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English composition 1
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Definition Essay
Love
What is the meaning of a real relationship? My opinion of a real relationship is not defined by the gender of your companion or the status you are calling each other. You don't have to be someone's boyfriend or someone's girlfriend to be in a relationship. According to the Collins English Dictionary a relationship is ``the mutual dealings, connections, or feelings that exist between two parties, countries, people, etc.'' Therefore, just because you are not technically ``dating'' the other person, that does not mean you're not in a relationship with them. As long as you care, respect, and accept that other ...
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ready to call it dating even though we called each other baby, babe, hun, etc. and we truly loved each other. Just because we didn't want to call it dating does not mean we weren't in as much as a relationship as any other couple.
Therefore, it's not a requirement to have the world know that you're in a relationship, and that's fine but I will warn you, being in a relationship takes hard work and commitment regardless of your public relationship status. In my opinion, these are the top guidelines to being in any relationship:
Love is commitment. To love means to commit oneself without guarantee, to give oneself completely in the hope that our love will produce love in the loved person. Commitment can be called the backbone or building block of love. In other words, commitment is needed in order to build a stable and trusting relationship. Without commitment, love would not be able to grow and flourish. It can be extremely demanding on someone who isn't ready or sure ...
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can be applied to "normal, everyday" person to person relationships as well. In a marriage, you have faith that your partner will be monogamous and supporting. Of course, when referring to a friendship, family member or coworker one must also have faith that the loved one will be honest and forthright with you. There are so many levels to faith that we should not forget or ignore them. It takes a great deal of faith to have a good relationship with another person.
Love is selfishness. You must put your partners' needs before your own. It's your job to care for them and show them you're not selfish and greedy (ex: share, ask how their day was, be helpful, show kindness, ...
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