It’s February again and I hear people saying something about “love being in the air”. Unfortunately, all I really smell is the stench of burning tires in my neighbor’s backyard and the pleasant aroma of barbecue coming from our kitchen. Well, you guys can say that I’m just another single and bitter old coot but that’s not the point here.
I’m writing this article as a kind of public service for all you lovers out there. Yes, that extends to you old lovers as well because there’s a high probability that you have children and you have to think about how they’re going to perceive the word “love” in their life. In case it isn’t obvious yet, this is not about familial or platonic love, this article is about romantic love, the kind of love that our media constantly tries to shove into our faces at every opportunity it gets. Just try watching a local show that isn’t news or a game/noontime show and you’ll see just what I’m talking about.
Show do not paint a pretty picture of women who have reached a certain age and are still not married or lack children. Well then, before we continue, I’d like to say that if you’re the type of person who likes to take his or her love advice from show or from love songs, then you probably need to get your head out now. You need to wake up to reality and put away your show and love songs for now. You can watch your show or listen to your love songs later, because now, you need to face facts.
I’m no expert in love, I’ll admit that much, but I’ve made some observations that have allowed me to draw some hard conclusions that can be used as a guide. Of course, there are always exceptions, but what I have listed here is a fairly accurate idea of what usually happens. Oh, and before we continue, this is NOT “romantic” advice, this is “real life” advice.
Love=Sex=Kids
Forget Einstein’s E=mc^2 for now. If you think you’re in love, please remember this formula instead. For your sake, I’ll repeat it again: Love=Sex=Kids.
Look, all romantic love eventually leads to sex, that is a fact of life. Never mind what the show tell you. When your favorite artist character is eyeing another attractive female character, sex is probably on his mind. Now, it might not be the only thing on his mind but, mind you, it will be in there somewhere.
In any romantic relationship, interest in sex is always part of the deal. Now, there are a lot of us guys who are willing to wait. We can wait for things to develop on their own and let the love grow, but at the end of the day, we not only want but need sex. I mean, it’s part of our body chemistry so don’t look at us as if we’re perverts or something because it’s a physiological drive. We need sex the same way that we need air, food and water and that, my friends, is an indisputable fact. I know the media hides it from you with whitewashed Marty Stu type heroes in show but the bottom line is that all guys want to have sex with the people they choose to love.
Now next on our agenda is what sex leads to: kids. When a guy tells you girls stuff like: “prove to me that you love me” or “we have to make this memorable”, please think about what you’re doing first. Look, I’m not telling you not to do it. I’m just telling you that you should think about it because, when you do, you’re likely to have children.
Children are indeed a blessing but to make things really blessed, you should plan for them. If you really want to have kids anyway, then here are questions you need to ask yourself:
Can you support them?
Can you be there for them as they grow up?
Can you raise them to be productive citizens?
Can you accept and love them whatever they may become?
If two or more of your answers to these questions are no, then you probably don’t need a kid right now. Now, if you want to have sex without having to worry about having children, here are some viable options capitalized and typed so you can’t miss them:
CONDOMS
PILLS
LIGATION
NOTE: The first two options can be found in drugstores and are sold at fairly reasonable prices. The third option is a semi-permanent method in case you’re not really interested in having kids in the immediate future.
True Love is About Trust, Not Pride
Look, love isn’t about who looks the best or who’s got the deepest pockets. Love is something that is based on trust. It’s similar to friendship but it goes a lot deeper than that. Do you have friends who know what you’re thinking even before you say it? Well, true love is almost like that but it goes even deeper to the point that you know each other so well that words become just an afterthought to the two of you. It’s not exactly “telepathy” (although I wouldn’t rule it out) but a kind of chemistry, the way molecules in water move with one another or how planets orbit a star without colliding.
Before I continue, I want to point out that pride has nothing to do with true love. It’s not about the girl who looks like Angelina Jolie or the guy with as much money as Bill Gates. If you don’t really trust these people, then I promise you, your relationship is likely a false one and will probably last as long as you can maintain your masquerade. Now, I won’t judge you for choosing someone who you thought is pretty or rich because, after all, you might have your reasons. But do take note, what you have probably can’t be called true love in the real sense.
Love is about faith, of knowing someone to the core of his or her soul. It is about seeing your significant other for who they really are, seeing their flaws and loving them anyway. It’s not about being perfect but finding perfection in being together. Being pretty or being rich is just a bonus, so don’t look for those if you can’t help it. While they’re certainly necessary for a relationship, they’re not what make a relationship last. People get old and beauty fades and even the greatest wealth can be exhausted under the right circumstances.
True Love Takes Time
True love doesn’t happen in a second and it doesn’t develop over a single night. I don’t believe in “love at first sight” because I don’t think that’s how the world works. If anything, love is something you develop over a lot of time with someone. It’s not just going to happen after you meet eyes with someone and it’s not going to happen after a night of wild, wild sex.
You might meet someone and decide for yourself that you might like this guy or girl, but that’s just chemistry. That’s just you deciding that the other person has the potential to be the person you will love for the rest of your life. But that’s all it is: potential. If you’re not going to work at it, then it will just be another lost opportunity.
However, as I said, for true love to set in, you need to give things time. Now, related to what I said above, true love isn’t just based on sex. Sometimes you need to abstain from the sex so that you’ll know how much you’re really worth to one another. There is nothing that proves love more than the patience involved in making love grow.
I hope this will be able to help all you lovers this coming Valentine’s Day.
As for me, I’ll be hiding in my nuclear bomb shelter for the 14th of February. If any of you have any messages to send me, I strongly suggest you send it before then. Thank you.
