Question

"Where are we going to put them. Everyone dies, some get old and . What is your beyond postponing the inevitable? Soylent Green?

Answer 1

1) It tends to be a pretty awful feeling, living in a relationship you know is over. You try to pretend to be happy, as if you don’t know the end is looming in the not so distant future, but it doesn’t work. You’re wasting time, energy, and sometimes false hope on something you know just isn’t right. There might not even be anything bad. Your partner might be a great person, and the relationship itself isn’t bad. It’s just not right for you. It’s not what you want. But when we do this to ourselves, sometimes we’re good at convincing ourselves. We’re able to make that false hope so real that we persuade ourselves we just need to give it time, trudge through this rough patch and get to the other side. When we first get into a relationship, or when it’s a happy one, we feel content in the relationship. We’re proud to tell people we’re in a relationship, excited to see where it goes, and happy to take each next step in the relationship. But when we’ve reached the point where the breakup is inevitable, we don’t feel that way anymore. We often feel trapped in the relationship. We feel like we’re being held prisoner, even if it’s only our own doing that we’re still there. We feel suffocated. We might even feel restless or irritated. We don’t want to be here, but we can’t be where we want to be until we end the relationship. It might not start out as an overwhelming feeling either. It might begin as just a tiny niggle of a feeling, barely even noticeable or recognizable. But over time, as the inevitable end gets closer, the feeling grows. It might grow slowly, or it might suddenly flame to life like a bonfire that’s had fuel thrown on it. This feeling might also manifest itself as feeling dread when it’s time to see your partner, being relieved when you aren’t together, and not paying attention to (or even caring about) what they have to say or what is happening in their life. In happy, healthy relationships with a future, we enjoy spending time with our partner. Whether it’s in person or by phone, we enjoy conversation with them. We also enjoy time and conversation with others. But when your delaying an inevitable breakup, you no longer enjoy spending time with your partner. You dread it and will look for excuses to avoid them. You’ll work late, make plans with friends, or find other reasons to not spend time with them. When you have plans together, if you don’t find an excuse to cancel, you’ll be uncomfortable the entire time. You might make excuses to end the date early, claiming exhaustion or an errand you forgot you need to run immediately. You’ll avoid big plans, such as weekends away or longer vacations. Even a day trip might feel like too much. And you’ll probably avoid riding in the same car so you can leave whenever you want. You’ll let their calls go to voicemail and their texts sit without being read until you feel up to dealing with them.

2) Soylent Green is both the name of a 1973 science fiction film and of a wafer-like food product in the film. The film is a police procedural set in the future, based on the 1966 novel Make Room! Make Room! The food is a processed protein ration made of human beings and distributed to an unsuspecting populace.