How perfect is LOVE?

There is an increasing trend on the number of singles today. The trend persists even after goverment efforts to promote love through organisations such as SDU and SDS and festivals such as Romancing Singapore. The question here is why many Singaporeans fail to heed the goverment's call. One could think of many possible reasons, amongst which (i) we are too choosy, (ii) we want to wait for Mr/Miss Right, (iii) there is a long list of criteria that the partner must fulfil. Are we a nation full of singles because we are taking a long time to find that perfect one?

If we were to analyse the other side of the coin, we see an increasing trend of divorce rates too. The thought that marriage would translate to a happy couple-life has gone so wrong. Why so? A couple of reasons could be (i) we hope to change the bad habits that our partner has, and (ii) we start to hate our partners' pecularities that we used to like. Are we trying too hard to make our partners the ideal Mr Right?

I choose to think that love is a special power that only the greatest can possess. Love is about accepting your partner's flaws and tolerating his/her nonsense. If she can discovering that snoring is cute and he likes to hear her nagging, that is what I called LOVE. Therefore, not many people can display love. For love is unearthing how perfect your partner can be.

Love is not about finding the perfect one, nor is it about perfecting the one you found. It is about finding your imperfect one perfect.