5 August 2013:
The greatest thing ... is to love and be loved in return.
On Friday night I had a talk with W. It was meant to be a random, no-specific-topic kind but we ventured into the topic of love and stayed on it for the whole time.
Basically, the chat seems to question what was asked during Twelfth Night again. “O, what is love?” There also a Chinese equivalent: 問世間情為何物？
I guess this question may never have an answer. Either that or this question has infinite answers; everybody has their own answer and it may all be correct.
I'm aure if you go online and search, you'll be able to find videos or articles about kids' responses to the question. Most of the time they are aw-inducing.
W mentioned that although he has a few eye candies, thus far he has only loved one person. And it would be hard for him to love someone else in her place.
And somewhere in the chat I asked him what made him so sure that he felt love. He went on about how the girl was so special to him. But I had a different interpretation to it.
My opinion was that you know you love someone when you have this desire to protect her. He said this was as if I'm treating her like an infant.
I suppose our views on love differ. But ultimately we all want to love someone and be loved in return. It is a natural, human reaction that almost all exhibit.
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A picture has been spreading around Twitter recently. I can't be bothered to find it, but it talks about maths and its sad love stories.
Two straight lines intersect at 1 and only 1 point. Parallel lines seem at pace with each other but never meet. Asymptotes approach but never meet.
Being a maths person this interested me quite a bit. Then I realised a flaw in this 'story'. The original story said asymptotes approach each other then diverges.
Asymptotes approach a function, not a fellow asymptote. Thus, what happens is it approach a limit of the curve. However it never diverges from the limit or curve.
In terms of a love story, this may not be that bad. At least you are constantly getting closer, although you will never meet. It's better than parallel lines.
And of course, if you're lucky, there may be an exception, such as sinx / x. The horizontal asymptote (y = 0) actually cuts through many points for finite x.
So, perhaps it's best to just stay positive. After all, fate will work its way through. There's no point fretting so much at the moment, just be patient, wait and see.
Lastly, some people perhaps just aren't fated to be couples. They're fated to be 戀人未滿，友達以上. Less than couples, more than friends. Or, "it's complicated".
TTFN.