Unconditionally Irritating

After my post, "Love", I've had a thought on unconditional love and why we find it so annoying when people seem to show it to us. We all do. I get annoyed when people put up with my shit when they really shouldn't, and the people I love unconditionally get really annoyed with me. (Okay, I can be more annoying because I tend to make a point of telling them just how much I'll be able to put up with before it kills me, whether it's needed or not.)
But why is it so bloody annoying?
Well, as one of those people who hates so much of the world that I pathologically go out and search for things to love, I thinks it's partly because we don't understand how you can love someone for no reason; partly because it makes us feel awkward, and partly because these people have a tendency to suck all the fun out of life with their constant worrying over us.
This adds another dimension: responsibility. If someone loves you unconditionally, you end up feeling responsible for their feelings and they for yours. Plus you can't get rid of them, because they'll just keep coming back with a smug grin saying "I love you."

You start thinking they're completely insane. But in reality, only sane people can love unconditionally. Think about it, we all love some people like that, but only psychopaths can hack their family to bits and feel nothing.
So how do we put up with these annoying people? It's easy, we keep going on as normal. Keep getting annoyed when they annoy us. Keep feeling a bit weirded out by their insistence to help out. Keep holding back the desire to wipe that smug grin off their face and let them be themselves.
None of us have a choice with the people we love like that. No one can stop themselves. It's just life.

There you go, a bit of a break from the political.