Do you believe in magic ... in a young girl's heart?

[iwatchus]

Always kinda thought that myself about that one. Has the feel of settling rather than pursuing someone worthy of you and/ or what you deserve in a partner. I'm sure it's more about stop chasing butterflies but still.

That is why my wife hates that song.

 

[SimonDoom]

My take on love: it's different for different people. There's no one formula. For some, it's selfless. For others, it's selfish. You can't tell another person what "real love" is to them. You can only tell them what it is to you.

I've been in love, but not now. I miss it. I hope to find it again. I wonder what form it will take if and when I do.

 

[yowser]

Of course, on Lit, a 'second-hand emotion' could mean all manner of things.

 

[MillieDynamite]

 

[Statius]

F**cking excellent track! And well played here.

 

[MillieDynamite]

Oh, shit, now I'm thinking about Jo. Be back in a bit.

F**cking excellent track! And well played here.

 

[PennyThompson]

Oh, shit, now I'm thinking about Jo. Be back in a bit.

 

[Statius]

Ahhh the 80's tribute to self love. Also a great tune

 

[MillieDynamite]

I love Cyndi.

Oh, shit, now I'm thinking about Jo. Be back in a bit.

 

[MillieDynamite]

Obviously, that was for you, @PennyThompson.

 

[PennyThompson]

Obviously, that was for you, @PennyThompson.

I saw some clips on YouTube of Cyndi performing and interviewing on the Johnny Carson show, and I absolutely fell in love

 

[nice90sguy]

I always thought that was a shitty song.

I define love as "wanting the other person's happiness more than your own." That's pretty easy to find, honestly, and it's also fairly easy to read and write about. YMMV.

100% agree. I use that exact definition myself.

But I definitely think the "why" (do fools fall in love), is well worth thinking, and writing about. A story that is just A meets B, A finds B,. ain't going be much of a story.

 

[ElectricBlue]

F**cking excellent track! And well played here.

Divinyls used to play regularly at the Uni Bar when I was in college, often double billed with Flowers, who later became Icehouse. Us guys would go down the front to check out Chrissie, and the girls (and some of the guys) would check out Iva Davies. Excellent music, when they were still raw and fearless.

It was a great loss for Oz music when Chrissie died.

 

[nice90sguy]

I absolutely don't believe in love at first sight

When I was young I used to fall in love at first sight at least four times a week

 

[pink_silk_glove]

But I definitely think the "why" (do fools fall in love

 

[nice90sguy]

It's good to see the Capitalist Pig reaping the benefits of his Capitalist Greed

 

[MillieDynamite]

My dad played that song in the music mix before shows when the trivia slides were on the screen. He got so many complaints from stiff, conservative types, call it a dirty song, but he'd leave it up for a month at a time, then rotate music. And every few months, put back in the mix, just to piss them off. Still does, but not as often.

Divinyls used to play regularly at the Uni Bar when I was in college, often double billed with Flowers, who later became Icehouse. Us guys would go down the front to check out Chrissie, and the girls (and some of the guys) would check out Iva Davies. Excellent music, when they were still raw and fearless.

It was a great loss for Oz music when Chrissie died.

 

[crookedletter]

I believe we create versions of every person we meet. We do this immediately. I have created a version of every person on this forum, every person who I pass in a grocery store. And that version seems like a complete person, and maybe it is, but the gulf between that version and the real person is enormous. I've made up almost everything about them.

When people say they've fallen in love at first sight, I believe them. But the person they've fallen in love with is that version they've created in their mind. At that stage in a relationship you don't have any reason to believe that person is anything like the real person you're looking at.

The same is true of everyone you know. I know my wife pretty well. The version of her that lives in my head, I can be assured, is reasonably close to who she really is. But it isn't her, down to the atom, down to the slightest tic and idiosyncrasy. It's close enough that I can reasonably say I love my wife.

When a person says they've fallen in love at first sight, I believe that they're in love with someone. But I believe they've essentially fallen in love with a fiction. Lucky them if that fiction turns out to be reasonably close to the reality, once you actually get to know a person.

 

[MillieDynamite]

 

[MillieDynamite]

And now, I go back to writing!