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He starts with a paradox: 'Odi et amo'. The only ways these verbs are similar are in person and that they are feelings. If you're in love, you're not hating but if you are hating, you are not in love. How is it possible to do both? Well, the only way to love and hate is if something happened like in poem 72. This is clearly a reflection of the situation that occured in poem 72. He 'odi et amo' because Lesbia no longer 'solum..nosse Catullum'. Not only that but he is tortured by the feelings he's forced to feel. This poem really reminds me of a show I have connected to before, The OC. Seth smoked when Summer, his girlfriend, repeatedly told him not to do so. Obviously smoking isn't at the same level as cheating but cheating is implied that you won't do it and Summer explicitly told him not to do that. In the show, Summer wanted to take him back but she was too hurt that he would do something she clearly didn't approve of. What I wanted to specifically connect to was that Summer appeared to be tortured by it because she loved Seth, in the same way Catullus loved Lesbia, but couldn't help feeling hurt. In both situations, the lover was hurt and even though what the other did was horrible they couldn't help but be with them. In the real world, the same thing happens. Lovers are constantly powerless, when actually in love, to leave their partner even if they've done a horrible thing like cheating.