Well, more accurately, I just recalled an interesting thought that I've been harbouring in my brain for a while.
We all know girls (or maybe even guys) that always set really strict criteria for what they perceive to be absolutely essential in a member of the opposite sex in order for them to be attracted to said person.
What I find most interesting about this is how often these criteria are fulfilled, even to a mild extent.
Take, for example, one of my friends. Either implied, or through explicit statement, a guy she would consider going out with would have to be:
1. Awesome at life i.e. working in a Big 4 accounting firm or a law firm of similar standing (her words, not mine)
2. Hot
3. Not from the west side
4. Pretty much just be awesome.
The guy she's now dating, and has been for a while, fulfils maybe Number 2. Probably the most subjective criterion there.
There is no meaning to what I'm writing right now. They're just submerged random thoughts emerging to the fore during some midnight thinking.
But I do find it interesting how people often persist with these 'criteria', despite the evident uselessness of them.
They're pretty fun to come up with, but not really the most productive use of time. They're more of an idealistic representation of what we would like that special person to be. Someone that we will probably never meet.
And that's probably for the better. It seems to me that people can learn a lot through learning to cope with other people's faults, which might then help them identify and rectify their own.
Through this inane discussion of nothing much, it has also become apparent to me how love transcends all barriers. Even though we often attempt to construct materialistic, vain, arbitrary barriers in an attempt to stagnate its progress, it almost always manages to surpass these constricting ties.
In the words of my t-shirt, "True love will find you in the end."
Awwwwww.
Word of the Day: Stagnate
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