/lit/ - Literature

>>12212236
unironically 50 shades of grey

it's awful

The Sorrows of Young Werther by JW von Goethe

Being LOVED is great.

Being IN love really sucks and I don't recommend it.

>>12212330
came here to say this.
50% chance falling in love leads to a tragic manic-depressive episode like Wether, and 50% the love will eventually settle down into a quiet, more tame love akin to an older married couple. Ive never understood the faggots who who want to emulate Wether, I would certainly prefer the latter

it makes you become creative. I am in love with this woman who is older than me and has a really extensive network of friends and family. She is married with 2 beautiful children and a seemingly loving husband (at least toward the kids). I am just a poor out of town medfag. I have nothing comparable to what she has. When I saw her smiling among friends and family, I saw pure happiness in her face especially when around the kids. I see the same face on rare occasions when we are alone too.
The thing is whenever I see her around her people, I cannot help thinking that what an imbecile I am wanting to destroy all of that and how awful for her if all of those things that make her happy are gone. I have nothing to offer.
I plan to finish my degree, open a big local practice, get a girl, get married and maybe have kids. Then I will come to her and tell her to look at what I have to lose and ask for an equal exchange.

>>12212236
everything makes sense or doesn't need to make sense

>>12212626
O my god you cuck

>>12212626
this is some high quality bait

>>12212236
Love starts out like a shot of adrenaline, it makes everything feel amazing. But over time it corrodes unseen like a pipeline and slowly exudes noxious gas that will end you in your sleep or remain an errant spark away from leaving you permanently scarred, wishing it had killed you instead.

>>12212626
True love is fucking this guy's wife (while he watches) Just do that OP and you'll be set

>>12212691
this.

You will ascend to another level of understanding how to write literature in the modern age. You will be regarded as a genius.

>>12212675
gay. gay ass post. delete it. we get it. baby had a bad relationship.

get used to it fag. most of them end like that. but we gotta do it. stop whinging over your broken bones. drink some milk and find someone new.

>>12212706
you forgot to call him an incel

>>12212236
This Sweet Sickness, Patricia Highsmith

>>12212706
>Not learning from your mistakes
Retard.

>>12212663
I see that you find my conduct incredulous, and that no rational person would act that way. Well, I am not.

>>12212709
nah he's fucked. but i think he's young or inexperienced and is giving too much weight to one romantic experience. i'm just sayin it ain't that deep.

>>12212713
where did i say that

>>12212720
I think love is hollow in that it is used as a tool by trashy people. It also isn't based on what we would consider merit in the usual sense, and is often either entirely random or entirely bogus.

Honestly?

Take the gay pill. I got tired of chasing women and defining myself based on their whims. I got a boyfriend instead who loves me more and better than any one of them would.

This is more of advice for the anon you replied to. I found frustration with love didn't come from love, but from not being able to understand those I love. I understand men, regardless of whether or not they're adorable femme men.

>>12212627
this.

>>12212733
Yeah, the homosexual community is notorious for its propensity for monogamy and faithfulness.

down and out in the magic kingdom

Their eyes were watching God

>>12212552
I'd say it's closer to 85/15% from my experience desu. That tame old love is not something easy to find.

>>12212626
I get it anon, but dont meddle with this woman, life sucks and she will hate you and you will hate yourself if you ruin her's. Also you have oneitits, which i also have

>>12212236
>Is there a novel out there that conveys it accurately?
Lolita, of course.

>>12213351
Hello Vanity Fair

>>12212236

Alcibiades' bit in the Symposium is the most accurate description.

>>12212765
Also brutal ass fucking

I'm feels good. The pressure comes when more time elapses though. You think everything is great then you have to take the relationship to another level of closeness and commitment. So you're love is constantly being tested. You also can't be as selfish though, if you're truly in love, that shouldn't matter. Then there are moments where there is full openness and trust that are very freeing, where I can act how I feel in front of her and I don't have to worry about looking silly or feeling looked down upon. Just mutual admiration and respect

>>12212236
imagine being that repulsive

>>12212236
>>12212330

Most people never "love", they think they do but it's more of an intense gratitude than a love. Hell some people think "liking someone a lot" is love.
I have loved once and I was young and doubt I will love again.
Love is (for a guy) a kamikase, it burns you out to consider it being requited and when it does at least once, that's when love flames up and consumes everything in your life emotionally. Love past a certain age is extremely rare because people have more to lose that they are willing to let love in. I'm certain women past losing their virginity can't love again because they lose a lot of their firsts in romanticism.
In technical terms, Love is a sort of minimally reciprocated oneitis that becomes all your objectives.
Werther, Heathcliff, Gatsby... all destroyed.

Like being a slave

>>12212720
You essentially said "just keep sticking your cock in the meatgrinder lol"
>>12212733
Becoming gay is sidestepping the real problem.
>>12213495
Ah, a man of culture!

bought this for the incest and various degeneracy, got disappointed by the lack of it, and then ended up loving the sincerity and cheesiness of Ada and Van's love.

I can't describe love without describing the qualities of the person with whom I shared love with. And since I no longer love them, I am unable to do it.
But I remember liking it. It was very warm. Then it ended, and I couldn't enjoy any of the memories. But it's been so long now that I can think of her with fondness.