Lately, couples want to do everything together, but can’t stay committed in the end. Commitment is a word that is almost extinct, and it’s because so many people today are taking advantage of their relationship and going outside of it; they lack commitment. Whether it’s cheating, using someone, changing contact names in phone to the opposite sex, or receiving 6 second nudes on Snapchat from other people because your significant other is just not good enough: what even is commitment then? Does anyone even really know anymore?
Commitment is about keeping promises, making goals, working through issues, communication, and loving that person unconditionally without giving up and staying loyal. Being married isn’t the only way to stay committed. Heck, I see couples I went to high school with stay together, get engaged, and get married. Think of it this way: if you can’t stay committed in a relationship, how can you possibly stay committed in marriage? Relationships and commitment go hand in hand; they need to come as a package deal.
With this generation today and the path relationships have been on, commitment is nothing but a memory, or a random word we once knew. Ask yourself: are you able to stay committed? If your answer is no, you’re not ready to be in a relationship and you shouldn’t be selfish and steal someone’s happiness with someone else, just because you needed the attention. There is no relationship by itself. It is relationship and commitment. These two things need to co-exist in order to have a healthy existence with someone.
