Relationships-Guest Post

Hello all! I'm Jessie, also known as Shutterbug Mama. Beauty Sale Shopper and I decided to guest blog on each others blogs for a few reasons. First, to increase her number of followers and traffic to her blog. Second, we are letting the kids play outside and we actually have time to think about something to write about.

We have decided that my topic should be relationships. There are many kinds. I think at some point in all our lives we have experienced many of them.

We all had the "high school sweetheart" phase I'm sure. The boyfriend you had most of high school. You thought for sure that you would marry the boy and live happily ever after, and so did many of your friends. Problem with this relationship, it is your first. You are naive, have yet to experience anything really and don't realize....there are better fish in the sea for you. Many of you end up leaving this boy for one reason or another and consider this a total waste of you high school years. I however do not. Those years were a BIG learning experience for me. I learned what kind of man I did not want and how I did not want to be treated. I would never settle for less again.

Once you turn 21....you have the "booty call relationship". While most of us ladies will never admit to it because every assumes it is just a guy thing, that's bull shit and we all know it. I did not have the typical booty call relationship, but had one similar just the same. It is what is....luckily, I ended up marrying the man!

As you get older, there is more to think about then just having fun. What are his goals in life? Will he always have this shitty job? Is he funny? Does he get along with people that I get along with? Will my family like him? All these questions matter on some level. Relationships take time. They are an investment, an investment of the heart (the most expensive). And, at some point in the relationship you will get scared of the unknown. But you need to ask yourself, are you happy with the way things are forever, or should you jump in both feet first because it could possibly be the best thing you have ever done in your life and to hell with fear getting in the way?

Every thing happens for a reason. Always been my motto. You have to take chances if you want to try and make your self happy. You can't always wait around for someone else to do it. I don't want to look back one day and wonder "what if". It's not a good way to live.

So to what ever kind of relationship you are in, enjoy it, but know there is always so much more.

Please be kind and check out my blog, if you like it, feel free to follow. Enjoy your weekend!

Jessie