How My Life Is Today...

I've been reading about relationships in some popular magazines lately (Article links here.).

Each of these articles, in their own right, has given me some food for thought about my own relationship and for those around me I care about.

Through these articles I have come across some interesting tidbits of information and some exercises in communication and appreciation I am going to try with my SO.

We have been together for many, many years now (16, as of Nov 11), married 14 of them.  I am the first to respect we each had a huge amount of growing up to do before we were able to come together as a couple and as for a mature couple...I'll let you know when that happens.

Perhaps, the one common thread running through each of these articles was the reasonable amount of respect and commitment we should be devoting to someone we have made the conscious decision to be with; the one person we wish to commit ourselves to.

I wish the things i have/had planned for my life were all successes, but though they may/are not successes I will not let disappointment stand in my way.  Nor will I allow another's opinion of my choices alter my path without my consent.