"Maybe some women aren't meant to be tamed. Maybe they need to run free until they find someone just as wild to run with. "
- Carrie Bradshaw
As I just finished watching my third episode of sex in the city, in the past 2 hours, i couldn't help but realize how true this quote is. Thousands of couples break up because things get too "complicated". Some guys just like "simple" girls. Making things easy, approachable, and most of all, non-challenging. Why is this? Are the guys of our generation too pathetic, too stupid to even understand the concept of "dating for marriage"? Why is it that the ladies in all generations understand that idea? If we date for marriage, or in other terms, we keep dating to find the perfect person to be with, then why do so many couples become partners, even if both of them know that it will never last? Why is it that this, easiness of knowing something won't last forever, make it okay to do? And when people do find someone just as wild to run with, they give up, because things get so challenging? Do we ever really actually get what we deserve? Or, do we choose the love we think we deserve?
It just occurred to me how I've been dealing with my relationship. So many times I've wanted to give up because things got so challenging, so complicated. Other times it was because of jealousy, or the fact that serious relationships shouldn't even be thought about until after the age of 25 (I mean, the standards just keep getting older and older as the years go by). There are times when I feel I shouldn't be in a relationship because we are so young, and all the other teenage young adults are out freak dancing everyone they see, getting belligerently drunk to the point where they can't see, and making it seem like an outstanding amount of fun that others see. But I guess I realized that, no matter how old you are, or how challenging it is, or how jealous you get, despite all the hardships and bullshit, things can work.
I guess I overlooked the fact that my relationship, although challenging and crazy and complicated, is soothing and peaceful and amazing all at the same time. I mean, what's worth it if you don't work for it? Isn't that why a diamond's status is so remarkably high? Because diamonds take forever to form, but a diamond forever lasts. Isn't that why you reward yourself, or you become proud of yourself or someone else? Because they've worked so hard to reach a standard? Or even the fact that you would rather work than sit around and wait to win the lottery. Apparently, our standard does not have to aim to be perfection. We should just aim for compatibility; having someone being harmonious, agreeable, and in perfect sync with you. Wouldn't that be the ideal form of a relationship? Knowing me, I can't be tamed, but, I finally found someone just as wild as me to run with, and despite the conflicts, that makes it okay.
Love, Kriz Anya