Love Vs Responsibility

The year 2004 is really pretty much a year that screams I really am not getting any younger and everyone around me is all grown up and they have already progressed to the "next step" of their lives, meaning either engaged or married or having a kid..

Gosh... even my 18 year-old cousin is married. My 23 year-old cousin is the mother of my really adorable niece and my brother's getting hitched too. Of course, that started the whole extended family talking and asking about my private life.

Well.. the truth is I really am not ready to get hitched... though I am with someone now, but that doesn't really have to end with the big 'ol letter "M" right? Not that I don't want to, I really cannot picture myself in that "married" state.. But I have no intention to "explore & experiment" as of yet.. I just think maybe... just maybe.. I have not met my match... but how do you know HE is the one??

Maybe... its how we can go on talking for hours... Maybe... its how he pull my chair for me, or how he guide me around with a simple touch of my elbow... or Maybe... its the way he smile, the way he listens and looks into your eyes... Maybe will always end with more Maybes...

The truth is.. You really won't know... I won't deny that I have been disappointed when I have to end a long 4-year relationship with someone whom I really thought "he's the one"... But it turns out that maybe it really is not meant to be...

So what is it that makes people jump into a marriage... a matrimony... joint together in the presence of God and everyone who knows you... and at the end of the day, if you realise that he / she is not "the one" will you be brave enough to walk away?

It was to be something really simple... it's a progression of your life, or a show of love and respect, that's why you marry someone who you think can love and honour you for the rest of your lives together... But what happens if that promise is not honoured? What can you do?

If you can only choose Love OR Responsibility, which will you choose? Can you have Love and no responsibility or vice versa??