When the courtship stops

Why do some men think that when they already have the girl inside a committed relationship the conquest is already over?

Contrary to how they think, women believe that the quest is just beginning.

I think these men (I'm not referring to all of them, mind you) should be placed into some sort of training school where socialization with women is not bound by double-standards and machismo.

I believe that courtship should never end. The wooing never stops. I think I am a valid resource person for this since I have also wooed both men and women in my life. And I never stopped doing so even after they have agreed to enter in a relationship with me.

A man doesn't need to promise me the moon and the stars. I don't even need the vow of eternity as I have issues if forever truly exists.

All I want is constant reinforcement and fine-tuning of relationship, the loathing of complacency and mediocrity.

I thirst the constant intellectual and emotional challenge. I believe in the meeting of the mind, body and soul.

I don't need bouquets of flowers. Flowers, when plucked, are already dead.

But I dread the day when the relationship slides into insipidness and monotony.

Is this too much to ask?

If it is then I might as well convince myself that I would eventually end up a spinster. But I'd rather be one than settle for something less than I deserve.

Habit-forming

Okay, fine!

I will let it out of my chest.

After two weeks I am still affected.

Damn it.

I can't get rid of her.

She's just like a nasty habit that I have to kick out of my system.

What we are fighting for

As I talked to friends over the weekend, I realized that we are all waging the same battles. We are faced with almost the same issues: maintenance of romantic relationships or trying to get one, jumpstarting careers, payment of credit card debts and other growing mortgages.

I received an angst-ridden text message from a friend over lunch, asking for job vacancies. This friend threatens to leave the company if they're not given the year-end bonus they truly deserve.

What are we all fighting for? The bottomline is simple.

We all want quality of life.