Prince Charming

I’m unbelievably fond of books, movies, music and the arts in general. That’s an understatement actually; I think it would be better to say I’m half-in-love with the arts. Problem with that is; its gives one the twisted sense of reality. Take the “romance” genre for instance (love songs, romantic movies, and romance novels); most of the ones out there are filled with fantasies that reality won’t be able to catch up with. Luckily, it only made me cynical. Because seriously, how many guys would make you fall in love with them everyday?? Jump through hoops just to catch you when you fall?? They feed women with false hopes that he’s just around the corner when he most probably isn’t. The concept that there’s only one person for everybody out of this expanding world is so restricting and it sets impossible standards. It’s depressing. It makes one want to chase the illusion of a happy ending when the truth is that happy endings are merely unfinished stories. Some women wait all their lives for a guy to “complete” them, someone to save them from who knows what, as if their incomplete and only their “soul-mate” can fill that void. If the prince didn’t come, couldn’t snow white choke out that apple and get a health insurance?? And don’t even get me started on girls who keep saying that they are with whoever they’re with because it’s meant to be. Destiny is a joke and life is a choice. You are where you are; you are with who you’re with because you chose it, not because fate decided its where and what your life should be. It’s sad to see strong women moping because they can’t find anyone to marry. I know life can be lonely and that sometimes friends and family just don’t fill that hollow feeling. It’s okay to be sad but to say that life is incomplete just because one is missing a better half is just pathetic. We should learn to be a tad more self-reliant. A little less whiny and learn to love our independent lives more. A man is not a validation to one’s existence. We can find the answers to our questions without having to depend on a guy. Being alone doesn’t necessary amount to being lonely. There’s a difference and one can has a choice.