Settling

The other day my best friend said something that almost slapped me in the face. Literally. She looked at me and said "Relationships are no longer about love. It’s about finding someone you respect enough to commit to for the rest of your life". Now first I couldn’t believe what I was hearing until I started to think back on the many relationships I’ve seen within the last couple of months. I quickly came to the realization that she somehow had a point. I suddenly began to recall several other instances where many other of my... well, we’ll call them friends for now, have had the same mindset. The mindset that looking for love is a waste of time. So many of us are just settling.

Settling though? REALLY?! Is that honestly the move for 2020? Although I‘m far from being an advocate for true love, the little girl in me still wants to believe that a Prince Charming is going to sweep us off our feet. A part of me still wants to believe that one day we’ll all get to find our "happily ever after” without turning a blind eye to all the things we rightfully deserve, and I’m not just speaking to the women. Men deserve to be loved too. They deserve to be mended. They deserve to be with someone who shows them the very same love they give out. The very same love they got from their mothers. I’d just hate to believe that our generation is missing out on the love God promised us because we’re all so focused on time and circumstance. I’d hate to miss out on such a gift because I decided to “settle”.