The Hating Game and the Line Between Love and Hate
The moral case for understanding the idea of love and hate getting blurred.
Love and hate are powerful emotions.
We feel them so intensely that if we're not careful they can overpower us. Make us do things we wouldn't otherwise do for reasons we don't really understand. The intensity gets so much that it can be physically painful. At the same time because we feel both so powerfully, it can be hard to tell the difference between the two. Some of us mistake one for the other. We can hate someone in part because they don't feel the way we do about them. Or love someone we probably shouldn't because of the way they treat us. They might feel nothing but hatred for us and use how we feel for them against us in terrible ways. At the same time, they might be treating us badly because they don't really know how to express the way they really feel, which is an intense love for you.
It's hard to know which is which and so we stumble around trying to figuring it out. Creating all kinds of relationships full of complications. They might not show up for a date or an important event and it can be hard to tell whether they did it because they hate us or because they were out doing something romantic for you where you don't know until later. You can get resentful for this fact when there's no reason to. But when you do finally find out they were planning a special evening with everything you ever wanted, it can make you feel the most intense kind of love, more than you ever thought possible. Something which makes you feel guilty for not realizing it before and how angry you were about the way they weren't there for you when you wanted.
This becomes even more intense when you have other dynamics which come into play. Such as when you work with someone you're in a relationship with or want to be in a relationship with. They can get a choice assignment you really want or a promotion you spent a lot of time working towards. You won't know how to feel because you want to be happy for them but at the same time you wanted this for yourself. Maybe you could share it with them instead. Being in this relationship can lift you both up in your time of need and lead to better times in the long run. So you can have a house or baby and live happily ever after.
The Hating Game is all about the line between love and hate. Lucy Hutton, as played by Lucy Hale, has a love hate relationship with fellow co-worker Josh Templeman, as played by Austin Stowell, who seems to feel the same way. They stare angrily across the office from each other because they both have greater ambitions for themselves. It becomes more complicated though when Lucy realizes that her hatred for Josh might actually be less angry and more like desire. Which is even more complicated when Josh realizes his feelings are just as much about desire than they are hatred. So it's only a matter of time before these feelings come to a head and they decide to give in to them.
It's a fascinating dynamic and worthy of explorations, which you should do as soon as you can.
The Hating Game is available at Hulu in the United States and Crave in Canada.
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