Long-long time ago, the gentlemen had to hunt the ladies they liked. Not so long ago, the ladies went out and started to hunt for their Mr. Perfect.
Today, however, nobody’s hunting anyone. People of both sexes sit and wait. Sometimes, every other weekend, people like to take other people for granted, as they come their way. Ladies and gentlemen of all ages and social conditions don’t even BOTHER to invest energy in hunting. Chasing is ridiculous, shooting is forbidden. Nobody wants somebody THAT much to consider chasing, nobody wants a stable relationship THAT much to actually consider shooting.
We enjoy saying that we live in post-religious times. How come nobody’s noticing that we’re directly engaged in post-relationships? People already live with the disillusion of the disengagement without EVER being emotionally (or officially) tied to another person.
„But why should we hunt really?” ask the young. „Isn’t hunting degrading, after all?” No. Hunting is flattering! And healthy. For both, the hunter and the hunted. Hunting is a commitment in itself. And a paradoxical partnership between the “venturer” and the “victim”. Even if for a short time, the hunting brings exclusivity: one hunter, one prey. Also, it brings very specific desirability-criteria that holds the prey valuable and the hunter focused.
People SHOULD DARE and SHOULD BOTHER doing their worst and their best for the ones they could love. Otherwise, they might as well hang their weapons on the wall and buy a good popcorn machine.
(Foto: historia.ro)
