Love makes the world go round (and crazy)

I don't get the rationale behind girls dragging their boyfriends into lectures to sit next to them and look all bored listening to lectures they are not even enrolled in the first place. Seriously, guys, have some worth. There are many many ways to spend quality time with your beloved; at the beach, on her bed, at the mall, somewhere else other than annoying others with your hand-holding and mushy talks in between of taking down notes.

And as I settled down on a bench to eat my lunch in peace, a couple nearby was having a heated arguments. Nothing physical, but it didn't require much eavesdropping to know that the Asian guy was jealous because the girl went to hit the clubs with her girlfriends. Without him. He felt he needed to be there to "protect her from other guys, you know how clubs are like" . I was too hungry to care and ate my lunch. Hey, free afternoon soap.

I just think this is what happens when love gets a little overboard. When you throw yourself and everything you have to love. When you care too much. When things start to go downhill and the hurting and insecurities took over. He/she may be the one (at least that's what we think at this moment - nothing can be said of the future) but seriously?

I've known guys who went broke paying for the things their girlfriends wanted (under the false pretence of chivalry) and girls doing stupid stuffs to get the attention of their boyfriends (under the false pretence that her boyfriend will recognize the error of his way and apologize to her), and vice-versa. Seriously? Is that love? Was there even love in the first place? Thanks to modernization, the 'noble' term of love that the purist had championed for so long have appeared to be diluted by every passing day. The idea of self-sacrificial, undying love is maybe too idealistic, if not impractical, to be embraced in these era of globalization.

And love is not at all related to marriage. People don't seem to get that it's TWO very different things. As much as unmarried lovers are a common sight, love-less marriages are more in number, even if they may not be as prevalent and obvious as the former.

At the time this article/rant is written, I'm in a loving relationship where we cared for ourselves more than/as much as we care about each other. And I'm happy to keep it that way for the time being.