On relationships, or why I'm never getting married.

[doomspire_fiend]

So, lately I've been noticing lots of my friends getting into relationships. That's fine; in fact, I'm usually ecstatic that they've found someone. Yay for them! However, it seems that when a person enters into a relationship, he tends to forget about his other friends, especially his other friends of the opposite sex. I say "he" on purpose

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[ray_thejake]

Our society is much too submitted to rigid paradigms in relationships - the "boyfriend/girlfriend", the "old friend", the "gay best friend" (which I find to be a particularly peculiar term as it seldom refers to gay people) to name a few. I believe that the ideal community is within the body of Christ (that way it should be, not the way it is per sé) where each person sees the others not within some societally determined stereotype, but rather as fellow travelers on the same road toward the same destination. This leaves no room for jealousy - because what is there to be jealous about if all of you are directed towards the same goal*? The major problem with most relationships is that they are grounded on insecurity - a need for something else combined with the concern that that need may not be met. In Christ, there is no insecurity because we acknowledge a need that is not just met, but fulfilled; and not even just fulfilled but overflowed. That's why I'm content with being single and having been single - I don't think I could

[doomspire_fiend]

You're crazy, but I definitely agree. I wish I was as eloquent as you...sadface.