Are Some Relationships On A Time Limit?
Judy Ramsook
May 16, 2006
If people are happy with their mates, spouses, or romantic partners then they will want their time together to last as long as is possible. Sometimes though, no matter how hard some try to maintain perpetual bliss with their partners, things happen to bring such unions to a halt.
When this occurs, some persons may ask themselves the question, are some relationships just supposed to last for a certain period of time?
This matter came to my attention recently when I encountered a friend who said things were going well with her and her mate until the sixth year of their blissful union.
With the approach of that sixth year came the beginning of the end for them. My friend even warned me to be on the lookout for what she would later term the six year jinx.
Of course when people warn us of such things we tend not to take them seriously because some of us think just because one thing occurred to someone we know, it does not necessarily mean it will happen to us as well.
I have learned to keep an open mind since because the very thing I thought could not happen to me did occur. I was involved with some one, but on the sixth year of our relationship, things did start to go downhill.
Eventually the relationship ended. Something which led me back to what my friend had warned me about; the six year jinx.
Maybe all romantic unions are not meant to last as long as we would like them to. No matter how hard we try to hold on to what was once the happy coming together of two people, it can be difficult to hang on especially if the relationship is no longer working out.
We are only human, not beings who can see deep into the future, especially when it comes to matters of the heart or love.
If most of us knew ahead of time that our union with some one we hold dear to our hearts would last a specific amount of time, we might do our best to make sure things go well as long as is possible.
Maybe my and my friend’s faith in romantic unions is no longer what it used to be, but the best we can do is enjoy the precious moments with that special some one while we can. Some relationships were meant to last a lifetime, but others may be around as long as they were meant to last.
Be they six weeks, six months, six years and or more or less. For sometimes, romantic love can be a trying and complex entity.
When this occurs, some persons may ask themselves the question, are some relationships just supposed to last for a certain period of time?
This matter came to my attention recently when I encountered a friend who said things were going well with her and her mate until the sixth year of their blissful union.
With the approach of that sixth year came the beginning of the end for them. My friend even warned me to be on the lookout for what she would later term the six year jinx.
Of course when people warn us of such things we tend not to take them seriously because some of us think just because one thing occurred to someone we know, it does not necessarily mean it will happen to us as well.
I have learned to keep an open mind since because the very thing I thought could not happen to me did occur. I was involved with some one, but on the sixth year of our relationship, things did start to go downhill.
Eventually the relationship ended. Something which led me back to what my friend had warned me about; the six year jinx.
Maybe all romantic unions are not meant to last as long as we would like them to. No matter how hard we try to hold on to what was once the happy coming together of two people, it can be difficult to hang on especially if the relationship is no longer working out.
We are only human, not beings who can see deep into the future, especially when it comes to matters of the heart or love.
If most of us knew ahead of time that our union with some one we hold dear to our hearts would last a specific amount of time, we might do our best to make sure things go well as long as is possible.
Maybe my and my friend’s faith in romantic unions is no longer what it used to be, but the best we can do is enjoy the precious moments with that special some one while we can. Some relationships were meant to last a lifetime, but others may be around as long as they were meant to last.
Be they six weeks, six months, six years and or more or less. For sometimes, romantic love can be a trying and complex entity.
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