Expiration Date

Call me a pessimist but I've always believe that love has an expiration date.

There is always a reason why boyfriends and girlfriends break up, why some men or women get jilted on the altar, why a decade-long marriage crumble, why my, yours or our parents split up and succumb to divorce or any legal means of separation; one simple reason, there is no love everlasting.

Don't get your hopes up, just because Cinderella found her Prince Charming doesn't mean it lasted, the author never really let us in on what happened after they got married, right? Don't get any ideas, just because your neighbor marries her childhood sweetheart doesn't mean they will last forever, they may just be those few chosen ones whose love have a longer shelf life. Don't be fooled, just because a friend of yours has been happily married for a few years doesn't mean it will last, give them a few more years and you'll see what I mean. And don't be mistaken, just because you're in love today doesn't mean you'll be eternally, I'm giving you a year or two max.

Call me a pessimist if you must, but love REALLY has an expiration date.

You think, the grandmas and grandpas that live together till they die stayed because of undying love for each other, nah, they do it for companionship. You think, that hardworking moms and dads live together for the longest time because they still feel tingly when they are near each other, no sirree, they do it for the kids. You think, battered (insert names here, i.e, wives, girlfriends) stay with their partners because of love never-ending, nope, it's because of their stupidity and masochistic tendencies. You think, you are staying in your current relationship or your marriage because you are in love, nah-ah, you are staying because it is comfortable and you've grown dependent on it.

You see, love never stays, it lingers for a while like an anesthetic but eventually, it fades.

Call me a pessimist if you still wanna, but I'm telling you LOVE has an EXPIRATION DATE.

I am not telling you to sans away from love and relationships, oh God, please don't be a naive reader and think that, I am just giving you an itty-bitty dosage of reality. Fall in love, experience all the hullabaloo, happiness, sadness, madness, anger-ness (teehee) and all that, just be smart cause no one can fall forever, you have to land back on reality, sooner or later, that's the law of gravity.

Now repeat after me, LOVE HAS AN EXPIRATION DATE.


Oh yeah, before any of you get sassy on me, I want to reiterate that I am talking about love between a man and a woman (same sex love affairs is also considered *grins*). Don't go raining on my parade with the love of God, love of mother to her child crap because hello, I also know that, okie *smiles*.

One more thing, please no haters, I don't wanna hate you back...

How's that for my first official 2011 post?