Absolutely agree with this.
I had many intense relationships and they were all sort of like an addiction. Not good for me, but desired intensely, leaving me craving more and hating it at the same time.

I had a friend I met when I was 25, and I really liked him, but we just hung out because he had a g/f and I had a b/f. It never really moved past 'friend' stage cept for a few fool arounds here and there over a ten year period. Then one day we looked at each other and realized that we were best friends AND that fooling around felt pretty good and when we got together there was a stability, a comfort AND an amazing passion.

Most importantly, I knew I was ready to commit to him. I had, until that point, been 'dating' many different guys but I knew this one was it and had no issue at all with waving goodbye to everyone else and committing myself to just him. That was 9 years ago. (married for 6 of those years and have now known him for almost 18 years)... so really, as stated by others. No rush. Do not have a committed relationship with someone that you don't feel you want to be committed to 100%.

Its not fair to anyone and really, being in that relationship is not necessary right now. However, also beware of chasing down the involvements with others that stimulate the excitement factor like a bad drug. THAT's not a good thing either.