Other Half

I completely hate and disagree with a romantic partner being referred to as someone's "other half." We are complete in and of ourselves and our romantic partners are just that, our partners in life. One and one make two. There are no two souls merging as one, nor do we need someone to complete us. Even though I am wanting a life partner right now, I view that to-be person as someone with whom I can share my life, not someone without who I am incomplete. So I also do not believe that there is only one person out there for us, but that there can be many, and timing and circumstances can help to determine who that life partner will be.

Perhaps that is why so many relationships fail. People think they have met their soul-mate, that they are in-love and when things are less than perfect, they think they have magically fallen out of love and that the relationship is over. But because the relationship is two individuals coming together, who have their own idiosyncrasies, naturally there are going to be challenges. So love is an action, something that you do, and you have to continue to do it to make the relationship last. Want to continue to get those butterflies 10 years later? Do the things you did for each other when you first started dating.

Remember this: It is easy to love when things are going great for you. It is harder to love during trying times, but most needed and rewarding at those times.