Monday, June 19, 2006
Relationships
(I'm betting I have used this title before, but hey)
So here's the deal. I was asked a while back what I was missing in my life, and one of the things I answered was a relationship. The person asking the question then asked me why? Such a simple question, but one I couldn't really answer, and I still don't think I can.
So this is the question I'm putting to you. Why? Why do you want to be in a relationship. For those of you that are, what does it add to your life that you didn't have before, for those of you that are not, what do you expect it to add. Is it just a hormonal irrational response tied up with the need to procreate, is it just a selfish self-serving desire to have someone love you unconditionally. Or is it something more?
I could go on but I wont.. Ill wait till I have a few responses from the audience.
(This may have come across as a dig at those who are in a relationship, that not how its intended, if anything its a dig at Me for not getting it... Help me understand! What should you be wanting from a relationship that isn't unreasonable, or selfish, or wrong...?)
*EDIT* -- As Laurel-li put it, im asking what can this style of relationship give you that a friendship cannot. Just to clarify.
So here's the deal. I was asked a while back what I was missing in my life, and one of the things I answered was a relationship. The person asking the question then asked me why? Such a simple question, but one I couldn't really answer, and I still don't think I can.
So this is the question I'm putting to you. Why? Why do you want to be in a relationship. For those of you that are, what does it add to your life that you didn't have before, for those of you that are not, what do you expect it to add. Is it just a hormonal irrational response tied up with the need to procreate, is it just a selfish self-serving desire to have someone love you unconditionally. Or is it something more?
I could go on but I wont.. Ill wait till I have a few responses from the audience.
(This may have come across as a dig at those who are in a relationship, that not how its intended, if anything its a dig at Me for not getting it... Help me understand! What should you be wanting from a relationship that isn't unreasonable, or selfish, or wrong...?)
*EDIT* -- As Laurel-li put it, im asking what can this style of relationship give you that a friendship cannot. Just to clarify.
