the love-hat relationship

Jul 18, 2011 08:58

The Love-Hat Relationship // Aaron Belz

I have been thinking about the love-hat relationship.
It is the relationship based on love of one another’s hats.
The problem with the love-hat relationship is that it is superficial.
You don’t necessarily even know the other person.
Also it is too dependent on whether the other person
is even wearing the favored hat. We all enjoy hats,
but they’re not something to build an entire relationship on.
My advice to young people is to like hats but not love them.
Try having like-hat relationships with one another.
See if you can find something interesting about
the personality of the person whose hat you like.

So I don't know, I really liked this. Possibly because I also love hats. I feel like I know what he's talking about on one hand, but on the other it makes the assumption that everyone is looking for deep and meaningful relationships. I like my superficial relationships, too. They grease the wheels of my day. I don't really want all of my relationships to be deep and meaningful, and if I had a sexuality to speak of, I probably would feel the same way about my romantic life. On the other hand, this is really good advice for love, full stop. I don't know if I've ever fallen for someone's hat if it means their body, but I have if it means the way they present themselves, their persona. I've done that lots. Have you?

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