Relationship analogies...does anyone have any unique or creative ones?

**Coffeeboonen** · 01-05-2010 03:31 AM

We all have heard the various relationship analogies like comparing them to roller-coasters or theme parks, but does anyone have any other original ideas? For instance, I like to compare relationships or actually getting into relationships with someone like a cross country race. For example, at the beginning of the race you start out kind of fast and make a first impression in the first few meters of the race. Then, if you're smart, you hold back and settle into a nice pace or in other words you begin to think more realistically about the girl/guy you want to be with and you slow everything down a bit looking at the details. Eventually, you make it to mile one where you have either found out whether or not it's going to be a good race worth going all the way for or simply being safe and doing no more then just performing as well as you can or in terms of the comparison simply just being "friends" with the girl/guy. Then, depending on the last decision, you make your move for the win and begin thinking more seriously about the race and taking steps a little further to seal the deal. However, this is where you may encounter certain doubts or hills that make winning seem a little out of reach and very insignificant. Therefore, in order to keep winning on your mind, you must throw out any doubts and make a few rather compulsive decisions like going fast up the hills and letting the downhills carry you forward with momentum. Next, you come across another benchmark which would be the two-mile mark. Here, you are able to see how the race is going for you and if the risks you have taken were well worth their investment. Now, you can either keep going forward for the win or simply just stay back and let the race carry you on in a safe fashion. Finally, you are now in the last mile and few meters of the race and you can almost taste glory. However, you have to still think realistically about the race and not make any mistakes that might risk the entire chance of winning. Then, you see the finish line and you must make your final effort at sealing the deal and finish really strong or in terms of the comparison finally pop the question of whether or not she/he would like to take things further into a relationship. Here, it's not so much on what you do as much as it is on how much you have done(ie speed work, mileage, and other training). Ultimately though in terms of a relationship it all comes down to his/her decision. Sometimes you win a race and sometimes you lose, but at the end you must always continue to move forward no matter the decision and keep sticking it out for more competitions to come...

**youssarian** · 01-05-2010 05:11 AM

Paragraphs. Use them.

**Maria92** · 01-05-2010 07:29 AM

A relationship is like a wall of text: at first, it is intimidating, then it becomes a bit exciting, then it starts to feel like an accomplishment, and soon you realize that it's just too damn much work to keep up.

**Man of Steel** · 01-05-2010 08:46 AM

I really like both your analogy, Coffeeboonen (props) and Mario's. Though his is a bit on the cynical side, it's witty, so extra points.

~~I think relationships are a lot like superheroes: more fun before you take the mask off.~~

Edit: That was too cynical. I don't actually think that.

Relationships are complex sorts of things. Think of them like meat pies at a sports event; you can't wait to dig in and get a taste, then you start to wonder what the meat is, and if you really want to know, then you shrug it off and keep chewing until you hit a bit of gristle. There you start to wonder what you've got yourself into, so you start asking questions. Inevitably you don;t like the answers, so you put the pie down for a bit. But then a bit later, you're still hungry, the pie is just sitting there, looking up at you . . . Just as it's about to be grabbed up by a passerby for them to munch on, you snatch it back, and set upon it with renewed vigor, if a bit hesitantly, as you've already discovered some of its deep secrets, and aren't sure you want to know the rest. Then you get down to the crust . . . and it's either the best damn crust you've ever had, and you go home happy and pleasantly full, or it's fucking terrible and you get food poisoning.

Yeah. Relationships, meet meat pies.

**DuB** · 01-05-2010 10:57 AM

Every now and then, I get an intense craving for some dish that I haven't had in a while. I can't put my finger on exactly why; for some reason, it just springs to mind and will not leave. For example, I might get a sudden, unexpected craving for some fresh, homemade guacamole. I let the craving sit for a week or two, assuming that it will pass. It does not. So I go out of my way to the grocery store, buy some avocadoes, tomatoes, etc. I take the ingredients home and wait for the avocadoes to ripen. When they are ready, I carefully whip up a batch of perfect guacamole, and finally I begin eating it. And for the first few bites, it is really, really good. But it doesn't take long before I begin to think... you know, this is not quite what I expected. My craving for guacamole is more than satisfied... in fact, I'm beginning to wonder what was going through my head in the first place that I was craving guacamole. I put away my tortilla chips and throw out the last half of the guacamole without bothering to eat it, and I make a mental note to myself that guacamole is perhaps a bit overrated. Unfortunately, it is only a matter of time before I get an inexplicable craving for guacamole once again.

Relationships are like that.

**Man of Steel** · 01-05-2010 11:56 AM

I actually do just that, all the time. Usually it's hummus, though.

**Coffeeboonen** · 01-05-2010 08:04 PM

Yeah, sorry about the long paragraph. I actually originally had this as a yahoo answers question, but no one answered haha.

DuB- That's actually a really good one. Kind sad and doesn't make me feel too good but it's the honest side of most relationships.