Up, Down and All Around

To Love or Not To Love

Beatlebum's heart-felt entry today reminded me that I've never really been in love before. While I truly sympathized with his situation, I must confess that I couldn't quite completely relate to the anguish he must feel.

What I can relate to, instead, is saffron's post, also from today, where she talks about being forever stuck in sub-zero.

Relationships are complex things. I've never pretended (nor do I wish to pretend) to understand just how it is that some people fall in love, or why it is that some people also manage to fall out of love.

It does not help that in the past eight months alone, three couples I know personally went through divorces. That's three separate marriages that failed so miserably that the people involved couldn't even bring themselves to stay married. I can only shake my head in utter disbelief whenever I think of them.

It is frightening to hope for, to long for happiness, marital bliss, and happily-ever-after.

It's no small wonder then, that one of my biggest, secret fears in life is that I will one day wake up and realize that I've become one of those sad, lonely women who feels worthless unless there's a man at her side. If it is my lot in life to remain single, then by golly, I hope to be enjoying every moment of it.

Tags: Relationships

Posted by CF at 11:40 PM