Say hello to goodbye.

For whatever reason, tonight I find myself thinking about different types of relationships and how everything that goes down between two people can easily be resumed to one thing: a power struggle. Someone has to have the last word, someone needs to be loved a little bit more, someone always ends up giving more and receiving less...

In a social situation, I find it depends on certain factors, such as gender, race, class and whatever else sociecty concocted as 'normal' and 'appropriate'. Slightly different now than it used to be, as the fight for equality in all aspects has carried on for years and has managed to achieve some great results. (See the recent progress USA made with making same sex marriage legal in a bunch of new states. And that's just one example).

Romantically, it baffles me. Of course, people in a relationship will be different, will have different characters and personalities and will want certain things individually. Things that may or may not coincide with anyone else's wishes. And that's acceptable. Who wants to date someone that just manages to stick along for the ride and has nothing going on for themselves? Not a very pretty picture. But the very fact that two people find themselves wishing to intertwine their lives in more than one way, should mean that they aspire to the same things. Sure, compromises can be made along the way. After all, we're only human and we'll all agree to disagree sometimes. But when did that turn into just one person making the compromise all the time? Why is it just one person that has to sit by the phone and wait for a sign? Why can't both people miss each other equally?

But I guess the most important question that we should ask ourselves is... In either place we find ourselves during our 'dating' life. Why do we let ourselves drawn into someone's gravity with such force that we end up completely forgetting we are our own person? And on the same accord, why would we want to string someone along if we know we don't feel as passionately as the other person?

Seems to me people need a clearer definition of what they're looking for in a relationship. People shouldn't get into one if they're not ready to give as much as someone else is offering them. If one doesn't need what someone is willing to give, walk away. Just walk away and don't look back. Better safe than sorry.