January 22, 2011
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Valentine's Day Massacre
Man, I have an offer for you. Suppose that this Valentine's Day Eve, you fall asleep. When you wake up on the morning of February 14th, you groggily check your facebook and email, and then your phone. Suddenly, you realize every last woman contact you ever had sexual and/or romantic feelings for is gone. They are forever out of your life. You will never see them face-to-face. Nor will you know their email, IM, phone number, or address again, although you can of course remember your interactions with them. On Valentine's Day, 2011, you officially have zero options.
Given the opportunity to make a clean break with every moment of romance you've ever had, would you consider that a fantasy, or a nightmare?
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Comments (22)
interesting. i don't really have contact with my past romances sooo i guess i'd be ok with it. i think i'd rather our memories (mine and past romance) be wiped clean.
lol
Well considering I never see them anyway, I probably wouldn't even notice...
hmm... I could go either way on that. I suppose it would lean to the nightmare side.
It's a tough question. Some say it's better to have loved and to have lost than to have never loved at all. However, I really wonder what it means to truly love somebody. Were I to step away from previous encounters with romance, I would do so in a heartbeat, as I don't think any of them have been what they were supposed to be.
I'm perfectly fine with that.
Hmmm.
It's an interesting thought. So you'd be left with the memories only?
I think now, as I'm married - and I'd assume my wife would be included in the Massacre - that it would be my idea of a nightmare.
I love my wife!
As much pain as any idea of "romance" has caused in my life, I can't say that I would erase it because it's through pain and struggle that we grow and learn to be who we are. And since God has used every single piece of it to refine, mold and shape me...and find even more freedom through it than I had before experiencing any of it, I would have to say that I'd probably keep my experiences. Let us also not forget that all the foul experiences lead me to hope that maybe there's some good out there, or give me a litmus test of what IS actually bad.
Being left with the memories? Chalk that up as nightmare.
until the advent of facebook, that is pretty much how my valentines tended to go...i dont view it as either a fantasy or a nightmare, just the status quo
Ro-ad808 took the words from me!!!
What about those you've never had feelings for...as in you hadn't crossed paths yet. Could you still meet those people in the future?
@lauralen - Yes, of course. This is just an offer to forever clear your romantic records of crushes you have already interacted with.
The only ex I'm not still friends with, is only because he was abusive. I'm on excellent terms with all my other exes and I'd be horrified if they all just vanished!
Nightmare. I've only ever entered into one relationship, but most of the people I've had feelings for are also really, really good friends. If I were to never know them again... my life would be quite terrible.
@cmdr_keen - Your response makes me so happy.
Assuming I could keep my husband . . . I think this would still be nightmare fuel. Most of my former boyfriends and crushes ended badly, but I grew quite a lot from those experiences.
@cmdr_keen - Aww, no, I didn't mean to break up with your current sweetheart
I just meant everyone before her.
@GreekPhysique - Yeah, I have no bad history that I need to clear out, so I think it'd be more of a nightmare because I don't like the idea of "forevering" people out of my life.
I broke my itty bitty pinky, but its all good. I am sort of too ashamed to tell anyone close to me. They would be confused and worried or not understand. I just promised I would stop feeding that person inside of me.
This would be a nightmare. Unless, I got to replace the romance with an amazing career and even better friends.
Love always
Seems like any ordinary day...
that sounds like heaven. people have baggage, yo.
Nightmare. I keep up with a few exes, and have an almost siblinglike relationship with one guy I used to really like. Several other close guy friends are also those I've liked to some extent in the past. I couldn't give up those people -- even if the terms were changed to
just
erasing ex'es. I may hold no romantic feelings for them now, but they are too dear to me as friends now.
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