People often get into relationships for so many reasons.
Most of them are lucky enough to at least know what they are committing themselves to.
However, only a handful of the public are aware of whom they are committing themselves to.
Many relationships are emphatic on love (which is quite commendable), but my dear readers that's not enough; but, relationships founded on love and friendships are more certain to flourish.
The underlying word is love,but friendship is the keyword.
Scores of people lack the patience required to cultivate and consequently reap from genuine love.
People are blinded by outer beauty to the extent of believing in love at first sight.
I believe the love at first sight phenomenon contains lethal potency! Genuine love needs no rush; it requires time to grow and develop.
This fact is well known.
What people aren't familiar with is the aspect of bringing friendship into a relationship.
The elusive nature of genuine love has made people distressed.
It is no secret that distressed people are desperate people who can be compared to a drowning man who will clutch at his straw in an effort to save himself.
What am pointing out is that people can do anything to have a lover by their arms even if it means concealing their true identity.
Have you ever heard of people lament about their partner's change in character after formalization of their relationship? Most people are usually careful not to intentionally display their flaws for fear of rejection.
They radiate only their good side and this makes their partners feel that they have found the 'right' person.
Once such feelings set in, the relationship moves into its incubation stage.
This a very hazardous stage because the relationship hurriedly develops in the absence of authenticity.
Further development is usually stalled after the pretending partner has already achieved the set objectives.
Such persons are usually after sex, money, marriage or fame amongst many more.
After achievement of their desired objectives, the scenes start getting ugly.
This is due to the fact that the pretending partner starts revealing their true character.
This is the phase when all the skeletons held up in the closet start falling off.
Often, this leaves their partners with two choices; either to put up with them or to dump them and move on before the knots gets any tighter.
People should let love blossom from friendship, I assure you that's the right track to follow.
During friendship (particularly when the strong feelings for each other are shut out) each of the partners is able to feel free with one another.
Both the good sides as well as the bad are displayed.
It will also be so much easy to know each other's specifics such as favorite dish, hang-out spots, and leisure activities as well as dislikes.
(This knowledge will prove to be very essential as the friendship develops).
Friendship makes it possible for authenticity to dwell and this is able to bring out the true character of both partners.
Even as love infiltrates, at least it will bind together two genuine souls that are comfy with each other's authentic character.
What can be better than that?