Break-up or get married?
I remember back in high school when I was dating my first love senior year. Everyone would say that we were either going to break up or get married. I remember it so vividly because it became a serious source of anxiety for me. After graduation, we didn’t break up or get married. We kept dating. Yes, that’s right. Door number 3 ..that nobody bothered to mention. I don’t know how I let people work me into a frenzy about stuff that was going to happen in the future!
I can see that little has changed though. I have noticed a couple of friends who have been dating a little over two years and already the chatter circling around dropping the “break up or get married” hints. I don’t think things are that simple. Maybe I’m being naive. We talked long-term potential yesterday, but should you know by the second year of dating if the person is right for you?
Does it always come down to breaking up or getting married? What’s behind door number 3?
What do you think is a realistic and reasonable time frame to determine if there is a future?
Do you think it’s a bad sign if there is no “future” talk in a relationship after you have been exclusively dating?
By Wise Diva, Misadventures in Atlanta Dating Blog
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263 comments Add your comment
SlimNumeroUno
January 25th, 2011
4:17 pm
I wouldn’t mind seing Alvin Ailey but I really can’t see dude wanting to go either.
Leggs
January 25th, 2011
4:18 pm
So you can go “Argh” either to yourself or over the computer. Either way, I figured you’d same something like that.
AmazonRed™
January 25th, 2011
4:18 pm
@Slim – Yeah, I just go with my homegirls now.
I’ll never forget asking him what he thought about the show
His answer… “It was just so….gay….”
AmazonRed™
January 25th, 2011
4:19 pm
So you can go “Argh” either to yourself or over the computer. Either way, I figured you’d same something like that.
SlimNumeroUno
January 25th, 2011
4:23 pm
Speaking of Kid n Play, I personally don’t think Kid has been aging all that well….sort of put him in the category of Whitley from Different World. (Forgot her real name)
SlimNumeroUno
January 25th, 2011
4:24 pm
“It was just so….gay….”
Ared – I almost choked on my tata chips…I can picture a manly dude saying that and shuddering at the same time like his skin crawled.
SlimNumeroUno
January 25th, 2011
4:26 pm
Re: Men in tights
Went to see the Nutcracker one year and I simply could not concentrate bc the main guy had such a ……cough cough….um….large…groin area…
I just remember sitting next to my aunt and it was the funniest thing to hear her go “Dayuuuuum” up under her breath. I think all the women in the room were a bit taken back.
Leggs
January 25th, 2011
4:27 pm
Jasmine Guy.
AmazonRed™
January 25th, 2011
4:29 pm
I can picture a manly dude saying that and shuddering at the same time like his skin crawled
That’s soooo how it went down. I so had tears of laughter. Had to love him a lil bit more for sacrificing his time and money to make me happy.
SlimNumeroUno
January 25th, 2011
4:30 pm
Thanks Leggs
Had a brain fart
Leggs
January 25th, 2011
4:54 pm
“A lot of people have gone farther than they thought they could because someone else thought they could.” ~ Zig Ziglar
ENJOY LIFE!
Leggs
January 25th, 2011
4:54 pm
And, Good night!
SlimNumeroUno
January 25th, 2011
4:57 pm
Nitey Nite