Updating a romantic cliche.....

Time to get all mushy and sappy. But only because i think it is important, and it may start to appear more often soon.

So the convention holds for two romantically involved individuals: You + Me. This usually equals love, or happines, or 4Eva, or some such.

let's think about what this really means. Do you want to be added to the person you are dating? This would result in some sort of amorphous blob of aspects of both of you. The result is you are both the same person. What fun is that, I wouldn't want that, this needs to be changed.

The next obvious assumption would be: You x Me. But is this any better? It just indicates to be that every aspect of one person is multiplied by the other person. Fine if you have no self esteem or self respect and completely dedicate you life to the other person at the expense of your own identity, but doesn't seem all that healthy. it still results in a weird amalgam, but would be even more lopsided toward the dominating personality.

My proposal? You^Me. You raised to the power of me, how eloquent and perfect is that? Every aspect of you retains its own identity but is ampliphied by the ammount you like the other person. If you are cute, then you are that much cuter, if you have a quirk or something that makes you unique then it is even more so and you are that much more endeering to the other person. It amplifies both the similarities that make to people get along, and the differences that keep the relationship new and exciting.

If you see this on a halmark card be sure to notify me so that I may sue. You will be called to testify.

You^Me.