"I wish I were in a relationship." It's a comment you hear often enough as you walk through a college campus. Recently, I read an article called "We Are The Generation That Doesn't Want Relationships" that talked about exactly what it sounds like -- the fact that Millennials don't seem to want relationships so much as we want "a second cup of coffee in our Instagrams." But is that really true?

I have been incredibly blessed to grow up surrounded by love. I have amazing parents, my grandparents are adorable, even my friends are starting to find "the one." Based on watching not only all those incredible relationships, but also Disney movies that are the epitome of "finding true love," I put myself in the category of wanting a real relationship -- not just a person to text and Snapchat and make small talk with.

Here's the thing: I have always been told that you should marry your best friend. If that's true, then shouldn't you be dating your best friend? It's not pre-game anymore — we're in college, we should be dating to find our future spouses. Trust me, I'm the first person to advocate for coffee dates, but shouldn't the focus be on doing stuff that forms real relationships? I'm sure there's that one couple who went on a coffee date and started dating and got married and lived happily ever after, but that's a one-in-a-million chance. Of course, meaningful relationships take time and energy — they're supposed to! So why not make the whole process easier and date your best friend in the first place?

Maybe this is just me, but I have definitely noticed more and more couples getting married younger and younger. As in straight-out-of-high-school younger. While I don't always support how young they decide to get married, they are ready to make the commitment that is marriage. The fact that couples are getting married at 18, 19, 20 and they are wholeheartedly aware of the commitment that goes with that piece of paper says a lot about how our generation understands relationships.

We want the extra cup of coffee in our Instagram posts, and we want the cheesy "High School Musical" moments. But we also want the realness behind all that. We want the deep conversations and tears and laughing so hard our abs hurt. Yes, we want to be #relationshipgoals but we know that not every moment in a relationship can be Instagram worthy. So yes, we want that second cup of coffee in our Instagram posts... but we also want the owner of the second cup to be our best friend and partner for life.