| > | | | | two lovers, he can only be ‘enjoying' two |
| Torn Between Two Lovers? | | | | lovers, ‘fooling' with two lovers, |
| Torn between two lovers/ | | | | ‘misleading' two lovers, ‘cheating' two |
| Acting Like a Fool/ | | | | lovers and ‘abusing' the love of two lovers. |
| Loving both of you/ | | | | Why? Because a man initiates the bond of love ( I am |
| Is breaking all the rules. | | | | not discussing dating or flirtation or seduction here). If a |
| When Mary Macgregor sang that in the 70s, 2 million | | | | man goes out of his way to lead on Ms X today and |
| people bought the single. Who do you think those | | | | again to lead on Ms. Z tomorrow, he is a |
| were? I would say teenagers.. you say women? | | | | PHILANDERER. This is the behaviour of a playboy, not |
| Probably men.. men over forty to be precise . To be | | | | a Romeo. You can have feelings for two people; but |
| torn between two lovers literally means both are | | | | you can not be in love with two people and should |
| attracting you in opposite directions. Loving both of | | | | never pretend to be. We all had vague glimpses of |
| them means you love both, but are in love with none. | | | | such experiences during our early teenage. Once, we |
| You like both and just cannot make up your mind as to | | | | grew up, we knew that such feelings are not love but |
| which one is ‘better'. In her song, Mary says | | | | admiration. When you admire two people, the scales |
| she has a place in her heart that only Mr. X can fill; yet, | | | | will have to tip on one side eventually; so even then, |
| the place she gave Mr. Z is his still.. This is getting | | | | there is a choice to be made. |
| confusing. Ok, let me inspect with you the | | | | Being torn is a momentary state, where one is begging |
| psychological make up of a woman in love. All women | | | | to have all his options laid on the table without |
| know that a woman loves a man for his love for her. | | | | disturbance, so that he/she could have all the time in |
| Of course, she could be attracted to someone who | | | | the world to make an informed decision. This is not |
| does not even know her name; but deep down, what | | | | love. It has little to do with love. Here, we are discussing |
| makes her love a man is his (true) love for her. Now, | | | | who is ‘better'; who is ‘more suitable' for |
| suppose two people are in love with a woman, would | | | | me. Not ‘ whom I am in love with'. |
| not she feel torn between both of them as to whom | | | | To be torn between two lovers, is to have two |
| she should end up with? It is getting reasonable now. | | | | overlapping affairs where none is more important than |
| So she loves two persons.. we all can love a dozen | | | | the other. If it is a man, there is no ‘other |
| simultaneously; yet, we can only be in love with one | | | | woman' here. In fact, the two women are |
| person at a time. What Mary is really saying is I love | | | | ‘other' women. Just like Sherayar, this man is |
| both of you, cannot decide which one I want; so | | | | enjoying the variety supplied. Shehreyar was not in |
| please let me keep both of you (until I make up my | | | | love before Shehrezad. When she came, she became |
| mind). | | | | the only one. Next time, you hear a gentleman claiming |
| Because a woman loves on receiving signals from the | | | | to be torn between two lovers, please poke his two |
| man involved that he loves her, the situation is | | | | eyes for me! |
| understood. But when it is a man who is torn between | | | | |