yeowch

Not usually a topic i invest in but..

http://www.biblehelp.org/cow.htm <-- Since reading this story, I have set a new standard for the love I one day, can't live without. May all relationships follow a similar prototype:)

And since I'm on the topic of love -specifically romantic love- i'll air off some thoughts regarding that weird and wonderful phenomenon. .. I find love a somewhat difficult exercise. But my case is more to do with enduring the difficulty of not knowing how a beloved 'other' feels about you and letting that feeling drag on for eons until time puts a cork in it or another comes along who can fiddle with your heartstrings more expertly, than having your other half dump you. Anyhow, I wouldn't know what the latter feels like coz I've never been in a relationship. I remember going through a phase where I wanted to date solely for the evidence needed to back my point that single life is irrefutably better that couplehood. Evidence being experience. It was a catch-22 because my dislike of lovey-dovey relationships meant that the required experience couldn't even be gathered in the first place-_- So case studies of nearests and dearests were the next best thing [in so far as they made me feel better for being seemingly right:P].

But after growing up a bit, my objective for wanting to be in a relationship changed quite considerably. I still love being single; and a lot of people who are in/have been in love actively encourage me to remain 'free' for as long as humanly possibly and invest my 'acres of time' in something more worthwhile, lol. What changed was this: I'm in love with the idea of love.. with the process of falling in love. Of the myriad possible ways that you could meet your 'other half' and know in an instant -somewhere down the track- that they are the one. I strongly believe in the pre-ordained creation of 'a significant other' for every individual, like Eve was for Adam. I refuse to think that we were put on this planet to flirt/court/breed like uber-giant guinea pigs. We're here to cultivate ourselves under the love & guidance of a higher being, find our other half and continue this cultivation by being with them.

So my ideal 'significant other' is this: a person who allows me to see their faults .. who is the first i go to for weird and wonderful confessions .. inspires me to change for the better.. is someone (off addy's blog:) i can't live without .. who's mastered the act of love and forgiveness.. loves children.. communicates. Now what is a relationship without the last point eh? :D ok this is a scarily long post. i'll leave it here.

posted by "/umin @ 8:10 AM