Couples That Play Together, Stay Together
Mitchum 1
Mary Mitchum
Mrs. India Richardson
Composition and Rhetoric
26 February 2013
Couples that Play Together, Stay Together What is the definition of “couple?” The dictionary describes it as “Two individuals of the same sort considered together.” Is that necessarily true? Just ask the openly experienced singer/songwriter Taylor Swift; not all relationships are the same. Having a relationship status has almost become a must-have, so people take what they can be comfortable with. This results in not-so-Facebook-official relationship statuses like cat and dog, hard-to-get-but-already-gotten, and the mature grown-up relationship. A couple with trust issues is usually in the cat and dog category. These two are the ones constantly fighting, yet never break up despite the fact that their friends have been asking them the same question for the last three years: “Why don’t you two just split up?” They are the couple having a free-for-all on the sidewalk in the rain, fighting about who was supposed to call the cab instead of actually calling the cab. The trust issues are built from many moments similar to when one might tease the other about being with someone else, and it goes wrong. These two never really have a motive in any of the altercations. Knowing they are not soulmates, they’re in it for the long haul, which only creates controlling anger and hate. The only thing keeping the “loving” duo together are their mutual love of war. Another type of couple is the thrill-of-the-chase couple, meaning at any given time, one half is always pulling away, playing hard to get, as the other half is enjoying the games being played. Some people like to see someone who isn’t so needy so it makes them want that person more. One or the other is constantly playing hard to get even though they have already gotten
Mitchum 2 snatched up out of the dating world. They reject the love of the person giving the love. It’s like running away from home as a kid, sometimes it is
Mary Mitchum
Mrs. India Richardson
Composition and Rhetoric
26 February 2013
Couples that Play Together, Stay Together What is the definition of “couple?” The dictionary describes it as “Two individuals of the same sort considered together.” Is that necessarily true? Just ask the openly experienced singer/songwriter Taylor Swift; not all relationships are the same. Having a relationship status has almost become a must-have, so people take what they can be comfortable with. This results in not-so-Facebook-official relationship statuses like cat and dog, hard-to-get-but-already-gotten, and the mature grown-up relationship. A couple with trust issues is usually in the cat and dog category. These two are the ones constantly fighting, yet never break up despite the fact that their friends have been asking them the same question for the last three years: “Why don’t you two just split up?” They are the couple having a free-for-all on the sidewalk in the rain, fighting about who was supposed to call the cab instead of actually calling the cab. The trust issues are built from many moments similar to when one might tease the other about being with someone else, and it goes wrong. These two never really have a motive in any of the altercations. Knowing they are not soulmates, they’re in it for the long haul, which only creates controlling anger and hate. The only thing keeping the “loving” duo together are their mutual love of war. Another type of couple is the thrill-of-the-chase couple, meaning at any given time, one half is always pulling away, playing hard to get, as the other half is enjoying the games being played. Some people like to see someone who isn’t so needy so it makes them want that person more. One or the other is constantly playing hard to get even though they have already gotten
Mitchum 2 snatched up out of the dating world. They reject the love of the person giving the love. It’s like running away from home as a kid, sometimes it is