThat such a lonely place to be.
DeleteThis reminds me of a friend of mine who had a parade of Daddy figures in and out of his life, his mother jumping into engagements weeks into a relationship. I think sometimes people who see casual sex as immoral will insist that they fall in love in days or weeks or even love at first sight. But it seems to me they don't put much value in the word, and are quick to brush off the "emotion" after the fact.
ReplyDeleteI hope your friend has a healthy relationship with love..
DeleteTOO quick IMO!
He does not look for or want love. Besides, he is the fill in man when his mom does not have one, I doubt his mom will ever let him go. The only man in her life that is guaranteed to stay.
DeleteI stand before this court and I confess "I have done this foolish thing a few times myself." I agree sometimes it is a matter of the moral thing to do verus the shameless dirty act of pretending or thinking the sex equal love.
ReplyDeleteWe all have sir, the thing is NOT to stay there.
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