While I do not begrudge other people’s right to choose “it’s complicated”, I have several questions about it. I would never have used it until couple months ago when Facebook required detailed information about your relationship status.
Legal documents only have these relationship status options:
Married
Single (Never Married)
Widow
Divorced
Separated
While online social networking community like Friendster and Facebook have these in addition:
In a Relationship
In an Open Relationship
Engaged
Domestic Partner
It’s complicated
I have no idea what is “In an Open Relationship” but I have a vague idea of an “It’s Complicated”, and if they are trying to invent more relationship status, they should include long distance relationship in there too.
I long for the days when it was easy to define one’s life. If you are not with somebody, automatically you’re single. If you’re with someone, you’re either in a relationship of married.
My generation has come up with so many neither here nor there concepts like MU (mutual understanding, close to friends with benefits?); dating friends; meantime girl or boy and a whole lot of things that escapes me at the moment.
Isn’t this world confused enough without these “innovations”? Isn’t it time to bite the bullet and stop playing games? Why does it have to be so complicated?
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Earth,
Do you know that Janno Gibbs and his wife Bing is in an open relationship.
I think it means they’re together but they’re open to dating or seeing other people.
weird, huh?
It’s like inviting disaster.
Tony I am glad you found that happy and simple relationship with your Filipina wife 🙂 You too look great 🙂 I enjoy your blogs especially hers and her Filipino foods 🙂
Well said, it is complicated enough without adding more complications. I used to be in one of those complicated relationships, but now I’m happy to be in something very simple, but loving and something special.
No you are not old fashion Mike, that’s the way it suppose to be.
It should be very simple, Single or taken. Maybe I’m just Old fashioned.