I always get depressed this time of year. Although autumn is my favorite season, I’m never so anxious for it to arrive. It symbolizes the end of summer, and the possibilities to do all of those things that I wanted to do, but didn’t.
And then I’ve witnessed so many relationship problems in those around me.
Last night, which started out okay but turned out to be completely sucky, there was a young couple sitting near me. I later found out that she was 23, and he, 26. He was from Greece, and has been in the States for the last year. He intends to return home in one month. She was also Greek, but hasn’t lived there in 15 years.
It was SO obvious that she thinks he hung the moon. He, on the other hand, was nonplussed by her displays of emotion. He would play along and certainly kiss her back, but by and large, he wasn’t nearly as into her as she was into him.
I began a conversation with them, and later with her, separate of him. The first thing she told me was that he plans to move back to Greece in a month, and how he’s leaving her here. I said that it was so obvious that she was into him. As it turned out, she knew that he wasn’t as into her. She said that he doesn’t feel the same way, but that she feels so deeply for him that she’s hoping that he’ll get with the program, and eventually move back here.
Somehow I doubt that will happen.
And then, I was having a conversation with a male friend last night, who informed me that only 2 of the married people that he knows don’t cheat. WTF??? It sounds like a simple concept, but is it SO impossible to have a monogamous relationship? And by that I mean that BOTH parties have agreed to be monogamous, and are actually prepared to adhere to the rules of monogamy.
I’m going to take a poll on who cheats and who doesn’t. Anyone can feel free to leave their answer in the comments below.
