Thursday, May 31, 2007

Drivers Hate Navigators??!!

Falling in love is one thing, and maintaining a relationship is different altogether.
Once you are in a relationship, even though you consiously wanna give ample space to each other, you tend to grow possessive about your partner over time. Well, that's ok as long as it doesnt become an obsession... OR SO U THINK!!

As time goes by, you tend to get involved more n more with each other.. your work life, your party time, the amount of alchohol content in your body, the color of your teeth, body odour, everything becomes important to you, and that you want to see ur guy/gal to do the best he/she could probably can about all this. There are people who say, once you are in love, you share all your happiness and troubles; HAPPINESS is ok, but what about the TROUBLES??!!

Nowz the age of Google ( or am I still not keeping up with the time??!! ), where one doesnt need to go to another for directions anymore. Just type the From and To addresses and it gives you a detailed direction (even if it says you gotto swim 3000 miles from detroit, to reach the shores of Scotland!!) The Drivers now do not need Navigators, for they have the entire Map, Directions, and GPS system connected to their Car, they are good to go a 1000 miles!! OH REALLY??!!

Now this is where I start relating Relationships with the Driver-Navigator Partnership. Even though the Driver holds the steering of his car, he needs a Navigator to ensure he takes the correct turns and exits at the right point in time. If some situation occurs along the drive, the Navigator can easily assist the Driver out of a possible mishap, the Navigator cares for the Driver, and he cares for himself as well!! remember he's in the Car too!!! Now, IS THIS SAME WHAT THE DRIVER THINKS??!!!

I dont think so... The Driver, being behind the steering, thinks he has full control of his car. Agreed. But when it comes to where to steer, he's guided by his navigator on the directions. This gives the Navigator some control of the car. Now, the Driver may not like the Navigator taking the call on where his car has to go!!The 100% control he had on the Car is not there anymore!! :(
The driver's of the opinion that the Navigator is now taking control of his Car!!

This may exactly happen in a relationship too!! There's a Driver, a Navigator, and the Car is the Driver's life!! When outside a relationship, the driver always had his freedom to take his life anywhere he wants to.. do wateva he wants to. But this also had possible risks, wateva he did with his life was his complete responsibility... take all the wrong turns, and somehow make it back... Now, he has the navigator to worry about too!!! And the navigator wants to ensure that the drive of life with the Driver is a smooth one for him....

The open question now is, is the Navigator wrong in ensuring the driver's life, along with his own, is smooth and not bumpy? or is the Driver wrong in asking for Complete control fo his life?!!
Each relationship is different from one another... Its your call as partners to decide whats best for you... drive alone?!! allow the navigator to give directions?!! or the navigator should help the driver only when their life's are at risk, even though the drive's taking long with all the wrong turns n taking further time to reach your destination...