Why isn’t friendship enough?
The famous Greek mythology says that humans were initially created with four arms, four legs, and two heads. Zeus, being the insecure God, feared their power and split them in half. He condemned humans to toil through their life in search of their other half. That way they would never be so powerful.
Who defined that the other half we search for should only be the romantic and sexual interest? And why is it being defined that way?
Practically speaking you can’t have sex with your own body. That is just crazy!
Jokes apart, years after years, days after days, we run and jump and crave to find that intimacy. Find that someone to have sex with? Is that the pen ultimate purpose to life? Maybe, Freud was right after all!
Let me be clear. I’m not against romantic relationships. I’m that guy next door who is searching for a romantic partner, day in and day out. I feel it is necessary to sustain life and be balanced.
But, I don’t believe that it should be your romantic partner who is ultimately your lost pair of arms, legs and head! Why the constrain and pressure?
Romantic relationships are unique in their own ways. There is no reason whatsoever that one’s romantic partner should be related with every aspect of one’s life.
Remember the quote from ‘Little Life’ by Hanya Yanagihara?
“Why wasn’t friendship as good as a relationship? Why wasn’t it even better? It was two people who remained together, day after day, bound not by sex or physical attraction or money or children or property, but only by the shared agreement to keep going, the mutual dedication to a union that could never be codified.”
Why isn’t friendship enough?
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