Polls: Relationships

I have procrastinated on ending a relationship simply because I didn’t want to lose the dog. The relationship was no longer working but held off on breaking it off out of fear that I would never get the chance to see the dog ever again. Have you ever forced yourself to stay in a relationship for a similar reason? Or have you at least stayed for reasons other than love even though you were clearly unhappy?

Some people have very appealing personalities and are able to attract others to them like moths to a flame, while others tend to draw people away from them... Which are you?

Which would you rather be?

Wanted? Or Needed? Why?

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If a friend or relative invited you to a commitment ceremony (not an actual wedding) would you come or not?

The reason I've asked if because my parents were invited to a relative's commitment ceremony recently. It was a private invitation with just them and their close friends that knows about their situation. The woman is disabled and gets benefits from that. If they get married, they'll remove her from those benefits so her boyfriend is trying to work harder to get promoted so he can add her to his policy, they'll get married afterwards, she'll continue getting benefits through his insurance and they can file taxes together. They have no kids but would like to adopt.

Due to the specific nature of the case, my parents are coming to the invitation. However, if it were done for the simply reason of hating marriage or the typical ''I want marriage and he just wants a commitment ceremony'' and no one is struggling financially nor suffering anything, other than refusing to married, then nope. In that case, my parents wouldn't be driving 2 hours away, excusing themselves from work and go out of their way for a ceremony that's not an actual wedding. I think he same too. It depends on why. I'm not missing school for nothing.

I don't. I think we are potentially compatible with any number of people, and are limited by logistics. Once we decide, that person becomes our "soul mate".

I think the concept of soul mates is a romanticized Hollywood myth and can lead to infidelity and a tendency to second-guess when things get tough. After all, if things aren't perfect, what if we made a mistake?

I think that the odds of finding a "soul mate" out of 8 billion people, and that "soul mate" being in proximity to us, is highly unlikely. I think it's even more unlikely that most people who marry would find their soul mate with those odds. What do you think?