25 Apr 2008 by
angelicdevil
Seriously, somebody has to shoot me.
I have been wanting to write a frigging post on the matter love, since like, ages ago. Okay maybe not, last month. And April is going to end soon. Stupid mood!
Anyway, all I’ve been wanting to say is that, the word love is getting over-rated by the second. Seriously!
EVERYDAY conversations revolve around it, sometimes I think infatuation is love and love is infatuation. And so they say, love always win. And I guess, that is why people are dwelling upon the subject for this season.
My point here is, social science is sick. How can they make a theory out of a SACRED matter?
Fine. But I’ve to admit, it is kind of genius of them.
Thing is, I thought it was suppose to be all sugar – utopia, bliss, joy what not. Fine, it’s such an IDEALISTIC imagination. Who cares? A girl can dream can she? Then again, it is so fake.
They say, signals of attraction:
Physical proximity
Appearance
Similarity
Acceptance.
And how to fall in love:
Exposure
Love object
A state of arousal.
If someone cukup syarat, hence they are in love.
How far true is this?
You see, you watch movies yes, they infatuate, confess, smooch, and get to bed. And that’s it. Then, the next thing you know, another love object appears, and the list goes on. It seems so easy to fall in love isn’t it? Well, that would be the passionate love. The one that only has the passion and intimacy component.
Companionate love: Commitments and Intimacy. Sort of like deep friendship, if you ask me.
Here comes the tricky part, consummate love: Intimacy + Passion + Commitment.
We’re not talking about being only loyal. Its such a general word. We’re talking about, making decisions together. Being committed to your exact words, (and I can’t think of anything else) etc.
Being committed to each others lives – dreams, whatever.
But tell me, if its only Intimacy+Passion, how could it be call LOVE. I mean, well I see it as infatuation. You can’t just jump into bed with someone just after knowing them for what, few days? It is so infatuation, okay, I mean, its almost like I’m reading Romeo and Juliet again. How can winds change so fast?
Consummate love? You tell me dear, were all the commitments real? Were all of them fulfilled? Maybe I might sound a little bit selfish. And now, “What did I do?” You should know better. But you know, like I said, or the movie did, or perhaps the song did, love means letting go.
Passionate love? Can one be in a passionate love so fast?
Maybe, I’m just going round the bush again. It does not take science to figure all these things, does it? It does not take rationale either.
Follow your heart, leave the head alone.
I guess when you’re ready to take that leap, you’d know. And when you fall, well, you could always stand again.