Hate....It's Our Only Chance of Survival

What is the number one problem facing every single marriage and relationship in the world today? It's that we don't communicate with each other. What is one of the biggest problems facing society today? It's that we are fat. I'm not talking fat like your "Uncle Ben." I mean really fat.

You can learn a lot about people by just watching them. I went to eat last night and, at the restaurant, they had one of those "all you can eat" buffets. This was not a place for skinny people, and thank God they had one of those "no shirt/no service" signs.

As I looked around, I began wondering, "do obese people attract other obese people?" Is there a fat DNA that attracts other fat DNA? Maybe fat people are like some animals and are able to spread their scent? There had to be something that caused this.

But then I started thinking about couples that I had known a long time and how they used to look. When I began to think about it, most all of the couples used to be thin. What happened to these people?

As I sit and watched, I would see person after person filling up plate after plate. They grazed the buffet bar like cattle. They would root themsevles up against the glass and tried peering as close as they could to the heavenly food before them.

As everyone came back to the table to eat, I noticed something else. The couples never spoke to each other. Sure, there was an occasional utterance to the waitress, "ugh, more coke....ugh, more butter," but other than that, silence.

Why?

I think it's because we, as a society, can't handle relationships. It was obvious that the couples didn't really like each other. But the thing is, they had to, at one time, love each other, back when they were thin.

The thin years:

All was good back then. They took walks in the rain, danced to their favorite songs, and made love like teenagers, but then something happened.

They got married.

Sure, communication did continue, but the tone/topics of the communication changed. It changed a lot.

The magic word: Nagging

"Harold, get your lazy ass out there and mow the yard. Little Billy is out there and I can't find him."

"You lazy son of a bitch, you left your underwear in the bathroom floor again!"