New relationships are akin to boarding an airplane.  We’ve all flown before.  And, you know that sometimes a checked bag or two is necessary so you can have all the stuff you want with you when you get where you’re going.  Bags are a part of travel and a part of life.  The key is to travel with someone with the least baggage possible.

Does your prospective mate arrive at the airport with a nice small American Tourister that will easily fit in an overhead compartment?  Or, do they show up with four huge steamer trunks full of shit that will definitely garner over-size and over-weight surcharges?  It’s important to know because I guarantee you, you’ll be helping carry that baggage at some point.  You might even have to chip in to pay some of the fees.

All of us come into every new relationship with history.  You’ve both dated, and unless you’re both virgins who’ve lived in your respective parent’s basement for the past twenty years, past life experience is inevitable.  How much of that history are you willing to handle though? Can you forsee jamming that heavy-ass Pelican case full of bad choices and heartache into a taxi cab?  How about that 87 pound Samsonite full of psychosis, bad habits, and game playing?

Who you travel with in life is up to you.  Make good choices and travel light.  Find someone else who does as well.  You’ll move faster, freer, and easier every step of your trip together and you’ll avoid a lot of exasperated dirty looks from bellman at your hotel.