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Which face of love is yours?
I can’t remember the last time I wrote about love. Believe me, I’m a sucker for stories of love. Are you, too?
We all want happy endings. We try to look for that perfect someone and we cling to the hope of finding one for ourselves one day. Then reality would hit your head and boom! You suddenly realized that there’s no such thing as the perfect someone.
There are many faces of love. Let’s have seven of them.
#1: The Martyrs
One-sided love. People who are holding this kind of love are probably the most selfless, bravest persons on earth. Are they, really? Okay lang sa kanila kahit sila lang ang nagmamahal. Maraming ganito sa mundo. Madalas silang nababansagang martir dahil kahit alam na ng madla na walang patutunguhan ang mga paghihirap nila, sige pa rin sila ng sige.
Sometimes, this kind is also tagged as the ‘silent love’. Because they fear rejection and taking risk, they opt to keep their feelings to themselves. They express their love for the one who’s dear to them through actions, never through spoken words.
#2: The Gamers
Parang poker player lang oh. This one’s different with The Gambler. The Gamers are the ones who don’t like being committed, attached. They don’t settle with only one, they want to have everyone. They jump from one short-term relationship to another just for heck of having fun. No commitments, no strings attached.
Of all the faces of love, are The Gamers the bad ones? They, too, have their own stories to tell. Why do you think they fear the Big C (commitment, that is)? Siguro kasi gaya ng karamihan, hinahanap pa rin nila ang The One na laging parang nawawala sa mga pelikula at nobela? Which leads us to…
#3: The Explorers
Not Dora. What does she know about love, I wonder? The Explorers are the ones in constant search of again, The One. They are the super fans of fairytale romances, of the happily-ever-afters. Some of The Explorers would sometimes be The Martyrs but never The Gamers. Because they hold on to the idea of ‘true love’ and despise the dirty tricks of just playing around.
They are like in a lifetime hunt for the perfect one. Did I say there’s a perfect one earlier?
#4: The Gamblers
They are the risk-takers. The Gamblers are the ones who take risks in love. Who cares what other people would say? Who cares if they don’t have the ideal relationship? They may be in different situations, according to how they can keep up with the game. Royal flush or underlay? That’s really not much of a big deal for The Gamblers. They can take whatever’s laid out in front of them.
#5: The Repeaters
They are the ones who commit mistakes in a previous relationship, causing that relationship to fail and then repeat the same old things in a new relationship, leading to another failure. Nasaan kaya ang mali? Nasa sarili, sa sitwasyon, sa mga taong nasa paligid? O sadyang may jinx lang sila pagdating sa pag-ibig?
#6: The Second (Third, Fourth) Chance Takers
One more chance. Another one. Remember Popoy and Basha? The Second Chance takers are somewhat different from The Repeaters. They are more of like The Gamblers who would like to give a failed relationship another try. Don’t they have the courage to move on? They actually have. They just don’t want to. Or they just can’t.
The Second Chance Takers are the ones who can’t cut the strings primarily because they believe there is still that one more chance to take. No matter how small the chance may be, they are willing to take the risk. Hang-ups, these are the hardest parts when you’re caught in the middle of whether to take another chance or not.
Hang-ups prevent you to move on. In the first place, where did all these hang-ups originate from? One, maybe because one of you/both of you still love the other/each other yet you’re both afraid to give it another try. Two, because you didn’t have a final closure before. Three, because of painful regrets. I could’ve done this, I shouldn’t have done that, blah, blah.
But what if a new one comes around before you even grasp that precious second chance?
#7: The In-Betweens
Hindi kasi ako makahanap ng tamang salita para sa kanila. Sila yung mga may potential na maging ‘ideal part of a couple’ but they just can’t seem to be together. Bakit nga kaya? Sabi nga nila, ang gasolina, ang galunggong, ang bigas at pan de sal, nagmahalan na, kayo na lang ang hindi pa. 😉
There could be a lot of reasons why they can’t jump to the higher level. What could be stopping them? Probably because one of them could be a Martyr, a Gamer, an Explorer, a Gambler, a Repeater, or a Second Chance Taker.
Marami pang mukha ang pag-ibig. We all know that what we want is the kind of happiness that’s genuine. The kind of happiness where we could uniquely get from only one person here on earth.
Ikaw, aling mukha ng pag-ibig ang sa ‘yo?
hhhhhmmm… you’re missing at least 2 more faces…. the JOKER… who just plays around with love… who’s just there to make you laugh… and laugh at you in the end… and the POKER face… those who are very serious about a relationship and would you would never know what’s on their mind… whether they are just bluffing or serious… the JOKER and the POKER… two extremely opposite faces….