By Alicia Cruz
Featured Content Contributor
for Associated Content
I think the eighth wonder of the world should be relationships. Not that I subscribe to the belief that a relationship, in of itself, is complicated because that's silly.
The two people involved in a relationship make it complicated with how they choose to interact, treat one another and communicate.
Breaking up isn't hard to do, it hurts, but it's not hard to do.
Once you make your mind up to do it, you just do it and keep moving.
What's complicated and downright foolish is saying one thing and doing another.
Example:
"We broke up because he/she cheated, lied, gave me an STD, abused me and wouldn't change. I got tired and broke it off...but we're still friends. I mean he/she was cool, they did treat me good at one point...so I decided we could still be friends."
What?
It's a sad day when one cannot decipher a friend from a frenemy.
In a day and age where you can't buy an honest relationship, we don't end "beautiful, meaningful and wonderful" relationships with "wonderful" and "nice" people over small or first-time incidents.
We end them because they weren't wonderful and our mates weren't the nicest people in the world.
Why would you want to spend time with a person who...full article here
More good reading from Associated Content
"When Platonic Relationships Become Platoxic" - By Jane Ward
"Strictly Platonic" or Strictly Plutonium: Is the Craigslist Experiment a Success or a Failure?
By Lex Loeb
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The Black Urban Times www.theblackurbantimes.com
twitter.com/alicia_c_
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Featured Content Contributor
for Associated Content
I think the eighth wonder of the world should be relationships. Not that I subscribe to the belief that a relationship, in of itself, is complicated because that's silly.
The two people involved in a relationship make it complicated with how they choose to interact, treat one another and communicate.
Breaking up isn't hard to do, it hurts, but it's not hard to do.
Once you make your mind up to do it, you just do it and keep moving.
What's complicated and downright foolish is saying one thing and doing another.
Example:
"We broke up because he/she cheated, lied, gave me an STD, abused me and wouldn't change. I got tired and broke it off...but we're still friends. I mean he/she was cool, they did treat me good at one point...so I decided we could still be friends."
What?
It's a sad day when one cannot decipher a friend from a frenemy.
In a day and age where you can't buy an honest relationship, we don't end "beautiful, meaningful and wonderful" relationships with "wonderful" and "nice" people over small or first-time incidents.
We end them because they weren't wonderful and our mates weren't the nicest people in the world.
Why would you want to spend time with a person who...full article here
More good reading from Associated Content
"When Platonic Relationships Become Platoxic" - By Jane Ward
"Strictly Platonic" or Strictly Plutonium: Is the Craigslist Experiment a Success or a Failure?
By Lex Loeb
Media Outlets must credit
The Black Urban Times www.theblackurbantimes.com
twitter.com/alicia_c_
facebook.com/theblackurbantimes
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