The butterfly called "love"...Part 1

What a cliched topic this is! Discussed millions of times, over the years. But one never gets tired of it,isnt it?

I'm not a firm believer in the concept of love. I'm not even sure it exists. I sometimes believe that it is more of a concept that eludes me, something that cannot be held or tangible.
For I always feel that I shall tire of a person after sometime.. and move on... For me its about 'knowing' the person and figuring out what makes him tick.Its more like a puzzle that I want to crack. Till I crack him, he retains my interest. There comes a time when I know that I knowthis person. At this point I do either of the 2 things :1) He earns my all-time respect and I put him into the category of my most cherished friends or just my day-to-day friends or 2) I look down upon him for what he is even though there is no chance in a million he is ever going to know that I have put him into this category. After this point, this guy does not hold my attention any longer. Then I drift...

This has happened to me sooo many times that I have lost count of it. It has happened with every one of my close guy friends.

So I really don't understand what this hungama about "forever" and "ever after" is all about.

My guess about the kind of guy I would fall for is:

If a guy needs to hold my attention, he has to remain elusive to me all the time. I need to be intrigued by him and never get the feeling that I have him figured out and that I know what makes him tick. He should earn my respect and should be one of the people whose opinions weigh a lot to me when I want to take a decision. I should get the feeling that this is a guy whose opinions and decisions can be trusted to be mature and sensible. Hmm... a weird combination!


For the past 2 weeks I have bumped into several problems from from my friends who were all bitten by this "love" bug and who were having some major issues. It made me ponder.... and I wanted to put together all my thoughts on this butterfly called love that eludes most people, makes some suffer, makes some elated, makes a few crazy and the rest mad!!
(To be continued... in part 2)