>>737643Growing up we’ve been taught that love is good, lust is bad
I’m here to tell you: lust is bad, but love is much worse.
Lust is brief but it’s honest.
It’s only looking to enjoy the moment with as minimal drama as possible.
Lust is greedy but not selfish.
In fact, in lust, people can gain sense of appreciation for flaws/nuances of the other party that would not be possible in pre/post coital clarity.
Love on the other hand, is awfully picky. It doesn’t take much to turn off another person.
It’s not even just a matter of looks.
It’s also a matter of vibes.
In love, greed is low but selfishness is high.
You can be kind, smart, and suave and still be rejected because of some “essence” you lacked
Maybe it was because you disagrees with some opinion or the way you handled some one else.
Or maybe because you didn’t influence the other party’s pathos the way their previous partners did.
In love, you’re always fearful of not being good enough. It doesn’t matter how much the other party assures you of their loyalty, even if they proved themselves to you time after time.
If your pathos is off, it’s all for naught.
Another thing: growing up we’ve been taught that bookworms are the least judgemental of looks, while fashion enthusiasts are shallow.
Turns out, academia has the biggest discriminators of looks.
People whom are young, ethnic, female, neurodivergent, LGBT, fat, disabled, etc are patronized as mere token students but never allowed to be official speakers/professors in their own right.
Their intellect is always questioned.