A World of Irony

Ironic Desires

Isn't it ironic that we always want what we don't have, and dislike whatever we do have?

When it's warm, we wish we were cold; when it's cold, we wish we were warm.
When we're single, we wish we were married; when we're married we wish we were single.
When we need a good job, we wish we had one; when we have one, we wish we had something else.
When we're broke, we wish we had money; when we get money, we wish we had more.
When we get decent car, it's not long before we wish we had a better one, and complain about what we've got. The same goes for almost anything else we get.

The old adage, "Familiarity breeds contempt," is really true after all.

posted by Karl Richter @ 3/26/2005 03:51:00 PM