"Love Sick"

Why doesn't love come with a sign that says: CAUTION, may cause stupidity? By a certain divine intervention (ummm ok...maybe not so divine actually!)i realized that love is essentially nothing but a fantasy, and us intelligent human beings 'fall in love' only because we always find it so much easier to believe in fantasy rather than reality.


A few days ago my life was interrupted by a soap-opera moment of tragedy, AND that is what motivated me to share my views on this SIGNIFICANT topic, in such a public forum. This tragedy came in the shape of a friend of mine, whom we shall refer to as X (you see all those classes that we've had on respecting the privacy of others has impacted me greatly!)


So X had broken up with her boyfriend, whom she had been dating since like... forever. She spoke to me on that day, full of theatrical self-pity! What set this break-up apart from the others was X's reasoning. Here's what she had to say to me, "Why did I break up with him? Well ,it's like, once I sat down and looked at the situation, all the pieces lying on the floor, it just wasn't a puzzle anymore. None of the pieces fit together. And even if I tried really hard, the pieces, well they were two different puzzles. That's why I did it, and he needs to understand that..."


And i just stared at her, with absolutely nothing to say for the first time in life! After listening to her dramatic monologue for what seemed like forever, the only conclusion that i could draw from this entire escapade was-
'Love is nothing but science fiction, and should most definitely come with a sign that says: CAUTION, Will cause immense stupidity!'


Veda Kalro