The Dynamic of Relationships has really Changed

So I was randomly thinking this long weekend.... have things changed that much in society and in particular in regards to relationships. I've been looking around at the way people communicate and deal with relationships and believe me I'm no expert on this, just have been making general observations. Lets put it this way I'm a 29 year old bachelor....

My parents on the other hand.... by the time they were my age had a house (that they could buy at an affordable price, peanuts compared to now), had two kids (I wasn't on the planet quite yet), and they met at a street parade - Caribana. Now here is where it starts getting interesting... they didn't have cell phones, the Internet, email or the insane expectations that we have of ourselves today.

I've been finding that all of this technology/modern thinking has really changed the scope of relationships. Think about this, it is so easy to blow people off by text, messaging, email there is really no need for person to person communication. And some of the time it is possible that you misinterpret what the other person is saying b/c you don't know the tone or context they are texting/emailing it, so you get annoyed and just blow that person off anyways. It is almost like eliminating the emotion out of all of your communication- you surely don't need to meet to break up any longer.

And how about online dating you say??? Well you or the other person could be married, in a relationship, dating 20 people or be hiding several different things that would normally be deal breakers. and that is just the good stuff.

and then we get to the superficiality of it.... Thanks to a 20 year economic boom ... we have become accustomed to thinking we are entitled to everything. And the frame of mind is that I'm entitled to "this" and I don't need to give anything or put any effort out to get it. Regular dates have become high pressure/expectation situations. I don't know the stats but I wonder how much higher the divorce rate is now then it was in those times, it's sad.

Don't get me wrong here, I really believe there are good people out there but this ballgame has changed. Don't bring a sword to a machine gun fight. There are many people that are happy out there, and they are definitely lucky. There are many people out there that won't settle until they find happiness and then there are those that need to need to make sure they DON'T BRING CRAZY TO THE ASYLUM.

There is like some hidden code where nobody mentions this kind of stuff in public, but apparently I grew a set during the winter.

I must say the best part of being a bachelor... is being able to write about this kind of stuff and not caring what anyone thinks about it. Have a great week! http://wordonthestreetto.blogspot.com/