Sometimes I just don’t like people. I just don’t. A lot of times it’s because sometimes things come out of their mouths that are so…………..mindboggling.

One of the blogs I follow through my handy dandy google reader is Lost in Brook Lynne. I love to read blogs by people who engage me, make me think without trying to sound smart or deep or introspective by spouting off things no one else understands. I recently found Brook and enjoy her posts and perspective. So, in her most recent post, entitled “I beg your pardon?” and I kinda have to agree. Really? Really.

She writes:

“I doubt that fidelity is absolutely essential for a relationship. … Neither Brad nor I have ever claimed that living together means being chained together. We make sure that we never restrict each other.” -Angelina Jolie.

Well, well, well. Let me find out, Miss Angelina. I won’t say if I agree or disagree, because I am not married, nor in an exclusive relationship. But, I will say, as of late, women are willing to do more and more to keep a relationship together. Including but not limited to, being more lenient with infidelity.

-blink blink-

Oh well, the quote makes it seem as though she is doing her thing too. So, in case you’re wondering how this glorious happy couple works, there you have it.

Scary, right?

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Yeah. Scary isn’t quite the word for it. So, really… I could meet a man, have his kids, even adopt some kids with him and be totally happy… all I have to do to keep up the bliss is not marry him and give him the freedom to cheat? And I get to cheat, too?

BONUS!!! SIKE.

If that’s being happy in a relationship…. Singlehood, FTMFW.

Not only scary but really disheartening. More and more I’m afraid/convinced/100percentpositive that what I want (fidelity, loyalty, love unconditionally, best friend, all that) doesn’t exist. Not when this is out there and we let people think this is how people make it work. This is how happy couples survive. This is how it’s done.

Another of my fave couples, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett are rumored to follow the same policy– open marriage. I just can’t… iCan’t. I’m a good sharer– of crayons and play dough and toys. Not of people. I’m selfish with people. Especially people I feel I could spend my life with. Everyday I am faced with something new that says, ‘sure he’ll be with you, but not just with YOU‘.

These things are getting hard to ignore.

Finderskeepers, No Takebacks, man.