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All the world loves a lover.
No. Not really.
Is there anything more uncomfortable than being in a room with a couple
engaged in public snuggling?
uh oh.
Lovers on screen at the movies are one thing. But going to the movies
can be
made miserable by a clenching couple sitting in front of you.
For one thing, kisses sound terrible. Like drainage. In the movies,
they
play a sound track. When weíre involved in our own love
scene, we donít notice. But when other people are engaged we hear all
their
slurping. Amazing how other peopleís smooching can make something so
nice
sound so digestive.
Much as I love Romantic Love, it is NOT a spectator sport.
(Unless, of course, you're in the mood for porn. But most people who
canoodle in public
are the kind of people you don't like seeing with their clothes on -
much less off.)
Most of the time groping is only fun for the groper and gropee.
Do couples who are ardent in public want us to think theyíre so wildly
in love
they can't keep their hands off each other or wait to be alone?
I don't buy it.
I subscribe to my mother's theory of public affection.
She always said couples who are publicly passionate turn off the heat
the
minute the door closes behind them. All that heavy breathing and
caressing -
and the second they get home, they turn in opposite directions.
He picks up the TV remote. She goes to get a snack.
They don't touch again until they go out again - and try to impress us
with their ardor.
They don't.
Romantic love involves two people. Only two people.
The rest is show business.
*Love is for two. But love triangles? Where the problem is getting the
right two together?
Fact is, I love triangles. Turn them on one end, and they keep spinning
out new stories.
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