Friday, September 26, 2008

The Labeling Theory...


Wassup guys.....A.E. back sooo soon with yet another thought

I must apologize to those all across the world...with everything going on getting my life together and trying to find myself within this wonderful city, I truly forgot the reason why I started this blogger in the first place. And then after of course watching the movie that gave me inspiration, I just couldn't wait to get back to you folks and finally get the party started so that you can know the true side of the Anonymous Entertainer (aka A.E.). So now that im starting to get it, let the games begin

Have you ever wondered how your life would be without labels? Just think about it for one second.....Relationships, Friendships, Work, Religion, everything....imagine one day you can just be free to do what you choose to do without the effects of your label proceeding you. Imagine just one time you could just tell one of your friends that they are assholes for doing a senseless act, without getting judged as being mean or insensitive because thats your "friend". Imagine kicking your brother, sister, or even cousin out of your house after they ruined your car, had sex in places YOU didnt even consider, or just pissed you off with one of their bad habits, and no one will call you "grimey", or more horrid things just because you do in fact share a bloodline...Imagine for once you can just let your boss have it for saying the wrong things to you without the chance of being fired because he or she is your "boss"......More importantly...imagine just kicking it with your boo, hanging out, spending time together, great sex, joking around, fooling around, taking vacations...you know the whole pearly gates, without having the label as "wife" "lover" "boy/girlfriend", or "husband"....will you at that moment be truly happy? You know it's funny how labels run our lives in today's society down from the homeless man or "bumb" you see in the streets late at night...up into the "President" of the U.S. who we see as a man who could never make a mistake because of the title he obtains. I never really realized the importance of labels, but after watching the movie Sex and the City, I think character Carrie Bradshaw made an important point on how labels can both help, and harm, our own personal lives......it shapes how we view certain people, how we react to certain things, and adjusts or lives to rules and restricts our freedom. For example picture this: You meet someone, and at first things are going real good for you. You have casual conversations, hang out on the regular, get in on in the sheets, you laugh, you cry, and just love to be around this person. No one else can make you happy. One day, someone asks you "Is that your boo???" ...Well is it? Have you made it "official"? Do you feel you need 2...And then suddenly you get nervous because you never discussed your "status"with them and soon as you get home, you call them up and ask them.."Are we official?"...Now take a look at yourself...you have a very good connection with this person, and you know that you don't want anyone, and he/she tells you consistently that your the only one for them..Isnt that enough? Or do you need more?

Think about it for one second.

It is then sometimes where we put the label on something that we attempt to fix something that honestly wasnt broken....Cause now with the label of "lover", "spouse", "fuck buddy" we restricts our relationships with codes of ethics and principles that can honestly make our relationships alot worse. So now because you got got these labels, you feel as if its a JOB now to spend more time with them, call them, hang out, have more sex, etc.. and the love becomes slightly tainted because it feels like u MUST do it rather than you CHOOSING to do it which both you and I will lead to the up most disaster. Big difference huh. When I first saw the movie, I was mad at BIG because I didnt understand the choices that he made when turning Carrie down on her wedding day, but now that I seen it a second time, I understand everything he says..including the scene when Carrie asked him if he wanted to still get married, and he said simply "I want you" ...Relying so heavily on labels can be a curse, for it can make your relationship feel more like your job rather than your choice ....After all, you and the person you are dealing know deep down inside what it really is, should it matter to the world??



This is A.E. singing off..

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