The next (best) thing

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So a couple days ago, my homie Mike comes into town and we hang out at a family party. One thing we were talking about were relationships and how long your going to wait before you pop the question. My homie was talking about how once meets someone to his liking, he's going to give it six months and then pop the question. I was surprised to hear that he would wait that short of a period. But he did bring up a good point...

"Sure your trying to find the perfect companion, but you can't just keep dating and go back to the one you thought was the best. It doesn't work that way. Because everybody you meet is significant in their own way. The person you date next may not be better than the last person you dated. Because there's no such thing as the next best thing, there's only the next thing."

Which is totally true, just like Janet Jackson said "you don't know what you got til its gone." When it comes to dating, if you totally diggin the person your next to, then you shouldn't have any doubt in your mind. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying once you find someone go ahead and put a ring on their finger. I'm saying give it a reasonable amount of time before making the commitment.

Sure you can find Ms. Perfect, but do you know how many people your going to see before you realize you have it? It's a level of give and take nowadays. There are so many people in this world, do you know how hard its going to be to find Ms. Right? Everybody isn't perfect, we all have our faults.

Now this is a double edged sword too, because I've seen couples date for a long amount of time. Personally I would give it a couple years before I even consider marriage. But there are couples I know who's been dating for over 8 years. Now thats too long, if you've been together for half a decade, you might as well get engaged. But thats my opinion.

Relationships is a very complex subject, it definitely can't be covered in just one blog entry. All I'm saying is never have regrets. Don't dwell on what could've been, reminisce more on the positive things to come.