What is a Committed Relationship?
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15
ABSTRACT:
This is a 15 page paper discussing the concept “committed relationship”. Definitions of a “committed relationship” differ according to historical, religious, social or modern-day references. Basically, according to the New Webster’s Dictionary “committed” is defined as “to give in keeping, entrust” or “to bind, pledge” and “relationship” or “the state of being related” is “the mutual exchange between two people or groups who have dealings with one another” (New Webster, 197, 841). In other words, a “committed relationship” between two individuals is more of a binding and trusting mutual exchange. The pure definition however may be in fact be different than how many individuals may define whether or not they are in a “committed relationship” with another individual as some may deem this to include love, sex, equality, and/or marriage along with several other aspects particularly significant to individuals. A successful committed relationship however does not seem dependent on sexual orientation, religion or legal commitments but rather it is a long-term process between couples which involves love, respect, constant readjustment of individual and partner’s needs, acceptance, and realization of the reality of a shared modern day life – a vast difference from the initial perceptions of romance and sexual intensity originally sought in a relationship.
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