Thursday, October 13, 2011

Why Love is So Complicated

     A lot of you may be wondering why love is so complicated. Well the truth is that love is easy, problems that get in the way cause tension and make love seem complicated. The definition of love is a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection. People often think that love is complicated because their other half may seem confusing or undecided about some issues in their life. They may even have some personal issues that they think "love" concerns. For example, people may assume that just because they're in a relationship with someone that they have to care about all of their problems. Well you really don't. Its their problem, not yours. You can care about the said issue, but caring to much would make love complicated because they would be depressed and then you wouldn't be happy and then they would start thinking that you have emotional issues and then you would think everything was fine, but then they would leave because you have to much emotional baggage and they want no part of that.
     Another way love can be complicated is when people are taken over by the Green Monster. Jealousy can be a big factor in making things complicated. In Othello, for example, Othello was taken over by jealousy and this resulted him going crazy and killing his wife and himself. Jealousy makes people assume the worst of their partner. They think that they are out doing who knows what with who knows who. It would make people assume that there are issues that really aren't there.
     Love triangles. No one likes a love triangle. These little geometric figures never end well because someone always gets hurt resulting in the loss of friendships and other important relationships. What if the decision you made ended badly, you're always thinking about what would have happened if you would have went with the other choice. I know from previous experience, and I still wonder what would have happened if I had chosen the other person. Love triangles can cause extreme amounts of confusion and consulting your friends will only make it worse.
     Friends make love seem complicated because they try and be your relationship counselor. Sometimes they know what the other person is thinking because they have confided in them but they won't tell you what is going on, which only adds more confusion to the situation. Sometimes advice from your friends can only complicate things more because you listen to them instead of what is in your heart.
      There are so many more factors that can make love seem complicated or confusing. I only touched on a few. Either way, Love is not complicated, the little problems that people make up or confusion about feelings for a person are just issues that make it somewhat difficult to allow yourself to be completely in love. Issues are bad when it comes to love because they only cause problems in what should just be a happy feeling. But again, Love is easy, problems are complicated.


  

1 comment:

  1. "Friends make love seem complicated because they try and be your relationship counselor" ---> FACT.

    I love your approach to this journal prompt, Shelby - you are right - love is easy - it's the baggage you bring that is complicated. Well done.

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