I feel like people these days seem to believe in love less and less each day and I am struggling to understand what this is about. I've even been laughed at when friends find out I believe in the perfect person for everybody.
In class we discussed how the way you interact in relationships has everything to do with your parents and the way you were brought up. I took a personality test in which I was labelled as 'Secure'. Maybe this is why I have a positive outlook on this basic emotion; my parents are married and happy, my cousin is about to get married, etc. -Of course there are ugly sides to every family, some divorced, some fighting, but still, I see the hope in it.
After reading the NY Times article by Joel Walkowski I felt I had to write about this. He speaks a little too generally about his generation (which corresponds to mine) -saying there's no such thing as dating, no need for it and that everything is way more casual and that's much better because who wants a girlfriend anyway? The answer to this is I do. Sure, I guess he's right in saying that the way we choose to 'date' is more casual but I don't see this as conducive to lazy hook-ups and emotionless sex -I think it's just a different way to search for love and just as valid. Even Joel himself ends his essay by saying how deep down he probably is searching for that one person he can commit to.
