Outsourcing and Contractors

Is there a need for something a little more permanent?

Many say that in order for small businesses to survive it is better to avoid hiring full time employees. I begin to wonder if the same applies to aspects of life.

I think that love would require a set up that is a bit more permanent. For example, Em and I were discussing the fact that it wouldbe hard to find someone who loved us as much as Meg does. I am not saying that it is impossible, I am just saying that it would be hard. Meg has been a permanent fixture in my life for the last 7 years. For the longest time she was the last person I talked to before I went to bed.

That aside, I think that sex is definitely something that could be contracted (friends with benefits even). Or outsourced to our battery operated friends (Although, I am told that really good sex usually involves some sort of emotional connection).

Why do I bring this up? I've been scrolling through old emails and found this...

> The thing I had to realize about dating - or perhaps it would be more
> accurate to say that I'm still learning it - is that one need not
> invest everything in a relationship at the beginning.  It helps
> reduce the fear of rejection, and it keeps one from going too fast,
> expecting too much, and being let down. 

That's right, that whole issue of emotional investment. Do you stick your toe in the water to test it out? or do you jump right in?

Something for you to ponder.