Karla invited me to the U of A opera this afternoon. She knows the orchestra conductor so we were able to get free tickets. But the opera was about a man who falls in love with this wicked woman--she doesn't love him back and flaunts herself in front of him. She reads the story of Tristan and Isolde to the workers and he dreams of one day getting a love potion to turn her feelings around. Well, luckily, a medical man arrives in town and sells the man the love potion, which is actually just wine. And you can figure out the rest from there.
My biggest thought during it, besides wishing I knew more Italian, was whether I'd ever use a love potion to change someone's feelings. And I think I wouldn't. I would feel like like I tricked them and even though the feelings are now genuine, I think they would feel fake to me still. It's an interesting question.
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