No 1 Likes a Showoff

When it comes to love I would like to see myself as a diehard romantic. I do all the little cliché things that a man in love is supposed to do and then I add a little more zest and zing to the pot for some personalized flair. I’m always happy to see or hear about truelove and see people happy together. However, I thoroughly despise those couples who are nauseating with their affections. In the age of online “friendsing” where everyone and their grandmother is on Facebook, Twitter, Myspace and a thousand different ways to politely malicious in other people’s lives it is very easy for couples to become nauseating.

I’m sure we all know a nauseating couple. The type who live together but still pollute your online news feeds with random messages to each other professing how much they love each other, the type who must put up a status every ¼ of an hour reminding the world how much in love they are or how awesome their partner is, or the type that when you do see them in person the only time they aren’t attached to their significant other is when they go to use the washroom and they then spend this time telling you about how sweet wonderful their partners are. It’s those couples who no longer are individuals but rather “we” and “us.” It’s these couples who we are all secretly happy when their relationship fails.

Yes I said it and I know a lot of you are the same but are just ashamed to admit it. It’s simply the fact that just like in sports no one likes a showoff. I think it should be noted that for the most part that these couples are usually made up of one or both parties being average to ordinary looking and/or possessing insecurities. This then leads to them doing the one thing that is equally as bad as not putting in and that is putting in too much effort. Too far left will always take you right. So whilst the couples are happy to share their love and joy with the world it has a small tendency of being over bearing and alienating to all around, especially the single and lonely ones in the group.

Now I’m not saying not to show your love and affection but I’m asking you to be realistic and to know when and where because let’s face it you probably will get dumped or horn anyways due to your insecurities so don’t alienate those who have to support you when it goes south. Similarly some people may not have been as lucky as you to find someone so there is no need to remind them that they are lonely. Remember that no one likes a show off.