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Loyalty, Romance, and Relationships
I respect married individuals or those in committed relationships who make it clear to all concerned that they are indeed in committed relationships.
However, I do not respect flirts who are in so-called committed relationships but make fools of their partners by flirting with the world, whether or not their partners are right beside them.
Mature relationships are held together by mature individuals who do not need to seek or receive the attention and certainly not the affection of countless others.
When an individual, who is in a relationship, walks into a room alone, that individual should make it clear that they are unavailable.
When a committed couple walks into a room they should make it clear to all who can see that he is with her, and she is with him, or whatever.
Period.