I am now 10 months into the longest relationship I’ve ever been in. Why did I point out that it is the longest? I guess I just need to hear myself say it, as if it validates an area of my life that I have not really committed to up till now.
This is my first committed long-term relationship, and I’m really amazed at how much my life has changed since I began this relationship… actually, since even before it started. Before I approached my girlfriend to ask her out on a date or anything, I spent a month or more meditating on what my intention was in entering into this relationship. Would it be like all my past relationships… just a fun fling, only lasting until I got bored, or would I allow it to evolve into something deeper and more meaningful?
I decided that it was finally time for me to “grow up”.