Bizarre Love Triangles

Friends should never let friends drink and derive... But in this math case, beer might help things out in the open.

 

In a love triangle, don't the people form the vertices, and their relationships form the sides? I'm confused.

 

Okay, not to get too technical, but assuming nobody in your triangle is gay or bi, there are two possibilities:

1) you are the one who is involved with two different women.
2) you are one of two guys involved with the same woman.

I've been in both scenarios, and my brain exploded both times. I don't have the concentration to deal with that sort of stuff, but I hear it really works for people in France.

 

Most of the time I just trying to deal with with two points rather than three. And most of those relationships are dotted lines lacking any clarity at all.

 

Ah, the geometry of love... I always thought people were supposed to form the vertices of the triangle, and I understood why (assuming everyone is hetero) there is one person connected to both others, but why are those two connected to each other? Instead of a triangle, shouldn't it be a ... V or pointy thing?

In traditional triangles, then, there's one person caught in the middle between two others. I've been in two situations where it seemed to apply at the time. The later one - well, I was in the middle, so at least I got to pick one. The earlier one - well, some will win and some will lose, and that one I just plain lost. Of course, the big question ought to be what you're fighting for and whether he (or she) is even worth it.

Ever been in something that's more complicated than one simple triangle? Like, someone likes you, but you're more interested in someone else, who has their own relationship, with a person who's interested in... no telling who, but everyone is in the same coed group of friends. Those are the most interesting. You might form a love circle, polygon, or chain-link fence.

 

Well, in the first case, I couldn't keep track of who knew what or when I was supposed to see who, et cetera. I ended the triangle (or "pointy thing," thanks Isabel) after a couple of weeks and ended up just seeing one person. In the second case, I ended my involvment as soon as I found out that someone else was involved. I had thought I was in a simple line, not a pointy thing. In both cases, I was happier with simplicity, but I am a simpleton when it comes to romance.

 

isn't it a song by New Order

 

This is like a million times better than Joe Millionaire.

 

damn it...i was gonna say that!!! great song, too!

 

Do you really know whether this is a triangle? That seems naively two-dimensional to me. What makes you think each vertices isn't a vertices of another triangle in another relationship dimension?

More like a love star, like this:

<img src="http://www.artcultures.com/TheStore/graphics/LSCH-M-010.jpg">

In fact, I don't think love triangles really exist, since two-dimensional geometry really is a figment of our imagination (they have no Z coordinate), and besides, chemistry and gravity between moving bodies tends to always attract more moving bodies, forcing love triangles to clump, or break apart into a marriage vortex.

If you can uncover those other triangle dimensions, that is how you solve the situation. OK, I'm serious here. One of those two women has another relationship that she isn't telling you about that is probably not making her brain explode. (As much as us guys think we can handle a triangle, it is the women who succeed most often.) If you can figure out which one, then you just come clean and say flat out that it is really cool to have two relationships going on at once, as long as one of them knows everything and thinks it's cool as well.

I call it the Monday Night thing. Some beautiful women is out there with a sugar daddy (or sumpin) or simply wants to date around. In the case where she has another guy, you don't want to trust him with knowing (always a bad move), so you become her Monday Night thing while he is watching football like a fool. In the case where she is dating around, your Monday Night assurance helps her judge her weekend guys properly. She knows her libido won't get the best of her, because she knows you'll satisfy her on Monday, regardless....or Sunday even, in an emergency. But don't ever do a Saturday or Friday with a Monday girl...that breaks the laws of 3-dimensional love stars and your 2D plane will rip apart as you combine weekend and weekday love, and you'll probably fall into the inescapable vortex of marriage.

So, what's up with the 3rd vertices on you plane of the love star. OK, this one is your Friday/Saturday thing. She doesn't actually know that she is on a love star. So sometimes you have to see her more often. Don't ever allow her to sleep over Sunday night, and make her believe you are a diehard Monday Night football fan or you have a poker game that night.

The Friday/Saturday girl is interchangeable. The Monday thing is the keeper. Just watch out for the marriage vortex.

 

just read the B-Bob/Clutch triangle. OK, so I have no advice for that. Dude, don't date best friends. Didn't you learn anything in high school geometry?? That's not a love triangle or a love star. I don't know what it's called anymore, because I haven't seen one of those since high school.

 

This is what I get for one of my very few sincere posts. Not only is my gender bent, but "I" don't even get the guy. Well, I've learned my lesson. B-Bob the girl? Okay:

 

Threesome possibilities abound.

 

i'm so glad my name wasn't used in any part of this story...