Passion, Committment, Intimacy

Submitted by Straight_Talk_Luigi (United States), Dec 4, 2008 at 20:31

Surely Luigi you still have some passion left to give someone in your life? Living ond loving is not all doom and gloom but this site only allows discussion on the sad side of interracial relationships. Those that respond with stories of happiness and satisfaction in their relationships are always warned of dire consequences and condemned.

Only if it's you, though, right? As I said, I do not condemn anyone.

The reason why this site focuses more on sad stories are because

1) The internet, in general as a communicative media, has become a haven for people who feel alienated

2) Most websites have much more negativity that positive discussion as a result. As for me, I just call it like I see it.

3 People who are in normal, stable relationships do not need to justify, discuss or write Luigi long essays about it. The internet does and should mean nothing to them.

My passion...ah! yes, I actually was seeing someone very briefly, and that was all passion. I knew she was messing around on-line behind my back, just not in the way I had thought. I guess you cannot really call it cheating since we were not official, but she was misleading me as the very least. I dropped her hints left and right that people who do that ALWAYS get caught, but it fell on deaf ears.Then the quick I love you came and the promises of never doing anything to hurt me. Naturally, after she said that, she broke it off with me the next day and three days later, got back together with her ex-fiance.

Please give credit where credit is due. My relationship is a happy and fulfilling one and it suits both me and my man - so how can you question its validity and more importantly - my passion?

Actually, I would not question your passion. If anything, passion is what gets people into trouble. A stable relationship, Isis, requires passion, commitment and intimacy.

And if this is so great for the both of you, why do you need my stamp of approval?

I knew my Egyptian man for 12 mths before we formed a relationship. I did not meet him on the internet nor in a holiday resort and it suits me to be in my country and him to be in his. We have business interests that span the two countries and it is working out very well and we are both able to travel frequently. Again, distance is NOT a barrier to my relationship as it may be to others.

Interesting that you've waited until now to tell me. What is that? Your trump card? My posts about the distance are clearly related to communication. However, if you are in a stationary relationship that is not going anywhere, well, there are less concerns then.

I would not be surprised if he was seeing someone else while in Egypt, though. That sort of thing is common in distance relationships. Hope that is not the case, but you never know. It's hard to see that too when passion gets in the way.

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