I’m tired of seeing all of these unrealistic relationship standards on social media. “The best thing about this life is that I met you” “Me begging my girlfriend to send me pictures of her because she’s just so perfect”
I’ve never met anyone perfect. There’s always something you fantasise being different in a person. What if she was a little more adventurous? What if she was less neurotic? What if she had bigger tits?
That doesn’t mean she’s not beautiful or a wonderful person, there’s always some kind of beauty. But I’ve never met anyone I felt I could love for eternity. And sure, maybe I just haven’t met them. But it’s equally likely they don’t exist. So does that mean there’s something wrong with me? Or is there something wrong with our expectation of love?
Societal values, especially when encompassing feelings and the way we express them have never made sense to me, it’s extremely arbitrary and empty.
I think there’s always a reason why social norms and expectations exist but I don’t think they always serve us. I think we’ve gotten to a place in humanity where we can slowly evolve towards letting them go, so we can actually connect as real people