There is no reason to live a lonesome lifestyle in 2007. With the access we achieve via our personal computers how can anyone avoid online connections? This goes double for those who are single. If you’ve yet to find someone to share your life with, what are you waiting for? Get your butt on the web and explore the possibilities. Sad lonely people shouldn’t exist in this fresh millennium. Now that I’ve got you stoked and your heart is racing with anticipation, pop open that laptop and let Google assist you. That special someone you’ve been waiting for is lingering somewhere in cyberspace. It’s time to make a connection.

Only a fool would laugh at online personals, dating websites, singles chat rooms and connection forums these days. After all this is the way so many lonely people are meeting and finding out they have so much in common. This often leads to a real-life date where they can take it from there. It sounds funny when you say it out-loud but many marriages have happened this way. If you really think about it, it totally makes sense. Where else can you connect and chat with other lonely people that share your interests, hobbies, passions, religions and lifestyles? Only net-land can provide such diversity. I tell people all the time that my closest friend met his wife on the web. I can’t help it. You always here folks make fun of this new-age concept but in reality it works. Therefore I have to toss that out there when I hear someone mention that online dating of singles ads are lame. If they tried them, they’d so find out that this is one of the best places for lonely people to find a mate. Picture this - you hop online, punch in some information about yourself, state where you reside, what your hobbies are and then other singles can reply. Pretty simple huh? You can sort through a variety of listings and find potential dates that live in your area.

Okay, this is the deal. Clearly lonely people have a better chance of finding someone they can relate to and have fun with online than they do in some smoky bar or night club where you can hardly even see who’s right in front of you. Get with the program and stop wasting your valuable time and money on the bar scene.

One of the most tricky and enigmatic aspects of life as we know it is the “human relationship.” Why is it so intricate and puzzling? Well, I think there is no simple answer to this complex question. In my opinion the base of every good relationship comes down to one plain and simple thing. Do both parties share a love for one another? This is imperative for the relationship to be successful. Now, that being said - there is of course going to be some arguing. It’s inevitable. When you put two different human beings together there will be disagreement over time. This is definitely to be expected and not a big deal overall. This is where the concepts of compromise and understanding come into play. However, there are some relationships that do not go as planned. In fact some even turn out to be dysfunctional or abusive relationships. This is when things have to change in order for the relationship to work.

Have you ever witnessed abusive relationships? I can honestly say that I have. There was one going on next door to me when I was a child. Okay, when I say next door I mean across the street. However, I did witness plenty of dysfunction. I knew at the mere age of 11 that I was being exposed to abusive relationships when I saw my neighbor hit his wife with a stick. This struck me as completely odd or bizarre. I had never seen any other couple act this way. Further down the road I witnessed the neighbor scold his wife with profanity. She cowered in fear of his raised hand. Eventually this ended. On one summer day a couple years later, a police car and escorted the abuser off in a squad car. I never saw him return after that. Later at the age of 14 I found out he was an alcoholic. That wasn’t too big of a surprise. Many abusive relationships stem from alcohol or drug abuse.

If you are aware of any abusive relationships in your family or neighborhood, maybe it’s high time you took action. Often in abusive relationships the one being abused is rendered helpless by fear and control. It may be up to you to lend a helping hand. It is your problem if you know about it. Haven’t you seen the commercials regarding abusive relationships? Get online today and learn the tell-tale signs of abusive relationships, the victims and the abusers.