Unusual Tips on Love

These are unusual tips on love that you would rarely get to read, but nevertheless very effective.

1. Remember that love is all about getting and not about giving, as some idealists would have you believe. If it were about giving, we would all love beggars so much! But in most cases, to keep getting, you must also keep giving. There you see! You have to give not because it is the ideal thing but because it is the practical thing.
2. When somebody you love hurts you, don't forgive. Yes, forgiving any kind of injustice is either cowardice or sheer stupidity. That does not mean you have to revenge by hurting him back. Just let him know that you don't forgive easily, and the hurt will remain with you for long. That would stop him from hurting you further.
3. Never tell her that you love her. Everybody knows doing is better than saying, except the lovers. Lovers keep harping on the word "love" all the time, and mostly out of context. A friend was so overenthusiastic about it that he had even named his pet as Love. No wonder one day he found his girlfriend bitching about him behind his back. Love is a Bluetooth connection between hearts, which needs no wiring of words. Talking too much about love only emphasizes its absence.
4. Don't be together all the time. When you are in love, you want to spend all your time together. But gradually, and without ever realizing it, you keep building regret for all the things you forgo. Over time, togetherness becomes obvious and loses its sheen, but regret keeps growing. Distance may or may not make the heart grow fonder, but it definitely makes the time spent together more enjoyable. Also, when your relationship matures, you never have to regret for things you sacrificed.
5. Don't love your neighbors. If you do, you will lead a miserable life. People around you would constantly be suffering. Your colleague would lose his loving wife. Your neighbor's cat would be crushed under you other neighbor's car. The complete stranger on the road would suddenly have a heart attack. If you start loving everybody and anybody, you would be sad forever. However, be sympathetic to all. Help them whenever you can, so you can make things a little better than they are. Love is not the same as sympathy. Save your love for the chosen few.