Let's Talk About: Love.

Sick. Even the word “love” is enough to make me almost gag. It’s not that I’m against strong personal feelings towards another person. I think people who claim this are disillusioned. I’m against the way other people talk about love. It seems like almost every idiot with a MySpace has begun some ignorant attempt to boldly display what love has been for them…how badly it has hurt them, how crazy in love they currently are, whatever.

Because so many people (morons included) are being given a chance to voice their opinion on love, I’ve begun to realize how silly people are about it. I guess I’ve always considered love to be some sort of mature emotion you express naturally to other people that you really care about. Not something you tried once and got burned by…not something you express to someone you met a few days ago. I’m not asking that other people take my definition of something so personal…I’m just asking that they stop being complete fucks about it.

I suppose my biggest pet peeve is the broken heart. You know, the person who claims to have been in love a few times but the last time, they were wounded so severely they couldn’t fathom succumbing to such a thing ever again. The best words of advice for the broken heart: get over it.

I’m sorry you fell in love with someone who was completely undeserving of yourself but let’s get real – that’s life. If you are so selfish as to wish to never be hurt, then you too are undeserving of the good which can come from love. As with all of life, love is a gamble. You cannot possibly keep everyone out so get used to the fact that you can, in turn, be hurt by others. When you learn not to expect perfection (or even common courtesy) from others, including those you love, you will become a more lovable person yourself.

I wish you luck in your frivolous attempts to guard yourself from the bad in life. Even more luck in attempting to identify "good" when you’ve spent so much of your time avoiding or trying to avoid the bad.

That's all I have for today. As always, thanks for reading.