194 Marbles
My son was quizzing me with math equations and it made me think about the mathematical equations associated with love and relationships. Someone recently told me that she was looking for someone to complete her and while I know it was a line from the movie “Jerry McGuire”, the phrase bothers me on so many levels. I know so many women that swooned when Tom Cruise said the line “You complete me” to Renee Zellweger but I found it annoying. The math equation for this particular phenomena is .5 + .5 = 1. With this equation, it’s like we’re not whole people to begin with and we need someone else to fill the missing gap. When I was younger this may have been the scenario that I partook in but I’m no longer interested in this equation.
On the subtraction side, breakups are notorious for 2-1=1 and as the song goes, “One is the loneliest number that you ever do.” I’ve even felt after a breakup that 2-1=0 (that I’m not left with much of anything). The recent breakup made me feel that 2-1= .25+.3+.4 + .05 (I felt broken and I knew it would take some time to reassemble the pieces).
So if these are some of the equations related to relationships, what equation am I looking for now? I’m looking for 1+1=3 – two whole people coming together and making something more (and I don’t mean a baby here – I’ve also done that and while it was awesome, those days are over for me). I’m looking for the synergy of love that is in equal to or greater than 194 Marbles.
What is your math equation around love?
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