Tuesday, November 13, 2007

First Love, Last Love


I think there ought to be a law that says: First love should be the last love. Consider the following compelling reasons:

  1. As they always say in songs, poems, essays and public-toilet walls, “First love never dies.” So, why go against common sense and suffer for a lifetime?
  2. As they also say, “Love is lovelier the second time around.” So, why look somewhere else or complicate matters. Once you have love, never lose it.
  3. When you grow older, you realize first love’s innocence and freshness has not diminished at all. So, why fight against logic and your memory? Age may take away health but not your youthful feelings.
  4. First love is the mother of all other loves. It taught us the fundamentals of falling in love and opened our hearts to the magic of romance – even if much of it was make-believe. And even if your elementary teacher was your first love (OK, maybe just a crush), it was your first love who truly weaned you out of parental influence. So, why wander so far and lose that first and lasting ecstasy?
  5. First love is often mutual. Why be both second or third or fourth?
  6. In older societies, the first touch or kiss occasioned by first love led to marriage (by desire or by force). Why fight tradition?
  7. Most people married their first love anyway. Why fight statistics?
  8. As they say, “Love conquers all.” So, first love allows us to conquer everything right away. First love makes us winners the rest of our lives.
  9. The Bible says, “The first will be last.” I rest my case.

Exceptions? Laws should not bother with them. We need the law precisely to prevent exceptions. Those who violate the law must not be allowed to love anymore, unless they are able to find their first love. Why should we allow anyone to disobey the law? So, you see, promulgating this law will lead to a harmonious and loving society.

Tomorrow, I will go to my friend who is a congressman and request him to file the bill.

(Photo above: In first-love's fields, we played, we fought and we learned love most of all.)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

first love...love it.