I was immediately greeted by Eros himself who was clad in a white toga with gold trim and wearing sandals laced to the knees. Golden hair flowed to his shoulders and a light bronze tan covered his skin. He clutched a bow in one hand and quiver, full of arrows hung in at his side.
Eros: Welcome Friend (walking briskly and grabbing my shoulders in a welcoming embrace)
Invisible don: Hello, Eros how are you doing
Eros: (motioning that we walk toward a column lined field) Well I’ve taken care of the majority of the daily tasks
Invisible don: Before we get started do you prefer Eros or Cupid
Eros: I prefer Eros but I’ll answer to Cupid, oh and thanks to the stupid remark earlier that never gets old.
Invisible don: Sorry
Eros: It’s all good my friend if you can’t laugh at your self who can you laugh at … well besides you.
Invisible don: good one, I’ll come back to the cupid thing later but I suppose this is a busy day for you.
Eros: Well not as busy as you might think people are usually already my “victims” by the time the holiday actually rolls around.
Invisible don: Victims?
Eros: Well, yeah, victims (pats the arrows on his legs) Valentines day is just a day really people fall in love all the time doesn’t matter when I don’t have to shoot too many people today it’s actually a pretty slow day. Hades is a bit busier today than I am.
Invisible don: eh, well yeah I’m sure he is. So what takes most of your time on valentines day.
Eros: The serendipitous acts of affection which burst the seed of love in a persons heart and then I have to go shoot them.
Invisible don: I see you still use the original weapon of bow and arrow. With the advances in weaponry why not use a sniper rifle or even smart technologies to guide rocket arrows in from here.
Eros: Well, mom’s husband has tinkered a bit with things but I prefer the arrows.
Invisible don: Well now that you have brought up mom, Venus. Why do you think she isn’t the one people look to on this day of love.
Eros: Well not to sound chauvinistic mom isn’t exactly the best role model for love if you know what I mean.
Invisible don: I think I follow but the readers may not
Eros: Well she has had a ton of affairs … I lost count.
Invisible don: Vulcan ok with all of this
Eros: not really he is always hatching the demise of this person or that one in his work shop. The muses have even used all his plot hatching to inspired a cartoon character you may know
Invisible don: Wyle E.
Eros: The very one
Invisible don: Who know, well I suppose you did. So other than the affairs Venus is attractive.
Eros: Yuck man that’s my mom, I don’t look at her that way I don’t really get, she’s a little bit boozy too besides all the running around. I can’t even count the times Herc’ has toted her back here flung over his shoulders. Then don’t even get me started on the Vanity thing. Mirror Mirror whose the name is vanity should be the phrase.
Invisible don: Well the story says your love and your mother have buried the hatchet.
Eros: Well it’s an uneasy peace at best.
Invisible don: What about you? Have you forgiven her for all the trials she put your love through.
Eros: Well alls well that ends well but if you’re asking would I jump both feet into her backside if she started in on her again you bet. Every family has it’s dysfunction and every love has a trial it has to over come.
Invisible don: Any lessons from your love story with Psyche you can pass on to others on this day to make a relationship work.
Eros: Trust it key.
Invisible don: Care to explain.
Eros: Well as you know mom came unglued at all the guys fawning all over Psyche, now once she and I hooked up all the other didn’t just give up so there are always going to be people trying to work to break you up for their own gain. You have to trust if the person really has feelings for you they will resist temptation.
Invisible don: Good advice, you mentioned Venus going postal about all the press psyche was getting from the paparazzi
Eros: Yeah she came undone. I would advise that parents/friends/other people in your life all may have your best interest at heart but they don’t have to live in the relationship you are in, weigh out their objections to any relationship. If they are counseling you for your health, safety, financial well being or other things which may cause you harm then take the advice, if they have an agenda of their own to maintain a status quo or to benefit themselves then run like hell away from that person. Because love is a drug.
Invisible don: A drug.
Eros: Indeed, it is completely mind altering it will make you stay in a bad situation or will make others do things that they wouldn’t normally do to achieve love. It’s completely self serving and highly addictive.
Invisible don: So you’re saying if you can love some one who isn’t right for you.
Eros: Yes, love is based in our basic instincts to procreate. It’s the driving force in bringing people together despite their differences to ensure the survival of the species.
Invisible don: So the idea that there is only one person out there for a person a true love.
Eros: Well not to knock my own work but no true love isn’t a real thing. There are people who are easier to love than others and relationships which take less effort but love is work it just doesn’t happen.
Invisible don: So the grand gesture of love.
Eros: Is just that, there is the work that leads up to that gesture to make it believable, the little things.
Invisible don: So love is …?
Eros: A mental disorder really, a person who says they are in love really shouldn’t be operating heavy equipment or handling firearms.
Invisible don: Odd that the ambassador of love would say love is a mental disorder isn’t that bad press for you.
Eros: Well if you look at most love stories many of them or tragic, they either start tragically or end tragically. I would think people would run from love or beg to be spared from it rather than wishing for it.
Invisible don: So you aren’t a fan of love.
Eros: I would say I’m not a fan but I wouldn’t say I am either. Maybe its just become a job to me and I don’t think about it like I used to in my younger days.
Invisible don: Speaking of younger days, the cupid thing.
Eros: Ah yes. Cupid and I are indeed one and the same. I’m not really sure how the Cupid image is always me from my younger days. I really didn’t have a clue what I was doing. I’d shoot anyone just to shoot them. People were falling in love with anything. There was that one incident with Narcissus…. Well you know it wasn’t a good time in my life but people like babies which I really don’t understand they just sleep and poop. (shakes head) What are you going to do. I like kids and all had a daughter myself… well Psyche had her. She had followed into the family business… so to speak.
Invisible don: Ah right… Hedone. I would imagine that’s a tough one on a dad
Eros: Well daughters are a joy and torment to a father’s heart.
Invisible don: I hear you there my friend. Well I think I’ve gotten the gist of things Love is real, but it is real work and keep your head above water because what we love may drown you, and keep your family and friends out.
Eros: I think you have it. So anyone you want me to lend you hand with my friend.
Invisible don: Well there is someone but I would rather do the work myself… maybe hold on to that assist for another day.
Eros: Sure, anytime, we need to stick together. Want to get some target practice in?
Invisible don: As in me shoot the bow and arrow.
Eros: At targets not people and the spare set which is really the same they just aren’t enchanted.
Invisible don: Lead the way this is too cool… so Narcissus
Eros: Not my best day…
Well there you go, Eros and I had a good time. Psyche and Hedone came over to watch for a bit and I left shortly there after to let them have some family time. As for my shooting… well …lets just say I could fill in, in a crisis but you’ll be glad to know Eros or Cupid if you prefer is a bulls-eye only shooter. Robin Hood could take a few lessons from him.
In other news…
The Olympics ROCK!!!!!!!!!!! Just love this stuff.
That’s all for now other stuff tomorrow, have a great day and play nice in the neighborhood.
Ciao,
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