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[wendi_just_me]

Ah, yes it is Valentine’s Day and what a day it is (for cooperate America). Billions of a**holess get laid and in the process spend billions of dollars. The entire idea is not nearly as stupid as marriage (which will put you in the hole by several grand as well as costing you a sh*t-load when the divorce comes around- oh yes it will), but is still moronic in my opinion. Valentine’s day is supposedly a day for lovers, or suckers depending on your perspective. So you may ask, “Do you have a Valentine? Are you some gruesomely hideous dyke?” The answer to both questions is no, I’m just another hopeless intellectual who can find many similarities between sex and a difficult calculus problem. Trying to fall in love is like trying to solve a very difficult calculus problem. When you first tackle the problem, it is exciting, new and intriguing. As you begin to work the problem, you can see things coming together and you are still confident in yourself and your abilities. As you work further and further in, you start to notice that the equation is not particularly friendly and you wonder what the f*ck you’ve gotten yourself into. After a page or two, you begin to question your abilities, and trace your work back to the beginning in order to pinpoint any mistakes. Now, from my experience, one of three things will happen: you isolate a mistake and find the correct answer, you can’t figure out what you did wrong and finally give up, or you realize you copied the original problem incorrectly. Sixty percent of the time you realize you copied the problem wrong, thirty percent of the time you give up and seek help, and ten percent of the time you isolate your mistake and finish the problem. So, it is very rare to work through a relationship, fix the mistakes, and be truly satisfied. But, even if you do make it to this point, your solved calculus problem of a relationship can always grow old, stale, and boring. You might find yourself looking for more appealing problems to solve, more advanced problems, or just plain fun problems.

[Dynamo]

Ah, yes it is Valentine’s Day and what a day it is (for cooperate America). Billions of a**holess get laid and in the process spend billions of dollars. The entire idea is not nearly as stupid as marriage (which will put you in the hole by several grand as well as costing you a sh*t-load when the divorce comes around- oh yes it will), but is still moronic in my opinion. Valentine’s day is supposedly a day for lovers, or suckers depending on your perspective. So you may ask, “Do you have a Valentine? Are you some gruesomely hideous dyke?” The answer to both questions is no, I’m just another hopeless intellectual who can find many similarities between sex and a difficult calculus problem. Trying to fall in love is like trying to solve a very difficult calculus problem. When you first tackle the problem, it is exciting, new and intriguing. As you begin to work the problem, you can see things coming together and you are still confident in yourself and your abilities. As you work further and further in, you start to notice that the equation is not particularly friendly and you wonder what the f*ck you’ve gotten yourself into. After a page or two, you begin to question your abilities, and trace your work back to the beginning in order to pinpoint any mistakes. Now, from my experience, one of three things will happen: you isolate a mistake and find the correct answer, you can’t figure out what you did wrong and finally give up, or you realize you copied the original problem incorrectly. Sixty percent of the time you realize you copied the problem wrong, thirty percent of the time you give up and seek help, and ten percent of the time you isolate your mistake and finish the problem. So, it is very rare to work through a relationship, fix the mistakes, and be truly satisfied. But, even if you do make it to this point, your solved calculus problem of a relationship can always grow old, stale, and boring. You might find yourself looking for more appealing problems to solve, more advanced problems, or just plain fun problems.

 

That sounds like quite the cynical V-day rant from a fellow person in the single bin. But, with such a distraught attitude, do you really think anyone would want to bother share not just V-day, but any day with you?

Not trying to be a meanie or anything, and I agree with you that Valentine's day is a rather ludicrous and commercialized holiday, but there is really no need to imply that divorce 'will happen'. My parents have been happily married for almost 40 years. My grandparents on my dad's side have been married for nearly 70 years. My grandparents on my mothers side were married till death. All of those marriages (With the excpetion maybe of my mother's parents) are very, very happy relationships.

[Trimmer]

I don't know, I didn't find it completely cynical. Yeah, I suppose the "you will get divorced" thing was a little heavy, but I totally get the calculus problem analogy, and frankly, I'm finding myself a little aroused by it...

[blind_otter]

IME you don't "try" to fall in love...it just happens, very easily - once you let go and allow it to happen.

[allina]

You can attempt to sound as clever as you want your anger and resentment is clear And what does being a "hideous dyke" have to do with love?

[StartingOver07]

And I thought this thread was going to be about running shoes...