WHAT IS THIS STUPID GAME? Options

[Tung]

Dating is something we must do. There really isn't a choice. Sometimes it can be fun. Most times not. It's uncomfortable and embarrassing, all at the same time. Will the other person like us? Will we like them? Is he right for me? Will she take her pants off?

Romance/Love/Dating/Sex is a thing we are driven to. We wouldn't be here if great-great-great-great Grandpa didn't get a boner from being with great-great-great-great Grandma. And we wouldn't be here if our parents weren't driven to 'do it' (a truly gruesome thought). The act of sex feels good for a reason. And that reason is so you will have kids. Who will have more kids - etc., etc., ad infinitum. That's it. Sex is just a lure to make you have children.

For this reason we'll put up with the completely annoying, uncomfortable act of dating. And it is unpleasant. Everyone has incredible expectations. True love usually. Someone who will completely understand us. An idea of total happiness and euphoria. These distorted (and wrong) expectations lead to the reality of relationships. Disappointment. Misery. Nasty, belittling remarks. Petty cruelty. Rejection. Long nights spent by the telephone - alone. Incomprehensible feelings of overwhelming emptiness. Alcoholism. Gay porn... and finally death.

Amazing! What was expected to be so good often turns out so horrible. So how did it get this messed up?