Extended Metaphor, Analogy or Neither?
Love is the most ridiculous and frustrating thing. It’s kind of like the lottery, you can’t do anything about what you want except want it and wish. Actually you have more control over the winning of a lottery because you can purchase one ticket or a million. There are no tickets to purchase to win love.
And love is not a career. To pursue a career you take steps toward your goals. This gives a person a sense of control of his or her own destiny. Even if that sense of control is a delusion. But in romance there are no steps to take. There was no college or university that offered a degrees in Jack Kundera, or even related field like his brother Alex. I could not get an internship with his best friend hoping that I could parlay that internship into a relationship with Jack. In love there is no schmoozing you can do. There are no conventions or cocktail parties where I could be introduced to Jack’s affection. There isn’t even a skill set that one can develop to have one’s feelings reciprocated. And nepotism is out of the question.
However, you can temp in romance. You can flirt at a bar for a few hours. Put some attention funds in the bank. You can take someone home whom you really have no interest in. Deposit some sex credits. But, like a temp job it isn’t going to be good and there’s no way your going to accept it as a perm position.
Love is random luck that no one can do anything about.
And love is not a career. To pursue a career you take steps toward your goals. This gives a person a sense of control of his or her own destiny. Even if that sense of control is a delusion. But in romance there are no steps to take. There was no college or university that offered a degrees in Jack Kundera, or even related field like his brother Alex. I could not get an internship with his best friend hoping that I could parlay that internship into a relationship with Jack. In love there is no schmoozing you can do. There are no conventions or cocktail parties where I could be introduced to Jack’s affection. There isn’t even a skill set that one can develop to have one’s feelings reciprocated. And nepotism is out of the question.
However, you can temp in romance. You can flirt at a bar for a few hours. Put some attention funds in the bank. You can take someone home whom you really have no interest in. Deposit some sex credits. But, like a temp job it isn’t going to be good and there’s no way your going to accept it as a perm position.
Love is random luck that no one can do anything about.
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