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You owe nobody forever; date for fun, not marriage

It is time we normalised casual relationships, more like contractual agreements, rather than tying ourselves to each other forever. Times have changed, and more and more relationships have totally refused to work our way. So why would someone be lonely for days on end, for years in the name of waiting for a forever partner when they can casually date for fun and social status, for sex and other benefits as they juggle to see if it can last or not? 

Happily ever after isn’t a joke! Let’s have people in our lives when we want to, and when the time comes that one feels they’ve had enough of their person, they can drop them and pick on the next available one that makes them tick. Whenever, wherever. I know moral cops will yawn as they read this, but, don’t we all agree that there comes a time when relationships and marriages become more like prisons, and could easily break into small pieces? 

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