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Humans seem to have a weakness for the unattainable - whether it's the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden, or the other guy's woman, or that last piece of pie in the 'fridge - many seem to covet that which they cannot have. Time and again, individuals make poor decisions, investing wasted energy to obtain the just-out-of-reach, only to excuse their behavior with "But I'm only human". Madonna seems to agree with this: "I'm not sorry; it's human nature". Sure, being human means being fallible, but where do you draw the line?
I'm not completely angelic in this regard. I've wanted the food I couldn't (or shouldn't) have been eating; or the newest electronic toy that I didn't need. But the other guy's woman? Or the other girl's man? No way. The "other" person is where the line is drawn. Oh sure...there have been challenging times in any of my relationships where for a brief period, especially after I'd met some attractive potential person, the thought passed through my mind, too. But it stopped there. After all, life experiences show us that the grass is most often not greener on the other side. Challenges exist in every type of relationship, but in this age of "instant" everything, so many seem ready to toss the tried and true for the new and shiny. But is that a sign of the electronic times, a side effect of the detached interpersonal relationships built on E-mails, texts, instant messengers, or has this always been the way of man/womankind?
I'd like to find a way to blame modern times for the downfall of human relations. In a way, it makes me feel better to think there is some sense of control if things are going to ruin in the present day. Heck, maybe we can even change it. But when that fails, I suppose we can always blame the Tree of Knowledge, can't we?
After all, everybody else has been doing it for ages.
