REFLECTIVE LOG

Reflective Log

Reflective Log

It is pretty amazing when you come to think of the very nature of humans when it comes to relationships. Human Relationships, in my humble opinion is very different than any other animal relationships on our planet earth. The tendency of the human to get into a relationship seems to have evolved from the time humans were nomads. The habit of recognizing and forming bonds with other humans/animals has come a long way in the human civilization.

Although our relationships are complex they can still be divided into two basic forms: The ones that we choose to have and the other that we do not. The ones that we choose to have are the ones that we enjoy being in, they are primarily based on love and dependencies rather than just dependency. I would cite marital relation as one relation that most of the humans actually view as a wanted or chosen relationship (McIntosh 2008 12). The relationship between the parent and the child is debatable though. As per my modern world observations, Parent/Child relationships are chosen from the parent side and dependency driven from the child's side.

No matter how you might want to argue, relationships are generally viewed differently (in some cases more than the others) by both the parties involved. A workplace relationship also falls under the category of not by choice relationships. What is intriguing though is that only humans have shown this tendency to form explicit long term relationships. All other animals even if they form societies do not (seem to) form long term relationships that are as interwoven as ours. So what bearing does a relationship have over human existence? Does it serve any other purpose apart from making our lives complicated?

This is something that requires more pragmatic analysis than one might ...