The Seriousness of Relationships...

Being 25 is so weird. I feel too old to be considered young and carefree. Yet I'm too young to feel the need to settle, for a guy, a job, a home, etc...

I am chatting with an old friend on iChat right now. We are talking about marriage and relationships. Neither of us are ready to commit to marriage but we understand that, at this age, when we start dating someone, we need to think "is this someone I could potentially want to settle down with?" If the answer to that question is, "maybe" then give the relationship some time. If the answer is, "no way" then what's the point of being with that person. If the answer is "I'm not sure" then stick it out for a bit longer and see what happens. You know, if you think that maybe there is some chance that this person might possibly be someone you could see yourself with, you should not give up. At least that's what we decided.

We also decided that we are romantic cynics. We love being in love, but hate it at the same time. We allow ourselves to see futures with the people we date, but hate when we let ourselves see these futures. Additionally, we are in the same boat regarding the seriousness of relationships at our age. We both want to have fun, good sex and good times; we want to just chill out and have a good time with a person we feel could be a part of our futures.