Week 3: Discussion#3_1

Based on the discussion video in WEEK 2 about commitment, answer the following questions (5-8 sentences only per question).

1. Why is COMMITMENT important in relationships?

Commitment is an important key to a long-term relationship. It gives both partners a sense of security and stability for the relationship. It is an agreement of mutual understanding and cooperation that is always growing. It makes both partners feel their loyalty for each other and enables them to realize that they have a foreseeable future together. It is the factor why and how they are able to be there and remain faithful to each other specially on the toughest of times. It may seem as a simple word but it is a set of decisions, promises, and actions that one continues to keep and do in order to sustain and prolong a healthy and nurturing relationship.

2. What is "CLOSURE" in a relationship? Why is it important?

Closure is the act of stating that a relationship has been terminated. With this, both parties are now able to make new and healthy relationships with other people.

Closure is very important since it allows us to accept and realize that a relationship is now over, which is somehow complicated for other people. It allows us to start healing from the pain and devastation as soon as possible. It makes us able to move on from the said relationship and end lingering attachments and attraction to the other partner. Also, it serves as an answer that enables us to reconfigure, realize, and understand the mistakes in order to avoid the same mishaps in other new and upcoming relationships with other people.

3. If you were in a situation similar to the girl, how will you move on?

If I were on her shoes, I would have asked to have a clear discussion as soon as his problem started to arise. It may seem a bit much, but it would have been better if he just made a clear decision about how much time will he need in order to fix his issue and heal from it. This way, we could have had a distinct amount of time to reflect and think about ourselves and our relationship. With this, we could have finalized our thoughts by the time that they met up. This time, we could have discussed and came up with a decision about our relationship, whether to stay with each other or just give up. This way, we do not have to just hope that things would turn out fine. Instead, we acted like adults and handled the matter properly.