love triangles

I'm sure I've written about love triangles before. Too bad. You get to hear me rant again. It's one of my favorite top twenty rants.

I hate love triangles. Why? A variety of reasons:

1. I want to throw hit both guys because they are such idiots. Why would they let a girl keep them on a string like that?

2. Why does the nice guy always finish last? Because this is a fantasy, I know. It's not real life, I hope. Please! Girls really pick the nice guy in real life, don't they? I know I did.

3. Why is the dangerous bad boy attractive at all? Blech! Run away! Run away! Yes, I like Spike. As a character, he is fascinating. And Angel, too. As a mate, he would creep me out.

4. Why aren't there any other choices? Just two polar opposites? Can't you find any other guys interested in you? If something so big is keeping you apart, then move on. (See how that eternal love thing becomes a trap?)

5. Why can't the girl decide? I mean, sure, it's a hard choice to pick someone for the rest of your life, but seriously? For book after book, you're still trying to decide? I suppose if it were shoes, I would understand. I can't decide with shoes. And then I end up with both of them, and that's not allowed in romance, is it?

6. If you think one of them is dead, you'll just move on to the other one? And he will let you? Because second choice isn't so bad? You still have to choose. And while you are choosing, you don't get any benefits. Because then you won't choose as quickly or as clearly.

7. If I like both guys (which is rare), I am always trying to set them up in my head with characters from my books. This does not happen very often, however.

8. Mostly, I spend my time thinking of ways to kill the girl in the middle of the love triangle. She isn't usually very hard to kill, because she needs rescuing so often. And also, she is an idiot.

9. I used to watch soap operas. I admit it. General Hospital and All My Children were secret vices of mine all through college. I get that the first part of love is supposed to be more dramatic. But is it really? Life throws plenty of stuff at us. We don't have to make up the drama.

10. If you can't decide, you are too young to be dating in the first place. Wait a few years and try again. You will be surprised at how different the whole dating scene looks, and how much more easily you will be able to choose which one.

Happy Valentine's Day #6