dramatique

so i know i've written about this before, but i've been thinking about it a lot recently, because certain events have prompted me to be really introspective. that sounds way dramatique, and it's not really all that intense, but i have been doing a lot of pondering. also, this is not a reaction to anything anyone has explicitly said or done to me - it's just all part of a wonderful drama i have created in my own brain.

i refuse to believe that when you're in a relationship, you need to end all your friendships with people of the opposite sex. i've heard from a lot of people that when you have a significant other, that person is supposed to fill every void and become your sole contact with that gender and you're supposed to be ok with this. however, i don't really think it's all that possible for one person to satisfy every faucet of my being. i'm not talking sexual satisfication here - i'm a firm believer in monogamy in romantic relationships, and think that cheating is disgusting. what i mean is that i don't think i can get the same social support from one person that i get from the many guy friends i've collected over the years. plus, i love them and i'm not gonna give them up.

i'm going to read this the next time i have a fat crisis of conscience about the way i handle certain situations.

p.s. it's hilarious that i'm creating all this nonsense about twenty minutes after i bragged to steve about how "drama-free" my life is now. incidentally, steve is one of the people i don't want to have to lose.