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December 6, 2006

Hope Lives Vicariously

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Online Dating ChatHave you ever noticed how people change when they get into a relationship? You know the friends who never call you once they have a boyfriend or a girlfriend for instance. I'm one of those folks so now that one of my best friends has moved in with someone and never calls anymore, I can't complain since I've done the same thing many times over. There's one major difference, though: my relationships normally only last a few months. This one my friend has found might just be the one.

I can't say that I don't approve. I have previously admitted that personally, I've given up hope on every finding a mate for life. That doesn't mean that I don't accept that someone else might chance upon meeting the right girl or fellow. My jaded past has made me wary of committing too quickly. However, at the same time, even though my friend moved in together with her significant other after only four months, I'm beginning to realize those two crazy young people weren't so crazy after all.

I've never known such a good match even though they have the occasional rough patch. I've always been in situations where to be someone's boyfriend seemed unreal. Romance has often felt like an act far from fact. It's not that I pretend to be someone else. It's that I almost become someone else despite trying to be myself. My nature is to be sensitive to others, to the point at times where I lose myself trying to discover how best to please the other person.


That is why it does me good to be around such healthy couples where both parties seem completely at ease to let it all hang out. That's how it with my pal and this recently added partner. There's no pretense--just contentment within the bounds of common sense, besides the moving a bit fast. They don't seem mindlessly happy but from my experience, being content lasts while being on an emotional high often ends in conflict and confrontation at the first sign things are headed south.


Anyway, my blessing was never especially asked for and therefore was never specifically given. However, I think I could give it without reservation if required someday. Nevertheless, I hope the wait a few more months than just another four before they ask me to be best man at the wedding. I guess nothing in life is guaranteed but it's still worth keeping an open mind.


Posted by Will at December 6, 2006 5:14 PM

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Thank you for a great post!

It's really visible when you are happy and if there's a healthy relationship. You cannot hide your eyes sparkling and voice ringing ;)

I think it's great thing and love really changes people. May it's not love but a sence of being needed by others.

I wish everyone to find their match in the upcoming New Year!

Posted by: Dating Software consultant at December 7, 2006 7:20 PM

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