Minesweeper

I was playing minesweeper when I had a ridiculous idea pop into my mind. Minesweeper is a lot like finding someone to marry. You start with a giant map of unknowns and you don't know which one will be the person you end up with. So you start clicking away, uncovering them to see if they're a match. Sometimes they explode in your face, faster than you can say "I'll give you a try." Other times, you end up doing quite well in the game, and you become more and more invested because so far, you haven't lost yet. At some point, you begin to think "I think this is the one!" You think this will be the winning game, because you've come so far and it seems like you won't be losing this one. Sure, there were some times where you didn't know what to do, which box to click or what direction to take. But so far, you've been able to guess your way through and get out fine. Then all of a sudden, you make a mistake and it all ends. You sit there for a bit and rage at the computer because you've spent so much time and effort, and you've come out with nothing. Sometimes you feel like you don't ever want to play it again. But there are those rare moments where you end up winning. The clock has stopped its stressful ticking, and the yellow face now dons a pair of sunglasses with a satisfied smile, and you can now claim something as yours.