By: Sanah Faroke / Contributing Writer
The film No Strings Attached portrays an uncommitted relationship as being glamorous and attractive. Such a relationship, if you can even classify it as such, only makes those involved believe that love can sprout from a twisted and incomplete lifestyle. In reality, one can never be satisfied with this “in-between” phase. As humans, we never are.
Conventional dating is usually how people find their way into a relationship. Within this time frame, getting to know, understand and grow on one another is nowhere remotely close to a dysfunctional and no truly passionate one night stand. The term “making love” has been reduced to “having sex,” considering that the lack of commitment and creativity in the air, leaves no room for actual love to develop.
Additionally, there is always the chance of having an unwanted pregnancy with a person who obviously does not want to be in a committed relationship. This has become an overlooked factor, especially the complications of payments for medical bills and child support, not to mention getting together “for the sake of the child,” abortion or adoption planning for a relationship that had no plan from the beginning of the affair.
There is also the probability of getting a sexually transmitted disease. This also may occur in a serious, committed relationship, but with the nonchalant routine an uncommitted relationship begets, there are more chances of catching an STD, especially if one of the casual partners is unaware of their condition.
Furthermore, heartbreak and obscurity are big factors in such a scenario, where it is hard to make the distinction between love or relative attraction. Clarity becomes foreign, your mind becomes fogged with confusion and you begin to lose sight of your actual desires.
No Strings Attached is one of those films that make audiences believe that a casual affair is okay and normal, but it is not. A ‘friends with benefits’ relationship cannot and will not work. To have a real relationship, you have to work at it and it might have the downfall of getting emotionally distraught and hurt, but it is worth trying, rather than having one night stands and be guaranteed heartache.
A ‘no strings attached’ relationship is an excuse to not have a real one, one that will last and grow into something that someone who settles for one-night-stands cannot comprehend.
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