Intimate relationship

Trust is highly valued in our society today and affects all different ages. Trust is crucial in every relationship whether it is a friendship, romantic or family relationship: “If you cannot trust in anything, life becomes intolerable—a constant battle against paranoia and looming disaster”(Savage). Trust is the reason for most of the problems in our lives now a day. The formal definition of trust is the firm belief in the integrity, ability, or character of a person or thing; confidence or…

Love, according to Webster, is “a strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties.”. For some, this definition of love expresses the way people develop a mutual understanding of one another to attain a level many are unable to reach. Others may believe love can happen by the chance of a glimpse and bind them together by that unknown force without any preceding knowledge of the person. In The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, the “Knight's Tale” shows that love is greater…

Dating the “Right Way” is an endeavor that we should all aim to do. Many of you may ask, “What is dating the right way exactly? Well, what I mean is, getting out of this mindset where we believe that, “I think someone is super attractive, why shouldn’t I just go for it”! This my friend, is one of the common misconceptions of dating in our current society. Dating is an interaction between two individuals who share an interest in one another. In dating, each person gets to know the other through a…

Love is something we feel towards another person and makes us feel content within our lives. Everyone needs to feel loved and give love to others. Love is a feeling that is deeply felt for another person. Love makes people feel happy because they are being shown that they are cared for. Love can be felt between two or more people whether it is towards your family or your spouse. Love is understanding and un-conditional. Being able to put yourself in the other person’s shoes and understand…

Have you ever noticed how some individuals seem to have an invisible aura that surrounds them and makes them irresistible? People want to be around them, do business with them, and even start romantic relationships with them. Invisible magnetic forces seem to give these certain individuals advantages in life. When this power has been developed properly the very presence of these magnetic people can have a calming and relaxing effect on others. There is no denying the fact that personal magnetism…

In Yona Wallach’s poem “Let Them Come” found on page sixty-six from the Collected Poems (1976), Wallach entices her readers with a poem about a woman who is having her last moments but wants her mourners to come and serve her. “Let them come and bring me foods,” this first line implies that she wants someone to serve her the last meal she will eat. The diction used and phrasing techniques lead the reader to believe that she is of importance. Specifically “let them come” as in she was okaying…

Technology is gradually altering personal relationships, specifically having a huge impact on romantic relationships. Currently, dating someone could be limited to simply texting or FaceTiming that person, and having minimal to no personal or physical relationship with that person. Romantic relations take up several new forms and definitions as society’s availability to various technology devices increases. According to Hare, technology is getting in the way of real romance. The movie Her, a…

stress every day, they are able to support me on the days that I am experiencing the stress more significantly. Also along the lines of life transition stress that I experience, my roommates offer both companionship and informational support. The relationship that I have with these two girls is extensive considering we have lived together for the last three years, meaning our level of comfort with each other is high. They know me well and are able to provide me with necessary companionship when…

A relationship between any two people can have very different meanings. In a father to child relationship, there is a deep and complicated love. A relationship between a father and child has a special bond because of the love and affection for one another. Fathers are the foundation to a structured family. However, there are times when a relationship turns unhealthy or bad because there is no understanding, a lack of communication, and a feeling of distance. In “Those Winter Sundays,” by Robert…

Meaning that each love has its own unique relationship because each individual person has different things to offer to the one they love. This article also allows me to explore my question on love, if there shouldn’t be any “putting yourself first” in a relationship and the wrongness of it. This article makes a statement that in a relationship there shouldn’t be any of that, “such a possibility does not include illusions of self-importance or compulsive anxiety management or dependence. The less…