Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Theory on the Pursuit of Love

I have a theory, as everyone does. It's reguarding the pursuit of love. I've decided that there are three types of pursuers. The first kind are the cheap and volgur seekers. They aren't actually in the pursuit of love, but just a night of lust that will drown out the loneliness, also keeping them far enough from getting too "involved." We will call the group of people the sheep. The next group i'd like to refer to as lions, because they are the initiators. They are those looking for the whole package; a great relationship with someone who makes their clock tic. They get out there and look, they ask, they initiate. The third group is the elephants, my own kind. Those of us who want just what the lions want. Someone to hold on to, to call, to kiss, to laugh with, only problem is we are way to reserved to initiate the relationship. We wait for someone to notice us. Now here is where it really gets complicated. The lions go for the sheep, and always wind up disappointed, while the elephants stand quitely in the corner listening to the lions sob story hoping in anticipation that when they are done they will look up, they will realize that we've been here all along, just waiting, but they don't. They let the elephants dry their tears and then they turn around and go back to find another sheep.

Well i'm here to say in behalf of the elephants, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. I don't care if your heart was broken, welcome to the freaking club. If you want a real relationship, wake up and smell the billions of flowers that surround you. They may not be roses, but who wants a rose anyway? They are thorny and unoriginal. So change your tactics, change your stratigies, or change whatever the freaker you need to change so that next time you go to ask a girl out, you'll think again and ask out someone who is worth it.

And thats all there is too it.

2 comments:

Laurel Rasmussen said...

Leave it to Emily to sum up my life in a blog post! This needs to be on the front page of the Statesman.. just sayin.

Andrew Gerald Hales said...

OH snap.
ok. loved this Emily, good job.
and for my two cents.
I'd say I'm all three. It depends on my mood. but mostly, elephant. because I'm an introvert, ,just walking up to strangers and 'initiating' is tricky.
but I'm working on it.