So, I got thinking about the name of my blog and how it relates to my previous post about relationships and the book I just finished. When I chose the name of this blog last year, I had been thinking a lot about the meaning of the phrase and what it means to me. So, here is my best explanation for you.
When someone says to me, "He/she completes me", I cringe. I honestly recoil at this statement. I can't help but wonder what they were then, without this completion of themselves. Were they perhaps just a portion of a human being? A half of a soul? Do people really believe that someone else can complete them? I was told years ago that being in a relationship or partnership with somebody meant that you kept your current self intact, and added the new person to your already existant life. This makes perfectly good sense to me! I am me, you are you. You can be added or removed from my life and I am still a complete human being, with or without you.
The most important part of the name is that, as humans we are never complete. We are always changing, evolving, growing...
Until death do us part!
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I have found that a lot of people are co-dependant on other people in their lives.
Its sad really! I wish that people could understand that being in a relationship does not mean giving up any part of yourself...
I had never thought about it that way. And it's true, the whole "soul mate", "other half", "significant other"; they always make it sound like you're missing something.
YES! Exactly! Why can we not be satisfied with who we are as individuals, then add people to our lives that enhance that as opposed to taking it away?
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