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Originally posted by Averett
Yeah, but would she dump you over it?
Maybe I'm too old fashioned. But when I'm dating somebody, then they are the ONLY person I want to be with. I never have the thought of "trading up". Jesus, do most people think this? Why bother being in a relationship if you've got it in the back of your mind that you might be able to do better?
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I don't think this is quite true. When you're dating someone, they are the only person you want to be with,
right then. If someone better came along, what would you think? Would you deliberately avoid them because you might develop feelings for this better person? Really?
Even if you did develop feelings for the other person, you still have a choice of whether to pursue it or not. Despite what you have heard in the movies, things don't "just happen." Things happen because you make them happen. It's that simple.
Much of your argument is just rhetoric (which I regret hearing from you). Why bother being in a relationship? Well, just because you might find someone better, later, doesn't mean you don't enjoy being intimate with the person you're with, right? This is just common sense and nothing about it is a part of fashion.
A romantic relationship, despite how long it has lasted, is not a marriage. In my opinion, marriage isn't taken seriously enough by society, so perhaps it's meaning has been diluted, but that's what I think you're thinking of,
Averett...