Love is like a game..Really?
Some say,"love is nothing but like a game".Now,I know there are people out there who don't like that analogy at all,but before you go all bonkers trying to justify otherwise,just give me a chance and hear me out.I'm neither for or against that metaphor,but for this post,let's just throw away all the differences we all have and pretend that we all agree with that statement.
If love really is like a game,what kind of game do you think it should be?Scrabble?Monopoly?Super Mario?
It all really depends on how you see it,really.But for now,I'd say love is more like a game of Tetris.
As we all may have already known,in the game of Tetris,7 different blocks come down from the top screen in random orders and what we have to do is arrange these blocks so that we can not only score,but ultimately keep the game going for as long as we can.This is a simple,yet very addictive game,and also one of the few games that is non-repetitive at all.
Just like a classic game of Tetris,we start off a relationship with a blank screen,we can see what the first block is and can easily place it anywhere we like because we have plenty of space for that first block to drop.Sometimes the first block may be a tricky one,like the S or the Z block,but if you are careful enough,you can almost always fill in the missing gap as the second block comes down.
Like a good game of Tetris,a relationship can only cruise along smoothly if we place our blocks in the right order and score.Every move we take in a relationship is like placing the blocks in Tetris.If we don't nurture what we have,it'll soon reach the top of the screen and we'll crash and lose the game eventually.
As we carefully build on our blocks,there will be times when we accidentally place the wrong block in the wrong place,i.e. when we say or do the wrong things to our partners unintentionally.We can only resolve the mistake by paying more attention to the ones that come after and make sure they fall in the right place that we wanted.If you keep putting the wrong blocks in the wrong places,you'll end up ruining your relationship,as you would to your Tetris game.However,(I just discovered this)sometimes the placement of the wrong block can bring benefits as well,when you arrange the ones that come after in the appropriate manner,you'd usually score more than you normally would.
We usually don't need anyone to teach us from beginning to end on how to play Tetris,same goes to relationship.Sure,we might not know what to do with the first few blocks,but as we game on,we'll soon discover the magic of it.Relationship requires actual involvement in order for you to recognise the beauty and technique of it.There're also no certain rules that you must follow in the game of Tetris,so long as you can keep the game going,no one really cares how you arrange the block in between.Like in a relationship,no one can tell someone else how to run their relationship so long as the two involved are satisfied with what they have.There are tips for running a smoother game,but ultimately,it is the person's decision to make.
One thing I found most identical between Tetris and relationship is that,there is no turning back.Once the move is being made,you cannot undo it.It's like when you do something that hurts your partner's feeling,there's no way you can undo it.All you can do is make sure you don't repeat the same mistake again,and if the following moves work out well,eventually that mistake will go away and hopefully be forgotten.But some mistakes don't,no matter how hard you try to resolve it,the trace of existance will still be there.Sometimes you might even end up losing the game just because of one stupid block.It really depends on how big the mistake was.
In Tetris,we are given to choice to end the game at anytime simply by pressing the start button.However,ending a relationship is not so much like ending a Tetris game.Ending a relationship is cruel and upsetting but all you need is a thumb to end your game of Tetris.Some Tetris games are even better,you can pause it and just leave it there,the next time you feel like playing with it again,you can start with where you've left off.But there's no such thing in real relationship,people take a break from their relationship but rarely do they continue from the exact same point where they left off.I'm not saying it doesn't happen at all,but rarely.People usually start off in a whole new dimension as the dynamic of the relationship has now changed.
It has now become pretty pointless for me to continue on comparing Tetris and relationship since I've already stated so much.All that's left is for you guys to give it a thought yourself and come out with the 'like-s' and 'no-s' between the two,or even better,you can start relating relationship to a whole new game.
Okay,so now I'm done with my post.We can all go pick up the differences that we threw away earlier in this post and get on with our life.Haha! *lame*
