Find Five Faults

This is a very amusing game for a lot of people. Or? Obviously it is since for instance The Daily Telegraph insists in always having this picture of a celebrity in two versions and the reader is supposed to find the five differences, the five faults just above their crosswords (who on earth does these??). Anyway, this little game is also very much played when it comes to meeting men. As soon as any of my single friends have met someone, the game starts: “but he has terrible jeans”, “he is too dark”, “his voice is too pitched”, “he has bad music taste” etc etc. It never fails, I usually give it two dates before the game of "Find 5 Faults" starts

The reason for this fault-searching can according to me be divided into two categories: A) those that actually ARE faults, and serious things to think of (alchoholism, women beater, 2 kids with 2 mothers in 2 countries and not contact with any of them) and B) defence mechanisms to avoid getting involved. There is of course not a clear line between the causes, and it takes a bit of time before this line is cleared out.

My only wonder is though of this gaming is really a proof of lack of interest, or real worries? Somehow, the romantic part of me (the one that dreams of the fluffy pink love sky, where all is problem-free and ..pink, see earlier posts) wants it to be the former, because I believe that love indeed is blind. And if you see too many faults, the blindness is not there. But then again, defence mechanisms can always play their part, of course.

What do I want to say with this? Not much, just thoughts that come up. Do give comments on this!