When you say you are 'Committed', do you mean it?

These days, from a 6^th standard girl going out with her classmate to a 27 year old guy in a relationship with a similar age girl, all have one thing in common. They are 'committed'.

How else can we make a joke out of this word?

Half of the young population seriously needs to get clear over the difference between these 3 words-- Dating, Passing affair and a Commitment.

Reason?

Well, one of my old classmates told me that she recently broke up with a guy she was committed to since last 2 months. Sure, 2 months is a long enough time to call it a commitment. I could atleast call my crush my girlfriend by that logic, can’t I?

It IS a big deal. Playing around with such serious words has become very common, and it's very hurting to hear people say –“I have been committed 5 times in 4 years of my college.” Damn it. That's not a commitment. That's dating or a passing affair or maybe just a one night stand. It can be any non -serious link up but not a commitment.

Dating someone means trying to know them in order to decide whether you can be in a long term relationship with them or not. A passing affair means going out with someone knowing it won't (and it doesn't has to) last for long. But nowadays, dating someone means you are committed, having a passing affair is also a commitment and commitment is also a commitment.

Another interesting trend that is being followed since a very long time is that of girlfriend-boyfriend. Just because some stupid person many years back used these words for someone who you may seriously be in love with, it has become practically impossible for me to say that a girl, who is my friend, is my girlfriend. It is not a harmless thing to say, given I will have 20+ girlfriends then, the serious ones!  ;) Am I sounding like a 5^th grade wailing kid to you?  BINGO! I am talking about people like you here!

It is a democratic country, and everyone has a right to say whatever they want to. Moreover, I have a lot of respect for all the serious couples out there, but I really want SOME people to stop making fun of these serious terms in order to make their petty link-ups sound classy.

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I know there might be difference of opinion here, and a negative feedback is also welcome!