The Disposable Relationship

What did you have for dinner last night? If you were like millions of other North Americans you had takeout food of some sort either from McDonalds, KFC, Pizza Hut or other fast food restaurant. Who has time to cook? Its quick, easy and painless now isn't it?

How about the way to transport yourself around town, what do you use? You probably have a car to get you from place to place and you exchange it every five years for a newer model. Of course the television, computer and microwave that went on the fritz the last six months needed replacing also. Hell, it costs more to repair than buy new these days and who has the time to drive to the repair shop and explain to the technician what is wrong with it?

It seems that everything in our lives these days is disposable. Things don't last very long in this fast paced world of ours. With technology moving ahead at a blistering pace who has time to even pay attention to detail? Remember that cell phone you owned last month? You replaced it because it didn't have a built in digital camera and mp3 player. The shelf life of so many products is now measured in months rather than years, goods become obsolete before being fully used. It is a brave new world!

But have we gone too far? It is one thing to consume and toss away electronics, food, clothing and other consumer goods at such an alarming pace, but have we let that psychology enter our personal lives. Do we look at boyfriends and girlfriends, husbands and wives in the same way we do Ipods and portable DVD players?

Does it not seem to you that relationships have become as disposable as a Bic lighter? When you speak to a classmate has the norm become which parent do you live with rather than where do you live with your parents? Are you on your second or third marriage or have you given up since the first one tanked? Are you raising more than one man's child? Are you wondering what the hell happened in the first place? With men raising other men's children and leaving kids at home with one girlfriend to pick up others from an ex wife it seems the whole of society has a screw loose don't you think?

Are you guilty of leaving a relationship because it was easier to go than it was to stay? Did that woman down the hall, you know the one that always had an ear for you after fights with your wife over money or child-rearing, give you an easy out? Did that guy who told you you were beautiful with those baby blue eyes and tight ass seem a lot easier to take than your husband who demanded more from you than just a romp in the hay?

Adult Relationship - Page 2

Article by:
The Ignorant Intellectual

Back To Exposure Online Magazine