| Before you read, keep in mind that this was a rant I had, and I kept it in rant form because it'd lose it's impact any other way.
Also, not saying this is all 100% true for everyone, but I'll bet you anything you can categorize yourself. This more applies to high school kids, because most people become Realists by the time they graduate. If I had to apply this to an age range, I'd say it applies from age 14-23. People evolve a lot over that time frame, and this is as accurate a summary as I can provide from my experience.
Why is everyone so obsessed with love?
Seriously, most people I know [girls more than boys] have some psychotic image that they're gonna meet their true love in their teens. They get so wrapped up in it that they try for it in every relationship. They expect the relationship is gonna last forever, and when the shit ends two weeks later, they're sad as if it was a REAL shock to them. Then they do the whole thing over again?!?
Are people stupid? Don't answer that, it's an obvious answer.
Girls ask me all the time why I don't bother with dating. I don't try to answer because they're the same girls that do that stupid shit, and they'll never get it.
A girl would have to be realistic to stand a chance with me, and that doesn't seem like it'll happen for a long time.
People fit into three groups:
-Fantasy people, which are the ones I'm talking about in this bulletin.
-Realists, which realize that relationships won't always last forever. Some like to try anyways in hopes of bettering the quality of their life for now. Some avoid relationships altogether.
-Party people, which are fantasy people in transition. They're hopeless, and tend to flake on the Realists. They realize shit doesn't last forever, and instead of trying to just be happy now, all they care about is getting fucked up and forgetting about all their failed relationships with Realists, and they still don't understand why it didn't last forever.
Everyone is a fantasy person before their first real relationship. Some people get stuck there and A] get obsessed over the ex, or B] find someone new and expect this one to last forever. Some get stuck for several relationships.
Then people start transitioning into Realists. Some avoid the party phase and directly turn into a Realist, most stop in the party phase for a while. While in the party phase, sex and/or drugs are life's main objective. Both are to mask the emptiness created from being single, and the sadness caused by "the one who got away".
At their own pace, people mature and start becoming less of a partier and more of a Realist. Once you're a Realist, there's no turning back. You're hopeful of your relationships, but you never expect them to last forever. You're sad in between, but you don't need anything to cope anymore [not saying you won't do whatever for fun]. And more than anything, you just feel sorry that you can't make fantasy or party people understand.
So that is my Fantasy to Realist model, let me know what you think.
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