A New World Order

I've been thinking about my three-month clock, by which relationships live or die. And I've decided there oughta be a better way to live in a relationship while seeing how it's going to fare.

I think once you decide that maybe there's some sort of future with a specific person, then if you want to pursue and explore that relationship, you should take out a one-month contract. Focus only on that relationship, foresaking all others, for one month. At the end of the month, decide whether you want to continue for another month or go back to non-exclusivity or call it quits altogether.

After several one-month renewals, maybe extend the next contract to two months, then three. Hell, once you decide it's a keeper, maybe you'd take it in one-year renewable contracts. Maybe there's logic to this scheme replacing the traditional till-death-do-us-part plan.