People and "True" Love

               Okay, a secret about me: I enjoy watching a show called The Millionaire Matchmaker. It’s an entertaining show because it’s about all of these people who seek the matchmaker, Patti, to help them find true love. The people that come in though, always seem to think that they are all that and that it other people’s problem that they haven’t met their “true” love yet. There is usually something wrong with them though (mostly involving their attitudes), and Patti finds it and then uses it to deflate their egos a bit (plus teach them a lesson) leading to them being more desirable to women. Watching the guys change though is a hilarious rollercoaster. However, only some of the couples end up lasting more than a couple of months. They believe that they have true love, and then the relationship ends so quickly.

                I don’t really think that I believe in true love. I find it a nice dream to have and I am always so ecstatic for people that I know when they find their dream soul mate, and I believe it possible for them; however I have never thought it possible for me. I know that it is a strange way of thinking, but that’s what I have always thought/believed. What adds to my disbelief is that when kids today say how much they are in love with their boyfriend/girlfriend, I immediately want to laugh at their foolishness. For kids these days, to believe that they are in love and only in high school is hard to believe, I mean it is high school and we are still so young, so how is it possible to know who we want to spend the rest  of our lives with? The word “love” is used way too casually in our everyday conversations. How are people supposed to realize that when you tell them that you love them that you mean it like you love a sweater or that you actually like them for who they are. Also, it’s not as big of a deal these days if you don’t love someone and your married to them, because you can just get a divorce, compared to in other societies and cultures, you are stuck with that person till they die.

                All in all, I feel that love is not a good word to use because of its common everyday usage. Its common usage is based off of our society and how as people become more dramatic, then they also look for more meaningful words to replace the everyday words. So I feel that the major lesson of the day would be to not use words unless you are prepared for their real meaning and that you sincerely mean what you are saying.