Feb. 16th, 2003
- 12:39 AM
Can stability and passion coexist in a relationship? (Really co-exist - not go through cycles between them)
If so, why is it so damned hard to find?
Discuss.
If so, why is it so damned hard to find?
Discuss.
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On the other hand, maybe it's not possible to find stability ever anyways, and passion is the way to go. ;)
Then again, my personal mantra for calming myself is "the only peace I'll ever know is the eye of the hurricane", so I'm really not a good one to ask about stability.
Come home from work late, because you just had to get something done. SO is home and missed you. You walk in the door and manage to say, "Hi, I'm home, sorry" before you are enveloped in a large hug, complete with protestations of how much you were missed, which leads into *ahem* other things. Compare this with your normal returning-home routine, which is a) walk in door b) get greeted by SO with a "Hi, how ya doing" from the other room c) drop off coat and stuff and d) collapse in chair to discuss dinner.
Part of passion is the surprise in it - the newness. This is often the problem with relationships, because you get used to other people. Part of passion is the fact that it does not just happen, and it's a two-way street. You can initiate it, so can the other person(s). And sometimes there isn't time for passion, and stability is reasurring.
I treasure the time I have passion in my life, because it highlights when I don't, but things are reasurringly the same. I don't need "drama" from my passion, but I do need to know that I'm loved. Sometimes when I ask