Promise me this...

Maybe it’s just me, but promises are a big deal. A promise according to the dictionary is a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one. If you are going to make a promise that means that it is something of importance and value to you. So why do people break promises? I understand that a drunken promise may not hold much value but sober ones definitely do. If you ask me you shouldn’t make a promise if you don’t have the intention of keeping. Or if you can’t keep it there should a good reason for it. If you take the time and effort to make the promise have the decency to follow through and be good on your word. Remember when we were younger our parents promised that they’d take us to Chuck E. Cheese and then they didn’t and how upset we were. I feel that same way when a friend breaks a promise to me now. I don’t make promises that I can’t keep so I expect the same of those around me… is that too much to ask? All I'm asking is that you follow through with a promise you are making or if you can't don't make it.

Are all friendships meant to be forever?

Losing touch with friends seems to be a part of life, its not like we are still best friends with people we knew in first grade. I’m sure some of you are, but we become friends with people in life and then people move, we grow apart or we just lose contact. In either case why is it more difficult to get out of a bad friendship than a bad relationship? If you are in a bad relationship your friends will be the first to say you need to dump him/her and you can do so much better. But when you are in a bad friendship that is no longer beneficial to either party where are your friends to tell you that you can do better and that he/she has changed and you are better without them? Do we hold our friends at a higher standard than our significant others? Friendships are a type of a relationship so why should it be any different? As strange as it may sound, I definitely have some friendships from my past that were good while they lasted but I no longer talk to them or confide in them. It’s somewhat refreshing in the sense that you are not longer putting for the effort into something that isn’t growing. Much like a relationship all friendships can’t last forever, right?

Enough with the PDA

Is it me or are more and more people partaking in PDA now that its getting warmer out or am I just noticing it more? I'm talking about Public Displays of Affection not to be mistaken with Personal Digital Assitants. It seems that everywhere I go I see people making out and all over each other. Is it really necessary? I understand that you are in love and I’m happy for you, but do you really need to force the rest of the world to see it? If we wanted to see people hooking up you can watch tv, a movie or porn for that matter. Can’t the privacy of your own home be enough space for you to display affection? I understand that you may want to hold hands or give a little kiss in public, but anything beyond that is just creating a public show. Having to show everyone how much in love you are through PDA must say something about your relationship, almost as if you are trying to justify it. So the next time you are thinking about being all over your significant other think who's watching...