Relationships are the most interesting combinations of humans getting together. Whether is is a twosome; a pack of people, a team, a club in the end it is the following. It is about a group of people who have come together to interact and have opted to set some relationships.
Up to the 60's the tradition was two people in a marriage. The baby boomers blew that up by using their voices to explore different kinds of relationships in the full power of who they were. This meant what they were doing might fit the norm or be so far out there that many people didn't understand.
This blog is the result of a most amazing meal my wife prepared for our Sunday dinner with homemade apple sauce, baked apples, sweet and sour chicken over a bed of jasmine rice with tiny pieces of carrots and asparagus. It ended up with us talking about meals. We have a flow around our meals and the preparation. Many times our hunger and eating patterns don't match so both of us will forage in the kitchen and prepare meals for ourselves. Then we have the Sunday where Rachel prepares the beautiful meal. Other times I will prepare a meal from front to end. One of the things I love to bake is things for dinner.
This however got me thinking about things in a relationship. Someone once came to me and said my partner and I do this weird thing in our relationship. I asked them a few questions. Are you OK with the weird things? Is your partner OK with the item?
Last question is does it hurt anyone? Relationship is whatever two people decide it is. Mickey Spillane was a blue-collar detective writer of mysteries. He lived life to the absolute fullest and his hard-living, hard-drinking fictional detective was not too far from Mickey himself.
I saw an interview of Spillane and his wife who had been a nightclub singer. They were on the Johnny Carson show. Johnny brought up the fact that Mickey lived in New York and Sheri lived in Los Angeles. Johnny asked how could that work? Mickey replied, "Because we both decided it does. We get together once a year in the center of the country and it's a wonderful honeymoon celebrating the marriage.
We also have friends who are married and live in separate houses. They have determined what works for the relationship and are doing it their way.
I love a traditional relationship. The moment Rachel and I found each other I realized that I was the luckiest guy on the planet I wanted us to be together in one location and married. There's lots of stories around that but since then we do relationship as we view it.
So all across the world spirit has brought people and groups together. There is a spiritual purpose in the coming together that in the end will bring wondrous lessons and growth. But we don't have to figure it all out; all we have to do is experience it. I'm having such a good time...........
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