Like a babies first sugar as soon as you first try it, feel it or see it in movies we are hooked. We yearn for the Hollywood kissing in the rain, late night calls and 'can't breathe without you' feeling. It brings you brilliant highs of butterflies in your tummy, smug smiles of happiness and the need for more, more, more. From a young age this drug is forced upon with stories of 'happily ever after' and good over coming evil with its power. Little girls role play Princess's, safe in the knowledge that one day their Prince will come and save them. The boys play the role of the strong and willing Prince, over coming the evil dragon to save his one true love. This innocence just instills the dream further and makes it a drug we are ALL unable to resist.
As adults we delude ourselves with personal stories and tales. We all know of a friend of a friend whose non committal ex turned up in the middle of the night, drenched in the rain with flowers who declared his undying love. Although utter nonsense, we all secretly cling on the hope that it will happen to us. I also think men are included, yet their fantasy may include the woman wearing a tight white t-shirt in the rain, holding 4 cans of beer and declaring that their cock is the best they have ever seen!
However this can also be a dangerous drug and should come with a WARNING.
Side effects may include:
· Dribbling at the sight of a loved one.
· Loss of speech and/or ability to construct sentences.
· ‘Accidental’ text messages and ‘misdirected’ calls.
· Delusions of grandeur. Illusions may include weddings, children and pets.
· Stalking type habits. With the invention of Facebook this side effect has become normalized, but we all know that checking someone’s page more than once a day is a problem and you should seek medical help.
We are ALL guilty of the above side acts and should therefore look upon people showing signs and symptoms without judgment or pity.
I have and to this day continue to make errors with regards to love, sex and other stuff and look upon my actions with horror and disgust. My friends however look on laughing and gawping at my stupidity. At the end of every bad date, misadventured one night stand and soul destroying heart break we vow never to indulge in the drug again. Yet we know it won’t be long until you’re rolling in the stuff dreaming of weddings, children and pets.
