What is love? What's a relationship all about?

I'm kinda inspired to post this entry because I've just learnt that one of my friends have just broken up with her boyfriend of about, 2 years? Okay here goes. I've been reading her blog quite regularly for the past one year. She literally mentioned how sweet, how caring, how wonderful her boyfriend was in every entry that she posted. I gotta admit I was so awww-ed by it while I was reading the posts that I wished I could be in one of these kinda relationships then. Praises of him were seen everywhere on her blog and their relationship somewhat seemed like a never-ending one to me, pretty much like those you read in fairytales where "happily ever after" actually exists. What really caught me by surprise was, they broke up so suddenly that I thought I was reading the wrong blog. Well okay, I don't have a single idea of what actually happened though so I wouldn't probe into that.

I slumped in my chair, thoughts whirling through my mind.

"Boy meets girl, they fell in love, they said they'd love each other forever, and they live happily ever after."
What a cliche. If you think that that sentence still holds true, perhaps you should stop living in your own illusionary world. ( Wait a minute. Before I go on any further, I just wanna clarify that I'm not having problems in my relationship but I'm just expressing my thoughts and feelings towards this whole complexed relationship thingy, so don't worry my friends.) Nothing lasts forever, unless you're referring to married couples who have practised monogamy in their lives, so perhaps saying "I love you forever" does make some sense afterall. Many people say those 4 oh-i-said-it-on-impulse words without even knowing the whole damn meaning of it, and if any gullible person were to take those words for real and go crying a river after your bf/gf dumps you, there's just one word to describe you- naive.
The love guru says: Mean whatever you say to your partner, in every sense of the word.

Love can make you lose your senses.
How true. The boyf was just telling me how his friend got cheated by his gf the other day. She cheated his money and he's dumb enough to spend 40k(if I'm not wrong) on her in a year. That's daylight robbery please! I have seriously no idea what's on his mind and what was it that made him agree to all her way too ridiculous requests. Is love really that powerful that it can make a person fail to differentiate right from wrong? Can love really be that efficacious in making someone believe everything that you said?
The love guru says: It's all right to love someone THAT much, but know your limits and don't be always the one who is giving in. Be sensible and know the right things to do.

Committment is indispensable in a relationship. Do the best you can for him/her.
Yes yes, certainly. I'd say being committed is of utmost importance in a relationship. You have to make sacrifices for him, giving up some of your leisure time like shopping/sleeping/hanging out with your friends for him. And when he calls you up and asks why aren't you back yet or who are you hanging out with, blaming him for being over-protective is the last thing you should do.
The love guru says: Appreciate him for being concerned. If he doesn't give a hoot about you, why should he bother if you're back home safely or who are you with? And when you love a person, you wouldn't mind sacrificing your precious time for him.

Love can do wonders, as easy as how a magician waves his wand and poof, a rabbit appears right in front of you.
So this is how amazing love can be. You had a gloomy day, ominous dark clouds hung drearily in the sky with the tumultuous rumbles of thunder. Then, your handphone beeps with that familiar ringtone and you hear that sexy husky voice over the phone. From frowning to a silly wide smile, you'd feel as if the downpour has just ended and poof, here's the colourful rainbow after the rain! And then you'd end your day by smiling to yourself to sleep and hugging the soft toy he gave it to you tightly. Sweet dreams after that.
The love guru says: Treasure your partner like a precious gem. You'll never know when are you gonna find the next person who can make you feel this way like he/she does. Not a dime a dozen, not one in a million, but once in a lifetime maybe?


Love's sucha a complicated thing. After all my past relationships and the one that I'm in now, I reckon there's like endless definitions to the word Love. Many of which seems like a paradox to one another. What an irony. One simple word with just four letters, who could ever understand the complexity of it?

I wonder.