Love, sex and passion
It really is a close run thing as to whether love, sex and passion are the greatest things ever and/or the cause of more inconvenience and strife than anything else.

Everyone needs passion, or at least intense enthusiasm, for some form of interest - even if not a person.

Love and sex underpin so much of society though, and take up so much time, that I'm never quite certain if it's really worth it.

It might be that without romantic or sexual interest, activities that you might prefer to do with a partner[1] might be done with friends instead. Maybe there would be less farting around online or in clubs or other meeting places simply to try and meet someone new.

There might be less of a requirement to take a critical look at your interests, life situation and friends simply in order to find someone nice in a sensible timeframe.

The common advice is to 'be yourself' - but frankly, this is bullshit. You should be yourself but also involve yourself in situations that expose you[1] to new people, give you sufficient common cultural background to have something to talk about, and roughly equates to current opinions on appearance and fashion.

That's all well and good if you fall into the average of people, and are happy with someone else on the average. However, if you fall outside that range and your own subculture doesn't contain anyone suitable, it might be awfully convenient if the whole thing went away.

At the end, there's no real choice - we all have needs and desires, and they have to expressed somehow, but without love, sex and passion would the human race be happier and more productive - or not?

Alternatively, is the enemy that other great time and energy sink - the 9to5 (or more) job..

(Reasonably happy here, and not about to enter into sub par relationships or sex, but one would be nice)

[1] No, not those types of activity.
(EssY, Wed 2 Jul 2008, 16:51, 2 replies)

I couldn't live without love.
Sex is a bit take or leave it at the minute, as it's fun, but not as good as love.
( Bats, Wed 2 Jul 2008, 17:09, closed)

Without sex
The human race literally wouldn't be as productive.
(Cuthbert Annihilator, Wed 2 Jul 2008, 19:29, closed)