love comes in all shapes and sizes.

Love makes your head spin around,
your heart beat up and down,
your vision becomes blurred;
your senses run amok, stirred.

mmm. one plus one equals two.
Exactly what is this little thing called love;
what sort of love will i experience, who will
i most likely be attracted to; and why do
couples always look alike?

Part 1. Love Classification

Classify your love-thinking
What a goodlookin' dude i got upon my arm
supericial (i-like-your-handsome-surface) love
Let me touch you over here and over there
sexual love
I like the way you think and i connect with you on a deeper level
emotional love

Part 2. The Hunt for a Mate

I'd like to think that love starts off with initial physical attraction.
Let us call this I.P.A.

These batches of IPA happen within cultural entities,
and within certain social classes. Note: Within, and NOT

Amongst. IPA is not exclusive to any social category in

particular; it takes on a universal quality- they occur

everywhere, everytime; across continents and nations

but only remain Within each body.

People are often normally reluctant to step out of the boundary.

Think: "She's so Out-of-My-League".
That is why you see few asian men with caucasian girls;
but turn it the otherway round, and you get a surplus.
Caucasian men love to think they can sweep Any asian girl
off their feet (The Morbid Obssession with All Things Western;
The Era of Colonialisation: but that is another story).

The nerdy straight-A scoring geek will admire the hot cheerleader
from afar; but will not for the life of his nerdy existence attempt
to make a move.

A vietnamese provision shop owner will fall in love with

the nextdoor vietnamese vegetable girl.
A mexican farmer, with a mexican dressmaker.
A proud ang moh expat, with a proud ang moh woman.

You get the drift.

People move around and within their circles;

they do not venture beyond, your partner

will be someone from the same clan.

Globalisation slowly introduces a mix and match addition
(Russian+Chinese= Hot Baby), but this is the minority.

Kindly note that as in everything; there are certainly exceptions
to all above citations, but try not to be an irritating ass
and just read on.

Step 3. Identification of Primary Target

Imagine a typical social gathering; your best friend's
21st Bday party, an office luncheon,
a tennis match or your auntie's wedding.

You sport someone from across the room/park/church/oven
nice shoes, good hair, masculine metallic watch.
Congratulations, you have identified a primary target.

You label this primary target a "potential"
potential buddy potential travel buddy potential boyfriend

Now note that these potentials vary in degrees of intimacy
it does not necessarily mean 3-in-1; it can take on individual
roles by itself. i.e. your travel mate may not necessarily equate
your boyfriend; but your boyfriend may end up being a buddy
and a travel mate.

This can sway either way.

Step 4. Opportunity; Opportunity.

Once you do, it really depends if there are significant
opportunities between any given couple to hit it off.

Say you could have a boy and a girl who are like-minded
and vaguely attracted to one another and who complement each other
(basicially like the yin to your yang); however, if there is no sufficient

opportunity for them to meet, talk and discover various random

things about each other; nothing will happen.

No bow wow conversation, no side long glances,

no playing footsie under the table.
Basically no test tube for the chemistry.

The initial attracting factor will slowly dissolve;
and the mind will drift away but nonetheless remain alert
ready and fresh to spot the next potential-something.

Step 5. Knowledge of Thy Way Around

Where do you find these potential-somethings?

In the medivial times they were bethrothed to you
In fairytales they came in the form of knights in shining armours
In the modern day new age society they lie in The Social Circle.

The occasional alternative love affair may occur amongst
random strangers; in the form of a chance supermarket

encounter, or a visit to the library, or if you're lucky; a trip

to the swimming pool; increasing the probability for you to hook up

with say, a national water polo player? hurhur.

Right; as fate deals you certain cards
you play them
you play them as sincerely as you can,
in the hope that something concrete will result-
marriage, kids, a loving husband to protect you from all harm.

OR

you play them as whimsical as you can
with not a care in the whole damned world
in the hope that nothing concrete will result-
no marriage, definitely no kids and fuck all supposedly loving
husbands who will only falsely claim to protect you from all harm

Step 6. Come to a Beautiful Conclusion

So Ahah; as you can now see,

Every episode of love tells a story.

Geeky boy will fall in love with Geeky girl
Rocker boy with Rocker girl
Model boy and model girl'
and the King will marry his Queen
and together they will live throughout time;
to cohabitat in the name of love, breed

a similar social kind; and live happily ever after

throughout this human lifetime.

Please note: We are making positive assumptions here. This does not eliminate the presence of nasty misgivings in between; i.e. abuse and divorce and battery and christian/religious levels of spousal hierarachy. In the event of such occurances, final results may vary (and may not be as happy).