'Ello,
I just had a nice conversation with a relative about the future (which includes jobs, family, and relationships, the topic of this thread.
I generally refer to romantic relationships. It's a nice concept - meeting and falling for the one you want to spend the rest of your life with. It doesn't always work out that way, and conflict trods all over that path. Or so I hear, I'm extremely inexperienced with this sort of thing which is why I come to you. This is a comfortable (mostly) community for me to come to for help and advice, or motivation/inspiration. I'm not in a relationship, if you wondered, nor have I been in a serious one. I just wonder what it takes to help make a relationship work, and what sort of things get in the way. That smitten feeling one gets in a relationship seems to disappear after a certain point, and I don't think it should. But people get comfortable around each other and other things get in the way of that lust. A lot of you are married, or in different stages of relationships, searching for someone, not interested at all, or younger and not in the mindset for a serious relationship.
Anything you would like to add, please do (constructive, I hope - we must practice!). Hope you all are well and enjoyed your weekend as best you could,
Max