Loveology, anyone?

People across the world, across all age groups will tell you, that there is one subject they’ve struggled with all their lives.
And no, it’s not Physics or Economics or Mathematics, because numbers and equations can still be understood if you pay enough attention. We’re talking about the four letter word which apparently makes the world go round, and completely crazy – love.
But humans are nothing if not perseverant. China’s Ministry of Education has ordered all higher education institutions to give compulsory ‘sex and love’ course to its students. Now we’ve all heard and debated about sex education at length, but what they would teach in these love education classes is anybody’s guess. We asked a few Delhiites about the curriculum of their choice for this course, and this is what they had to say.
True love is a myth
22-year-old Maya* would want the professors to focus on debunking the myth of true, everlasting love. “Basically we all know that true love doesn’t exist. Today it’s all about relationships of convenience, but nobody wants to admit that. If the course can make people understand this simple fact, the dating world would become a better place,” she says.
21-year-old Ayesha Mouza echoes her thought. “People get into relationships with all sorts of expectations, and two months into the relationship, they fall flat on their faces. Maybe teaching youngsters to not make such a big deal out of love would help,” she says.
Hold on to the love
22-year-old Anjali Bhatia is a little more romantic than that. She says, “If there was any course on love, I would just want to learn how to keep it. Keep the romance alive, not the dead kind of love – waking up in the morning together and going separate ways, then coming back and having no conversation throughout the day.”
Bring on the sex ed class
27-year-old Sayan feels that love education and sex education cannot be mutually exclusive. “Love education should most certainly cover sex education, although I am not too sure which one should be a subset of the other,” he says.
How to lose a guy/girlfriend
While we’re at it, let’s not forget that break-ups are an integral part of most relationships. Sad, but true, and surprisingly break-ups are on the list of many potential love education students. From wanting to learn how to break-up without coming across as a complete jerk to coping up with a bad break-up, looks like ending a relationship is a lot more difficult than getting into one for most people. “Breaking up is hard, and sometimes there are certain post break-up complications, like a psycho ex or a suicidal ex. Lessons on how to deal with that would be extremely popular, and helpful,” says 23-year-old Rohit Kapoor.
M&Bs should be course books
28-year-old Chandni* is of the opinion that the hugely popular romance books Mills and Boons should be compulsory reading material for this course. Her friend Natasha* goes one step further and says, “If a hot professor is teaching me love, I’d like to learn whatever he wants to teach me.”
Can someone teach me love?
And then there are some sceptics, who can’t understand the need of this course. “I’d never join a course that gives lessons on love. Everyone is a love guru these days, why do I need a professor for that,” asks 23-year-old Nidhi Sharma.
(Some names have been changed)