20041110

1300 hrs November 10th 2004

We all have our needs,

and no one person

can fulfill everyone of them,

absolutely

no one.

If I try to substantiate them,

it would broadly be,

Emotional Needs,

Intellectual Needs,

Spiritual Needs,

Physical Needs,

Material Needs.

Try as I may,

I will never be able to fulfill

all of my partner's needs,

and vise versa.

To make matters worse,

people's needs

change through time,

contantly.

Infidelity is never

a solution.

Because affairs or flings

are short term in nature,

and they leave behind

unspeakable pain

and

irreparable damage.

I will never ever

cause this pain,

or be the cause

of this pain.

I know very well

how unbearable

it hurts.

So either,

we teach our partners

to fulfill at least part

of the void,

or we learn,

to settle

for a bit less.

So long as,

on balance,

we're generally happy.

Not necessarily

ecstatic bliss,

just happy.

Because I feel wary

when I get ravished

by delirious happiness,

only pigs in shit do that.