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The Game

Play It Well or You Will Be Played

By Tom CookePublished 5 years ago 4 min read
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The game is a savage one.

You may think you're in the lead, you're winning, you're close to victory, but you're not.

You get shoved back to the beginning.

All the hard work you put in to be where you were can be undone in a matter of even minutes.

The game I am on about is 'love'...if you can call it that.

You can find someone, they can take over your mind and they can quickly become something important in your life. However, one wrong move, one single step out of line, that's it.

Game Over

The game is so so delicate. Every action is scrutinized, and there has to be a valid reason behind it otherwise shit hits the metaphorical fan.

It's tough because you can never really tell how good at the game you are until you win. Until you find someone that makes you feel like all the losses and all of the failures are worthwhile to find this 'winner'.

I am different from all the other guys my age (I think), I am sensitive and I do take things to heart. I overthink really dumb things and I just end up hurting myself because of it. It's tough because I love to make people happy because I know exactly what it feels like to be sad and alone, but somehow I'm just not 'fun'.

I am 100 percent a relationship guy, being single and speaking to more than one person just isn't for me. I don't feel comfortable with it. In my eyes, why give someone false hope if you have no intention of taking it further? Obviously, I have friends which are of the opposite sex, but there is no chance of anything going further and that's just a mutual understanding.

The thought of 'leading someone on' fills me with horror. I'd feel so so guilty for ultimately wasting someone's time. I've been lead on before, I've been hurt and I've learned from it. I was brought up with the expression 'treat people how you wish to be treated', and that's exactly what I aim to do.

If I believe someone is worth the effort, I will give them pretty much all I've got. Obviously, it's not an instantaneous process, it takes time for me to trust said person and be as sure as I can be about the situation.

The game isn't for everyone, some see it as a surefire way to get hurt; which is probably not a bad way of looking at it. The saying 'all good things come to end' springs to mind. On the contrary, I believe love is what you make it. If you put the effort in, if you try as hard as you can to keep your partner then 9 times out of 10 it'll be a happy relationship.

Of course, there are gonna be trials and tribulations when playing the game, that's all part of it. You've just got to keep playing until you find yourself a winner.

Timing

It's at that time of year now where people are looking for partners. People are feeling especially alone and they need someone to share wintery nights with. Winter time brings about many changes, the weather gets colder and people feel like they need to share this magical, festive time of year with someone that makes them happy.

Being alone on a cold night, pitch darkness outside with rain tumbling down the windows is such an empty, alone feeling. The addition of one person, on the sofa, watching a movie could change that whole situation into an incredibly warm setting.

It's a hard situation to be in at this time of year. Loneliness can get the better of people. People become animalistic in their desperation. The important thing to realise when going through this time of year alone is that there is someone out there feeling the exact same way as you do, there is someone out there that wants the same thing that you want. They want someone to listen to shitty Christmas songs with, they want someone to watch movies with on a cold winter night. They may not make themselves known straight away, and there may be a fair amount of searching involved, however once you find someone it will be worth all the pain and all the 'wasted' time.

It will make playing the game almost seem worthwile.

Patience is the aim of the game, victory is the result.

Play it well.

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About the Creator

Tom Cooke

Okay so recently I've been through events which I'd like to tell people about, so, here you go! Any feedback or comments I'd love to hear them. Enjoy x

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