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Committed relationships
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Lightkeeper
Well-Known Member
I think we have to define committed relationship. I don't think a relationship without marriage is committed. You may have decided not to date anyone else, but that is not truly committed. The attributes of a committed relationship is a safer place in which the two people can grow and blossom as a couple and as individuals and to develop a deeper love for each other.
civilcynic
Member
I think marriage is more of what society requires to define a committment. I beleive that two people can be committed to each other without a piece of paper.
Attributes that define a committed relationship:
-Loving/caring for each other in good times and bad
-Recognizing each others strengths and flaws and accepting them
-Supporting each other and encouraging the growth of the relationship as well as
each other's individual growth
-Honest Communication with trust, loyalty and the willingness to forgive.
Attributes that define a committed relationship:
-Loving/caring for each other in good times and bad
-Recognizing each others strengths and flaws and accepting them
-Supporting each other and encouraging the growth of the relationship as well as
each other's individual growth
-Honest Communication with trust, loyalty and the willingness to forgive.
Hope
Princesinha
A committed relationship involves committment--plain & simple!! 
And committment means sticking to each other through thick and thin, and not bailing out at the first obstacle. I personally believe that the reason divorce is on the rise is because so many have seemingly forgotten this whole concept of committment. It's not 'Till I don't feel like I'm in love w/ you anymore'--it's 'Till death do us part.' Or at least it's supposed to be. Unfortunately, 'marriage' has just become a type of social tradition, rather than something that's meant to be binding. And if that's the case--why bother getting married at all?
And committment means sticking to each other through thick and thin, and not bailing out at the first obstacle. I personally believe that the reason divorce is on the rise is because so many have seemingly forgotten this whole concept of committment. It's not 'Till I don't feel like I'm in love w/ you anymore'--it's 'Till death do us part.' Or at least it's supposed to be. Unfortunately, 'marriage' has just become a type of social tradition, rather than something that's meant to be binding. And if that's the case--why bother getting married at all?
Quoth The Raven
Half Arsed Muse
I think one of the reasons the divorce rate is so high is that there's too much emphasis put on the wedding, and once that's over and done with no-one knows how to work the marriage. People don't know how to compromise.You have people saying things like,'well, I'll put a stop to that after the wedding.' Then there are the people who seem to think a marriage certificate means you mystically become some sort of single entity. A wedding doesn't make a commitment if there isn't already one there.
My partner and I have been together for 11 years. We have 3 children, 2 dogs, a cat, a car a house and a business. We don't have a piece of paper, because quite frankly there has always been something better to spend the money on than a wedding. Do we plan to get married? Yes, when there's nothing better to spend the money on.
Tell me we don't have as much of or more of a commitment than someone who thinks a wedding is so important it requires a $10,000 bank loan, and I'll dispute that for all I'm worth.
My partner and I have been together for 11 years. We have 3 children, 2 dogs, a cat, a car a house and a business. We don't have a piece of paper, because quite frankly there has always been something better to spend the money on than a wedding. Do we plan to get married? Yes, when there's nothing better to spend the money on.
Tell me we don't have as much of or more of a commitment than someone who thinks a wedding is so important it requires a $10,000 bank loan, and I'll dispute that for all I'm worth.
A couple of my closest friends are in a committed relationship but are not legally married. All the same, they have such a healthy, loving and solid relationship going that I tend to think of them as married (in the best sense of that word "married"). One thing I've noticed that they have in abundance is mutual respect for each other. They have disagreements, but when they have disagreements, they are never contemptuous of each other. They don't belittle each other or put each other down. And I think that's a big part of their happiness.