Love is Dead?
Famous French philosopher Decartes (if I'm not mistaken) once notoriously quoted "God is dead". Recent happenings have led me to draw my own conclusions (inspired by Decartes of course) - "love is dead".
Nope, not another heartbreak. Just a thought really. I've been thinking - can 2 people have a relationship if they're not in love? The answer I found was... Yes (to my horror).
I realise... If 2 people want something from each other, and both parties can provide what is needed for each other... Then there is no need for love. For example: man is rich; woman wannabe rich... Man wants sex; woman gives good sex... Result: they don't have to love each other - as long as the man keeps paying her credit card bills and she waits on the bed at 12 midnight in lingerie every night... All is good. Or is it?
Gone were the days when a person just want to be with his/her partner simply because... He or she genuinely wants to spend time with them. Everyone demands something out of a relationship - they want something and if they don't get it they just move on to a more suitable partner to fulfil their desires. What happen to those "no reason or explaination" kind of love?
Maybe people should just be more simple in this case... Like a man hanging a sign on his chest, "rich man driving ferrari and owns big mansion in London: in search of Eurasian woman with big breast, will give good sex thrice weekly." Now doesn't that just paints the picture clearer?
8 Comments:
junie: hahaha... actually if u observe much more closely... im discriminating the society culture (both men & women)... unless ur making a sexist statement? *gasp* =P
nicko: ok, i admit. u fall 4 her for some reason... but then as time grows by... u juz start 2 realise dat... u wanna be wif her 4 a certain reason dat cant be explained - hence love. but im juz implyin... dat 2 people can come together without love.
well, i wouldnt jump into conclusion right away dat shes gonna be da one 4 me. i mean, we're too young nowadays anyway. =P hence the period of gradual realisation... dats y u grow 2 like a person more n more... n if u dont, then theres some serious reconsiderin 2 do.
hahaha... im not pessimistic lar, it was juz a topic of conversation dat i know will intrigue alot of attention... =P ur not too bad urself lar, juz not ur time yet anyways...
ps: who said i dun hav gf? =P
Just one big breast? A bit imbalanced, right...?
nicko: nobody did... errrm... yeah... =P
han: grammatical error... oh the shame... =(
And you call yourself English educated. Bah... =) You England are belly powderful...
But anyway, you're right. People can get together without love. All they need is "something" from the other. Pretty much like trading partners. You supply, I demand, and vice-versa.
But trading partners do establish long-term relationships over time, to gain discounts, efficiency benefits, yada-yada-yada. So over time, the guy will demand less sex, and the girl will spend less money. This is what we call goodwill!
If that happens, then the customer cannot find a cheaper supplier. Guy can't get cheaper sex, girl can't get money for any less sex. So pretty much, they're stuck with each other due to a "monopoly".
Will you call this eventual relationship love? I dunno... Do you love Microsoft...?
yun han: so in general ur conclusion is - people do get together because of "supply n demand" but then development of feelings (love even?) makes these "supply n demand" things less important... n if feelings dun develop then both sides r stuck in a "monopoly"... right? =P
i dunno if i love microsoft... but im definately grateful... =P
First part was right, second part not so.
You see, if you establish relationships, then you get discounts and concessions. Then you get the so called "monopoly", where both parties are bonded together, because there are no substitutes!
If you don't develop relationships, then you don't get discounts. In a competitive market, it will only be a matter of time before a cheaper or better quality supplier comes along! The guy will go after a prettier/less spendthrift girl, the girl will go after a guy with more money/lower sex drive, etc...
yun han: oh... ok... i get it now... wow... cant believe like we're defining love itself using examples frm the commercial world... hahaha... =P
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