love & war

Love is a battlefield. - Jordin Sparks. Heartbreak warfare. - John Mayer

Why all of the violent war references when discussing matters of the heart? Why are love and hate so closely tied? It's the ying and yang of the world I guess - opposites always coming together (cue Paula Abdul's "Opposites attract.") But I have to beg to differ. In fact, I think that if love were really a battlefield, it would be much more easy to navigate.
Love is not a battlefield. It's so much worse than that. The analogy is close, but you're in the wrong branch of the government. Love is better described as a political strategy: a power play. Think about it: on a battlefield the lines are clearly drawn. Us v. Them. Good v. Osama Bin Laden/Cuba/Heidi Montag. You know..the general evils of this world. Everyone has their weapons drawn and we know a little bit, depending on our level of intelligence, about the opponent. Strap on your guns people, we're going to war! If I were in the military I think that my outfit would look something like Lara Crofts. Hot and sexy but will totally beat your ass. Booty shorts and all. My point is, war is fairly clear all things considered. Where love is a complete different story!
When i say politics, say the first thing that comes to mind. (john Edwards' love child. making money over making peace. saying one thing and meaning another. putting up for appearances. really ugly suits.) In politics, you say that you'll do all of these great things, make the world that we all live in a better place, blah blah word vomit all over. Love is sort of the same way. In the beginning, before you're elected to the position of boyfriend or girlfriend, you make all these promises: you cook, clean, still go to the gym, put on make up, wear sexy lingerie, shave!!, don't say anything about the crap you find really annoying. But then you're elected! Public affection! The campaign stops and you see your new office for the first time. It's one day later and you're already thinking about redecorating. "You cannot wear that out honey! It has a hole in it." "your butt is showing." "you look slutty." "you look gay." Of course we want to do all of the hard labor ourselves and never call for the professionals to come decorate for us.
And to complicate matters, our subjects are in an uprise! Your friends miss you and say you've changed. "You were supposed to meet me at spinning class...god forbid I sweat alone!" Politicians never keep their promises (Yes we can??) They're rarely faithful - dont make me list them all, I'll be here all night. And did I mention the suits?! I mean come on....with all that money, how do you look so cheap!! (Hilary.)
My (cynical) point is, I think that if love were really about warfare, I'd be super good at it! But it's not that simple. Love is a political power play full of secrets. smoke and mirrors. and, god forbid, emotions. (!!!!!!!)

But, food for thought: if what you experience is really that close to politics, it's probably not love at all. It's probably a failing relationship and you should abandon ship before you're caught in the undertow.
That is all.