“Thirsty,”
The feeling one gets when the body is near a state of dehydration and requires one to acquire nourishment.
This definition has changed now. Among a younger generation, this word is used to describe someone as weak, needy, or trying too hard. In particularly, during interactions between males and females, majority of the time being used to describe a male who wants a certain female so badly, he is at the point of embarrassing himself trying to get her attention, and/or noticeably going completely out of his way hoping that she responds desirably back at him.
In my opinion, and many others would agree, this behavior of looking down upon “thirsty” people has destroyed many key things in human culture and has blurred many lines in human interactions.
For instance, this behavior could destroy any lasting remnants of chivalry between men and women. And if it hasn’t yet, it will kill the concept altogether because any act of showing genuine interest for the opposite sex will be looked as being uncool or weak. Showing genuine feelings towards another human being nowadays frightens them, which is why most courtships between a man and woman now begin with “masks” to throw off understanding each other. This fuels the need for a game to be played to coerce the desired action of the opposite sex, hence where the term “player” comes from.
For some, men and woman need to have to play a game to get what they really want, yet at the same time, people insist on how real they are and/or how real they want their potential mates to be. Things would actually be able to be that way, though, if people stopped calling a person thirsty for showing genuine feelings about them and started referring to them as what they really are, which is someone who knows what they want or wanted and goes after it in the purest form of intentions. What’s wrong with someone knowing what they want really? Isn’t that the problem with most relationships nowadays anyway? People not really knowing what they want, causing them to question their relationships, which they established wearing a mask in the first place.
If people were encouraged to be genuine and open about how they feel towards one another, this problem wouldn’t exist as abundantly as it does.
Just think about it, if everyone was just with the guy or girl that wants them a lot, there would be virtually no relationship problems and almost no infidelity between couples! But for some strange reason (AND I’M GUILTY TOO), most people want someone who doesn’t want them. Wanting something you can’t have is common and makes you usually want it more, but is this behavior socially and emotionally healthy overall?
