The Three Body Problem

The Three Body Problem

March 31, 2025

Today was my D-Day. Mark and Glynnis both made their decision. As wonderful the previous four months were, there would not be another month (or a day) to enjoy, together.

Glynnis introduced me to Mark and the three of us discovered more than we had originally anticipated. I always wanted Mark. Glynnis wanted me. She referred to me as her “side-piece”. However, she was not interested in Mark wanting me. Glynnis tolerated our times together. She enjoyed the role playing in which we became subservient (a natural position for me) to the orders of Mark. He wanted full control of the both of us. Glynnis wanted full control of me.

I wanted to be always wanted.

If astronomy is any indicator, the Three Body Problem, such as ours, has only one of three possible outcomes. The first, the favorite of Glynnis, was that two bodies orbit each other and the third is ejected into the cosmos, never to return. The second, championed my Mark, was that the three bodies would endure permanent chaos, with occasional periods of stability. The last, my favorite, was that the three bodies would collide, permanently fusing them together, in a spectacular vision, envied by all close enough to watch, and not be consumed by the energy expelled from within.

I lay here, on this bed, alone, forced to accept the only outcome I could not accept. I am an outcast never acquiring the purpose I am singularly designed to fulfill.

Newton could not predict the outcome of the Three Body problem.

What chance have I?