Lets deal with it though

They tell u, there is no fulfilment without it. They tell u, that’s what u need to look out for. All the time. Be prepared. Be ready. It could strike you anywhere. It’s a war, you need to win. Yes, surprise, surprise, they are indeed talking about love.

Love makes for a Complete life. Your life must be an advertisement for success, you see. Even if u never ever feel free. Or think you have no power of choice. You need to just do it. Buy gifts for someone you love. Chocolate is nice, but it melts. But diamonds are forever you know.

Emptiness.
Loneliness.
Dissatisfaction.
Unhappiness.
You can feel them all. Even if u have love. Most often, because of that blasted love.

Of course love is no big deal. Ideology, yes. Hegemony, definitely.

But then if you find yourself in love do you fail the counter-hegemonic test? Have you become a revisionist? Have you sold your soul like foreign funded NGOs or communists implementing neo-liberal policies?

Isn’t romantic love a relationship too. And for all the hype that 'it's different', its really much the same. With its own expectations, explorations, joys, anguish, doubts about the self, about the other. If we can talk about everything and advocate dialogue in the age of contradictions then cant we talk about love too. Isn’t it often the case that we make sense of our jumbled self when we unblock to others. Aren’t our interpretations of the self a series of conversations? We affirm and celebrate a shared life. Has love got nothing to do with it?