Love is a very captivating thing. It was love that drove Shah Jahan to build the Taj Mahal in the memory of his third wife Mumtaz Mahal following her passing. It was also love that fuelled Romeo and Julliet’s suicides. As it is evident love can make a person do crazy things. Hairball by Margret Atwood and What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver both tell the stories of women who are both captured by love in similar but different ways. First, Kat and Terri both share a abnormal concept of love. Kat believes that an extramarital relationship is a suitable form of love. Additionally Kat sacrifices all her own needs when it comes to love. “Twice she had abortions, because the men in question were not up for the alternative.