Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Starting The Year Right - Romance Time

While few of us are fortunate enough to have the opportunity to form the elusive twin couple, there remains hope for meaningful intimate relationships for any who want it.  

Perhaps you're single and wishing you weren't, or you're in a relationship that is sapping your life away.  For reasons we can't delve into in this time, many of us end up stagnating in circumstances that if we were honest with ourselves, we'd rather change.  Yet, as with other areas we've considered over the last few days we stay the course without even necessarily taking the time to think about whether we're acting in a way that's ______ with our _______.  (You should be able to fill those in by now!  if not, they're "consistent" and "values" respectively).  If you got it, well done!

So, the following questions apply to everyone, regardless of what it says on your facebook relationship status.  If you're single and relationship is important, perhaps it's time to start being intentional about changing your situation.  I've added yet another question at the end of this post, bringing our total up to 5.  Deal with it.

1.  Is intimate relationship important to me? (0 - not important, 1 - moderately, 2 - very)
2.  Am I satisfied with my current state? (0 - not satisfied, 1 - moderately, 2 - very)
3.  If you answered moderately or very important for the first one, let's set some intentions.  Here are some questions to get you going.  What kind of partner would I most like to be within an intimate relationship? What type of marital or couple relationship would I like to have? How do I want to treat my partner?
4.  What are some obstacles to realizing these intentions?
5.  Are those guys wearing chaps or are their jeans just that amazing?

Warm regards,

B

2 comments:

  1. ps. if the couples featured in the photo were to have children, any guesses what they'd be called? Answer: Double cousins!

    I turned to wikipedia for this mind-bender:

    "When identical twins reproduce with another set of identical twins (sometimes called quaternary marriage), the resulting children are likewise genetically indistinguishable from full siblings, although they are genealogically double first cousins."

    Turns out double cousin marriage is illegal in North Carolina FYI.

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  2. Amazing twin trivia. Slot this in for my daily "you learn something new everyday" quota. :-)

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