The Velvet Robot Series: Musings About Love

Is it any shock that people my age today play Ring Around the Rosie with each other, pretending to have love and commitment with each one? Of course not. Two things: Hollywood and New Age Hedonism covered up in twisted morality. By a huge chance, you’re probably my age. Hell, seven people view this motherfucking thing and all of them are my age. Therefore, I know you know what I’m talking about. Think about it. If you’re really the modern Romantic that you are, would you do it now? Honestly, what are the chances that whoever you go with now will be with you forever? 50% of marriages fail; even more are involved in affairs. Even those who make decisions at a more lucid point in their lives don’t get to love one person exclusively with complete loyalty. What makes you think you’ll be able to keep that Prince Charming or Fiona the Ogre for the rest of your lives? If your sick demented mind is still in that place where you think fairies exist, then fine, I understand. But if you’re half as rational as I give you credit for, then you should at least realize that you have more of a chance being beaten by a cow to death than keeping that High School sweetheart of yours. Now, I’m not completely against people meeting people, perhaps being romantic, perhaps having fun under the covers once in a while. I don’t fucking care what you do with your life. It’s your business. What I hate is people telling themselves that “this is it!” and then being miserable because “the stars failed to bring them as one to the ends of fate”. That’s fucking bullshit. As for now, all we can hope for with relationships are flings and temporary romance. As for the long term, we still have to wait.

Do realize that only vultures and this tapeworm whose genitals fuse to each other once they mate are the only two known species among a very few others that are monogamous. Yes, we’re naturally polygamists, and up to the recent century, people have been practicing monogamy. Marriage is a social symbol, but that doesn’t mean people don’t philander around. Again, it’s the hedonistic “You please me and no one else, fucker!” that makes us think the good thing is to stick to one. Actually, love wanes after eighteen months to three years. After that, expect culture to take over and tell you that you’ll be an evil fuck if you ever leave your commitment. Fucking society messes with nature again. Speaking from a scientific standpoint, we were made polygamous so our genes would mix and match with others of our kind. Evolution works better that way. What is so bad about telling each other “sorry, it’s over, let’s both move on”? Not only is it perfect fine – ethically, morally and whatever – it’s also the honest and good thing to do. If you’re tired, forcing yourself would only make you hurt the other person eventually. Work it out, perhaps even wait it out, and in the end, your love will end and it’ll be time to ride again with someone else.

Marriage? Well, that’s currently fucked up. Society isn’t free enough yet for kids to fully absorb that his or her daddy and mommy have different ideologies from the rest of the world and that they’ll be with other people while they raise him or her. Therefore, it’s really still up to the person. Fine, reject your humanity and give in to the prevailing opinion of the many: be monogamous, raise kids, lose your love in the middle of it all and be fucked. Or, try your best to be a father to a kid who’ll eventually know his or her parents dared be human for once instead of being pigs with brain implants.

In the end, the message here is – for the love of God, be proper because you know it’s proper instead of just following what the rest of the world thinks is proper.