Affairs of the Heart- a Comedy in 3 Acts, The Prologue

My personal thoughts on love, sex and life.

The Prologue.

I think that when it comes to love, or more specific when finding someone I don’t instantly fall in love with, I find myself a cursed man. Okay, I’m not be the only one who has that kind of an opinion of themselves concerning the way they relate to the opposite sex (hell, long ago Woody Allen had made a career out of it). But I do have to say that some of the relationships that I’ve put myself through, though some were tragic, have been rather comical.

Humor is the best cure for all that ails, so I’ve heard said. I think it helps restores the soul as well. It helps me to see the comedy in this existence we all call living. It’s reassuring that when we slip and fall on the Big Banana Peel of tragic events we can still get up, look back, and laugh. Love is a lot like a banana peel- sometimes you see it in front of you, and sometimes you don’t. When you do see it and walk up to it sometimes you go around, or (as it often happens) you step on it and slip. When you hit the ground, yeah, it can hurt. You’re sore for a little while and your pride is in a little pain (ok, sometimes it really hurts and if you break something IT REALLY HURTS!) but, eventually you do get up and go on. Where it gets comical is when you look back and realize you’ve just been “punk’d” by life. You play it over and over it in your head and you can’t help say to yourself, “Damn, I saw that coming, but, oops too late...OUCH! That sure did hurt-haha”. Relationships are the ultimate pratfalls and humor the only way to deal with them.

So, I would like to share some of those “banana peels” (ok, enough with the metaphor) that from time to time I've slipped on . Some will be funny, some will be tragic, but hey- all I hope is that it makes someone feel better. I know it helped me.