A What if question, something light

I was driving home and came upon a thought. Telepathy. A singer named Lene Lovich wrote a song by that name. The lyrics follow:

"I know what ya done
I saw ya in my crystal
I saw you making love
I'm gonna get my pistol

Telepathy's gonna be the death of me
Telepathy's gonna be the death of me

I know what ya done before you even do it
Don't tell me ya story I can see throught it

Love is really mutual trust
Respect and understanding is a must
But my baby's mind is like a TV
And everthing I see make a fool of me

I know what you've done, yeh
You think I don't know
You been playing round with Mrs. So-And-So

Telepathy's gonna be the death of me

Oh, those little lies
Right, behind your eyes
I don't need no spies
With my ESP
You're not fooling me
But ohhhhhh, the jealousy"

The idea behind the song is simple. What if you dated someone who could read your mind, what would it be like? I will take it a step farther, what if you both could read each other's minds. Could you handle having your love know your every thought and you know theirs? How would it effect you?

Lets look at how a relationship develops and run through what the impact might be. You meet someone for the first date and you know they are thinking about how much money you make and you are thinking about how she might look with her clothes off. Could be a short date. All the things most people do to put their "best foot forward" would be meaningless.

But, lets say you both decided you were compatible. You begin dating seriously. You are walking down the street and see a lovely lady, you look for a second and think how pretty she is. Your date would not be able to complain because she no doubt saw men she found attractive, even if it was on television. Would you get over jealousy. Now, what if they seriously began thinking about sleeping with that other person?

Anyway, you get past those issues and marry. Hiding things from your partner would be a thing of the past. Agreeing on things for the sake of peace would be pointless. Misunderstanding would also disappear. You would never feel alone or misunderstood. You could have a true union. If you grew apart, you both would know it and have the opportunity to resolve it in the beginning. You would forced to deal with problems; but, they would be easier to resolve.

The risk would be that if one of you were not clear in your beliefs and your morals, you could give in to the beliefs of the other without thinking it through for yourself. The beauty is that you could fully experience things second hand. Sharing on a level that we cannot currently comprehend and you couldn't marry the wrong the person.

If you can truly imagine such a thing, would you want it? Would you be willing to risk having all of your weaknesses known to have a greater love? Would you look down on people the same if all of your thoughts could be read? It is easy to fake being a decent person, you merely follow the rules and conform to societies concept of acceptable. Couldn't do that if the other could actually read your mind and useless justifications would not work, you would no longer be able to lie to yourself, the other person would know.

Now here is the real kicker. Would it change what you liked in a person? Oh, it would. Can you imagine being with a beautiful women (yes, I am stereotyping to make a point) who was a complete and utter fool. Hearing nonsense in your head all day and night. I have known people who married for beauty alone. Would a man with all the money in the world be worth it if you had to hear him think about how he was going to lie, cheat and steal to get ahead? You would overlook a lot of physical things for true peace of mind.