Call me “old school”, “old-fashioned”, whatever, but there’s a certain beauty to being faithful. It’s depressing to think that once being faithful was the norm, now it’s a characteristic one has to search for in a significant other; it’s no longer a given. What’s even more depressing is that people put up with someone being unfaithful, they settle. What ever happened to empowerment? To knowing your worth and acting accordingly. Being faithful surpasses just merely focusing your attention on one woman, it signifies loyalty, another trait that is far too often absent in other people. I think that’s one of the truest signs of maturity & lack of gluttony, having the ability to be content & at peace with ONE woman.

Being faithful is deeper than not having any physical relations with a person other than your significant other, it extends to not sharing the same emotional connection you devote to someone with another. In my opinion, being emotionally unfaithful is far more painful than being physically unfaithful. To know that what seemed like personalized sentiments, and original thoughts and words were unique to you and no else, have been shared with another person, that hurts. It hurts deep. Physical attraction cannot even begin to scratch the surface of importance that emotional attraction has. You can not be in love with someone you’re merely physically attracted to, you can only be “in like.” That physical attraction can easily be forgotten and misplaced; it’s the emotional attraction that resonates deep.

There’s a certain underestimated and under-appreciated beauty in being faithful. To make that commitment to be physically and emotionally connected with someone and to not share it with anyone else, is beautiful. There is no monetary value that can be placed upon being physically and emotionally devoted to one soul.

(Source: femmefatalex, via illaddict)