A poly thought.

[randomness]

Your worth is not measured in the number of sweeties you're seeing.

Your worth is measured in how well you treat the sweetie(s) you're seeing.

Comments

[whitebird.livejournal.com]

But how one treats one's loved ones is indicative, purportedly, of how one treats others in general. And that's certainly a reasonable metric of worth.

[cubes.livejournal.com]

One of the things, early on, that attracted me to my husband was visiting his office and seeing how he interacted with the people who work for him. This was reinforced by finding out more about how he deals with consultants, clients, and his ex-wife (they have a daughter together) & the (former) friend of his to whom she is now married.

[drucifer25.livejournal.com]

I suppose, although I've always maintained that how one treats individuals one hates is an equally important measure of worth.

I also have issues with any system that measures someone by the strength of their relationships with their significant others, but I am willing to admit that how one treats one's loved ones is at least a component of an individual's worth.

[oneagain.livejournal.com]

Ayup. Right there with you.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

I would make a distinction between how one treats one's sweeties and how strong the relationship is.

I can, and like to think I have, treated those people I have been relatively casually involved with as much care and respect as I do anyone else I'm involved with. Does that mean I have had weak relationships? Sure. But I like to think I treated them as well as I was able, at the time.

How one treats people one hates is another measure of worth, but in my own life there have been fewer of those than people I've loved, so as a practical matter I think there may be difficulty in drawing useful inferences from that sample.

[choirsoftheeye.livejournal.com]

I don't know if I disagree with that first statement - but that reflects a very unchristian ideology that I live my life by, and one that stresses justice and fixing things over kindness.