Unrequited Love!
According to wikipedia it's a universal feeling, by estimates affecting 98% of all people in their lifetime.
There is such a beautiful longing to it isn't it? It's the reason why so many movies do so well...
We really want the two protagonists to get their happily ever after or die trying. Funny isn't it!
The romanticism about it; it is always a good story. And when you hear about it's triumphs, we usually emote great joy. We like the happy endings...
Somehow even the unhappy endings seem OK, we relate to it at one plane or the other. We understand it and we accept it.
Every love story I hear about, proves to me how we are so human, we strive for personal triumph... Always ready to outshine , compete ; even kill to achieve our goals... but when we fall in love we might even be ready to lose everything we ever worked for.
That I think is the true beauty of nature! Darwinism best explanation....
Survival.... we are after all social creatures... And love is its best explanation!
Take Care
P.S. Don't read too much into this. This happens after a lot of TV Dramas :)
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:) i like
even before i read that P.S. i thought it sounds a lot like Alan Shore :D
Unfortunately, though this has been inspired by the season finale of the Good Wife...
Well, Maddy stole my comment :P But yes, nice read. =)
To quote Sigmund Freud- "We are never so helplessly unhappy, as when we lose love". Happens to be true...
But I fail to understand your claim that selfless love is a manifestation of Darwinism. If at all, I would think they are contradictory - love to the limit of selflessness is neither survivalist, nor pragmatic (from a Darwinian point of view). But as you rightly point out, it is very human!
Note: I am not a fan of Mr Freud.
@Onkar Sorry to contradict you. I think selfless love *is* within the ambit of Darwinism. The point is this - if you are going to be so pained to lose a relationship then you are likely to be very protective of the relationships you have or will have. Since you know you will be so pained to lose it, you will do everything you can to not lose it! Hence you are enhancing your chances of having a progeny. This can be argued in another way. More intelligent people are likely to grieve more for loss of relationships - this is nature's way of ensuring that more intelligent people have a greater chance of a progeny. Nature's way of favouring the trait of being higher up the IQ ladder.
Very well written. applause.
Even I don't get it. Does continuation of species require "selfless love"? And what causes the grief of separation? Even I think love kinda falls out of the Darwinian pragmatism.
Btw, do dogs fall in love?!
I guess I must correct myself here, When I meant Darwinism here, it meant to be limited to humans. For humans, I guess love is as important, as the colour of peacock feathers. An indication of fitness.
"Survival.... we are after all social creatures... And love is its best explanation!"
Absolutely spot on :)
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