The Key to Who You Are: Personal Relationships

In order to grow and maintain a healthy, well-adjusted place in society, personal relationships, whether they are romantic or simple day-to-day interaction through work, friendship or simple commiseration, are integral. They help form bonds with other people which improve self-esteem and help develop an individuals identity. As stated above, in society, the most important aspect of personal relationship is to establish one's own social identity. Without this, a person is rarely able to make a positive contribution to their social environment and often spirals into aimlessness and depression. This is why development of social bonds is imperative to a healthy mindset. Because sexuality and mate selection are natural impulses in the lives of almost every human being, intimate and romantic relationship are the area where this is particularly true, moreso than friendship and occupational relationships. Humans are sexual beings by nature and the drive to satisfy that drive, no matter the orientation, is paramount. This is why there are so many online personal sites and why so many young people are drawn to social events and places that facilitate dating and mate searches. A young man's first date generates more excitement and anxiety than a twisted ankle in a high school game. The reality that the adult-industry generates more profit than any other industry in the world illustrates the base need for people physical contact and their attraction to it, regardless of the stigmas attached to it by parts of society.