First of all: I mostly agree with Rich.
Second: I don't think that "meaningful love is dying a slow, excruciating death". Meaningful love (as you call it) has never been around this much. In all history, people rarely married because they loved eachother. The married because they (or at least the man) had advantages by doing it. There were political advantages, financial, everything you can think of, but seldom people married because of love! Sex is a need (I'm talking about adults here, Joey
). OK, some people don't need it, some people just won't have sex, because of some weird reason (I saw a woman on TV once, who had never had sex, just because she didn't want to, she was 50 years old, and there were no religonal reasons). Animals need sex, and after all, what are we? We're not better than any animal,... not at all.
Chapter three: Who to have sex with.
Rule number one: Don't have sex with anyone if you're seeing someone else. I'm gonna tell you a very personal story: I had a girl once who was VERY jalous. She had been running through my mind for more than a year and then we were together, so I did everything for her. I had never loved anyone so much before. But then again, I was not allowed to just talk with other girls. I did talk with other girls, but afterwards she always had to say something about it. At the end of our relationship, she was the one that kissed (and who-knows-what-else) someone else. She really broke my heart.
But I think that if you're not seeing someone, why can't you just have sex with everyone who wants too? If you haven't had sex lately one you're quite horny, I don't think it's wrong to have a one-night-stand... If he/she's aware of what you're up to.
Chapter Four: The impossible timeless love
I saw an interview with some scienceman and he said that in a biology way love (without thinking of someone else) could only last for four years. Let me explain it a little bit better: You can be together with someone forever, BUT after a four years maximum, you can't live on without thinking of someone else (he means without thinking you're having sex with someone else). I don't think he's completely right, but I think he has some point there. And what's wrong with having fantasies? (OK I know, if your partner is having them, it's just not nice)
One last thing: Why get people divorsed?
Just because they can. 100 years ago, people were just not allowed to divorse. Until dead comes between them you know. But this last century so many things have changed (at least in the western world). Women got (more) rights. People marry because they love eachother, so when they don't love each other anymore, they just get divorsed. Just because it's not that hard anymore to divorse. Another important thing: when a woman marries a man, and he has a job, he brings money. When they divorse the man still has to pay her (don't know for the USA, it's that way here in Belgium). I think that's quite important.
I still love everyone that I have ever loved. The love does change, though, based on time and experience.
I glad to here that I'm not the only one. I even love the girl who broke my heart. I did not talk to her for a year (when she called me, I let the phone ringing... when I saw her at some party, I turned my back on her). But know another year later, I can talk to her again, and I like it, although I don't want to be together with here anymore...
So far for my opinion.
- Jelle
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