Omission, Displacement, or Simply Delusion?

No matter what others tell you, relationship is something between two, and only two people.

Yes—there are families, different backgrounds, cultures, religious beliefs, weird habits... all these factors can be a bitch that affects a relationship, but it is ultimately something special between two people. Others might ask you, what’s so good about this guy? Or, why are you with her? You can try all you can to explain what you like about your significant other or what’s so “good” about him/her, but your audience will never fully understand what really attracts you two together; it’s just something so abstract that is almost tacit, almost unexplainable. That unique something, is what I hold onto; not how cute or how successful he is, but that spark—that chemistry.

Around two weeks ago, I had an epiphany at 3am in the morning. I was having an argument with my boyfriend over jealousy. He tried hard to explain what I questioned him, and I became more exhausted while solving his misunderstanding for the millionth time. As my frustration built up, I suddenly realized how crippled verbal communication is. I saw that whatever I was trying to explain was nowhere near his comprehension, but neither was his explanation reaching my understanding. I stopped and listened, I could finally sensed beyond how annoyed he was of me—regardless of how close we are, we are always two individuals with separate minds. I believe this to be a fact, not a form of pessimism; a fact which if embraced, enhancement in independence takes place. It is not asking one to not feel as emotional attached to another, but detaching oneself from trying so hard to achieve the impossible challenge of merging two minds into one, making his life yours, your point of view his, to the point of exhaustion and where one can no longer recognize himself. Yes, relationship is between two people, but relationship is still a connection that exists in linkage of two individuals, who each has his/her own life. It will only lead to tragic ending if one tries to combine everything into one person’s capacity.

What about marriage? Isn’t marriage a symbol of love and union?

The truth is, marriage is the biggest test of commitment. Romantic love is indeed ideal, but marriage is a social construction. What are married people subconsciously proving, compared to the couples who shared their lives together, forever, without any papers signed?
Sometimes marriage seems like the finish line in the race of relationship. Most of the times people forget how holy marriage is, forget about what commitment and promises are. Sharing a home, sharing responsibility for their children, sharing everything. It is supposed to be something to die for, yet we are never satisfied with what we have; your life becomes ours, still, we yearn for what we don’t have. Marriage and union, is it still possible for one to be an “individual” in this concept?
Some choose not to get married, not to have children. Reasons could be to avoid the lost of romance, to prevent having to raise children in the modern values and media. But most prominent of all reasons, is it simply a refusal to carry any responsibilities and commitment? Is it an indirect representation of our id or the child inside of us—the desire to be free, to be on our own, to just do whatever we want to do, whenever we want?

I do not believe this to solely apply to cases involving romance and love, it is just like how we are aware of many problems that are always present. Problems with family, friends, boyfriend/girlfriend etc. that occur due to the discrepancy in your way of doing things and thinking from theirs. After many attempts of making things better, we often seem to subconsciously avoid talking about the issues, and begin to do things for ourselves without considering their feelings. It is possible that we realize we need to stand on our grounds, and that sometimes we just cannot do what we want to do with the consideration of others as a primary factor. The notion of omission—oh how good it feels—omitting conflicts against your will, almost completely excluding the guilt from not worrying about others.

The act of not being so attached to one’s lover, the life without marriage or children, the reasoning of doing ourselves justice.. ultimately, are these all just a form of omission of troubles, loads of thinking, commitment, and responsibilities? Are we displacing them with our own logic and theory, some sort of rationalization?

and really, who is to say marriage is the best way to go, and not having any commitment is just a childish act of avoiding responsibilities?