Particularly this morning because the kids did not have school and I was free from making lunches, pouring bowls of cereal and getting them out the door.
But I know how shitty I would feel if I didn't, and so, I laced up my shoes and headed to the gym to run.
Undergoing my usual locker room routine...
- Deodorant on pits
- Pit stop into the bathroom
- Garmin on start
- Headphones cued to play list
"I'm done. What am I really getting out of it anyway? He's inconsistent and expects me to pick up the pieces. He's just selfish. Yep, love's no longer enough. "
It was the cute gym girl on the phone talking, I'm assuming, to her bestie. Her last line before I grabbed my water bottle and vacated the premises stuck with me.
When is love no longer enough?
In almost everything else in life, if you just put in consistent, focused, and diligent effort, you will reap the rewards of success.
Relationships are a completely different animal.
In her case, she may have been putting in her share only to be met, day in and day out, by someone who didn't sign up for the same deal.
And so, different than the unconditional love that a parent feels for their child and by unconditional, I mean, children can shit on you selfishly over and over again and love will always be enough....it's just not the same arrangement in romantic love.
You've got to want to be there for the other. It's absolutely like a friendship. Consistency, care, follow through, loyalty, availability, interest, and love. Once that foundation is established, well then all of the good physical intimacy is just icing on the cake.
But until then, the words "I love you, " only go so far. And apparently for her, not the distance.
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