News from the Observation Deck

I was just noticing in the past little while that when you look at couples, a lot of the time they two people in the relationship look very similar. Facial features, hair color.... they both have prominent noses, blue eyes, whatever it may be. I think it's funny to see, but at the same time it makes me wonder if it's a subconscious narcissism. Like an "I think I look good and I see a guy who looks similar to me so I think he looks good" kinda thing. The funny thing is, I don't think people really realize it. When you look at couples like that, you just think, "wow, they look really good together!" but that's probably because they look alike. It makes sense though obviously not every couple is like that. I've been noticing a lot of them more and more lately. Maybe I've just finally started to pay attention.

It's like how in high school, kids get super pissed off if you tell them they look like their mom or their dad. Then Parent-Teacher Day comes around and you sit in the hallway watching them all walk by with their parents and you can't help but laugh because they are a splitting image of their parents. Parents think their kids look good because they are mini versions of them. (well, that and if even your mother thinks your ugly, then shitson you got the short end of the stick).

Relationships and childbearing all just seems narcissistic and self-centered when you look at them from an outside point of view. Emotions aside, everyone just wants to be with someone who is like them. Everyone wants to be with themselves. They want to bring up little miniature versions of themselves. They want their kids to be the things that they wanted to be growing up but never ended up becoming. I just think it's interesting and curious that no matter what, everyone's world revolves around themselves. As much as we (well, some of us) try to be selfless, ultimately everyone wants to take care of "number one".