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Playing For Keeps

We're not in high school anymore, so just be honest about your intentions.

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Playing For Keeps
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Let's be real, we are no longer in high school. "Playing games" with a person you're interested in isn't something you want to do anymore. You're passed that. Why keep playing games? Why keep running around the same circle? We're not 15-years-old anymore. We are now considered "adults" to our government. We are legalized to vote on the next leader of our country, yet a good amount of us can't be upfront and honest about our own feelings. I mean, I get it. I'm guilty of it too. Most of us have been hurt in someway and our trust been tested but, those are just high school run around excuses. Be mature, own up and be honest.

At this point, college whether it's undergraduate, graduate, law school or med school, this time now is the prime time in our lives for us to meet and be with the person you may end up walking down the aisle with one day. I mean after all, you are in your 20's. It's a part of growing up. So, how about instead of playing the high school games we go ahead and play for keeps? By that I mean, let's be adults and use our words to talk, let's actually talk face to face. I mean, what happened to having a face to face conversation? Why is it so easy for you to say things hiding behind a screen?

Another issue we have is social media. All I am saying is that if you're going to play a game, why not play one you get to win something? At one point, that was the point of a relationship. I mean a relationship, where you talk, you communicate, you can be yourself with, be open with on every aspect of life. The way I see it and others see it is a relationship is a test to see if someone is actually worth committing to. It's not for two people to sit and waste each other's time. There's always people willing to be upfront about their intentions with you, even if it's disrespectful in some of the ways they say it. I respect that. I mean why wouldn't I? They had the nerve to be upfront and completely honest. I mean, I dismiss them after doing so, but they were honest and mature. They were trying to run the game on me. Because just like I know those people are out there, there are also people who just want one thing, but they will lie and day in and out continue to lie to get it. Then once they do, it's "This isn't working for me" . Ladies and gentlemen, watch yourselves. That is all I have to say. Because both sexes are guilty of it.

I guess I just want to know when playing the game to win something turned into running game, and when it's going to change.

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