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Why Love Is Actually Irrelevant to the Success of Your Relationship
Relationship success is a science.
Long-term love has less to do with the falling part than it does with the maintaining part.
We’re all familiar with the falling, if not through first-hand experience then from movies, music, and social media. Media of every kind loves to highlight the beginnings of relationships: The meeting, the dating, and if the planets are aligned, the marrying.
And that’s where society loses interest – just when the relationship starts getting real.
Love isn’t all you need. Because like all emotions, love ebbs and flows. It’s not sustainable.
Click below to learn the only thing relevant to the success of a long-term relationship.
Read MoreThe worst thing a friend ever did to me
Today I found myself recalling an old wound – one I hadn’t thought about in years.
A client told me, tearfully, about how hurt she is over having lost a childhood friend several years ago.
Her friend didn’t die. She stopped responding to her. With no explanation.Which got me thinking about a time in my life when that happened to me.
It happened twice, actually. A decade apart.
Both times a ‘best friend’ left me swimming in unanswered questions because she lacked the integrity to prioritize our relationship over the momentary discomfort she would have to endure to tell me what I’d done (or failed to do) in the relationship.
I’m going to tell you one of those stories and I’m going to use her real name because frankly, since she couldn’t be bothered to say goodbye, I can’t be bothered to think of a pseudonym.
Read MoreWhy LOVE is irrelevant to the success of your relationship
Relationship success is a science.
Long-term love has less to do with the falling part than it does with the maintaining part.
We’re all familiar with the falling, if not through first-hand experience then from movies, music, and social media. Media of every kind loves to highlight the beginnings of relationships: The meeting, the dating, and if the planets are aligned, the marrying.
And that’s where society loses interest – just when the relationship starts getting real.
Love isn’t all you need. Because like all emotions, love ebbs and flows. It’s not sustainable.
Click below to learn the only thing relevant to the success of a long-term relationship.
Read MoreJust Say No
Dear Dr. Darcy: I just got married this past summer to my girlfriend of 3 years. She’s very close to her family to the point that we vacation with them every summer (just locally at the beach). This year, someone came up with the idea to vacation together mid-winter, which means we’ll be flying off…
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