Girl Talk

Today's breakfast club talk turned to relationships and why some people, especially women feel the need to be in a relationship rather than be "alone". Those who don't feel alone often have a great group of friends to meet their social needs. Even those who were once almost desparate to be in a relationship now are finding that the urgency has disappeared as they grew more comfortable with knowing themselves. The wisdom of this group of women, with varied histories of relationships, is that there is a difference between needing a relationship and wanting to be in a relationship and the difference is how comfortable they are with who they are, how well they recognize the patterns that didn't serve them well in previous relationships and being true to themselves first. We all agreed that being around people who are honest, kind and compassionate really makes our lives rich.