nothing lasts forever...are couples doomed?

topic posted Sat, June 3, 2006 - 4:51 PM by  LEN
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does anyone here know any homosexuals that have been together for life? really. i mean die together...in that they have been together for more than 15 years, happily. with regular sex. are we doomed to never last forever. i have learned that nothing lasts forever. we all change and we can't stop change. not in a bad way at all. in a sense we spend soo much energy on keeping what we think we want when we dont truely do what we want. we get tempted and we dont do anything about it. so what happens is we become someone different then we break up with whomever we are with and date their best friend because there really aren't enough lesbians on our same wave length. both my bros are gay and one has been in a relationship for over 7 years. good luck to them i love them both. but. do they have an open relationship? for obvious reasons i do not want to ask, but i figure you would have to find it somewhere else? but i would like to know who is still together. i dont know many. women get bored. we are totally fine "just hanging out"...if our gay community is going to get bigger are we going to evolve into a society that doesn't stay together longer than five years? maybe ten? is this our future? i am a true believer in love and staying together as i have had my dreams since i was little. i am just curious. and women out there...you know what its like do you not? do you get bored too easily? what is that about?
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  • It's funny... If you had asked me this a year ago, I would have said, no, monogomy just isn't a concept that most people understand anymore.

    7 months ago, I met a girl who completely changed my mind. I fell in love, and am still convinced that in the end , things will work out and she and I will have that "happily ever after".

    Right now, there is a lot of stuff going, we still care for each other but with painful break ups in our pasts, and her fear of being hurt again... I'm thrown into a tumulent of pain and fear and sorrow. I still feel like that faerie tale ending is possible, but it's just going to take a while. We are broken up but still working on seeing where it goes.

    I can't believe that after living 30 years with the outlook that there isn't a happily ever after and that Marriage is BS, then meeting this person, and the feelings she creates in me, that it won't end up lasting.

    So. I think (with my recent experiences) that it is possible, but it definately take a lot of work and effort to make it work from both sides.

    Sorry if this is a bit dis-jointed, I'm at work and shouldn't be browsing the net! :P

    xoxo
    Saryn
    • I think you have a point Saryn. It takes a lot more work for a relationship to work than most people realize. And so therefore, when they do find that it takes a lot of energy and work when maybe that initial spark is gone, they just dont want to exert that energy any more and so the relationship dies.
      I also believe that this is just a fact of relationships in general and does not discriminate between straight and gay relationships. People now a days just aren't as willing to put in the work to make things work out alright.
      • I totally agree...


        It seems that everyone sees Divorce or break ups as a "quick fix" when things get rocky or being stagnant. Life wouldn't be worth living without the differences and similarities that draw people together.

        It takes work from BOTH partners to make a relationship survive and flourish not flounder.
        • mmmmmmmhhhmmmmmmmmmm

          Wed, June 7, 2006 - 1:08 PM
          its practice i guess. how to work at it. how to book! anyone out there....take it! run with it. :)
          • Re: mmmmmmmhhhmmmmmmmmmm

            Wed, June 7, 2006 - 1:29 PM
            I never understand what happens in my relationships...I'm a Cancer so I naturally want to pamper and care for others...

            And it always gets thrown back in my face that I'm smothering (even though I need freedom too and don't want anyone in my back pocket) or using my caring as "manipulation" (which I have YET to figure that out)....

            Sometimes it seems like you're damned if you do or if you don't.....
  • The problem is that most people don't have a mature idea of what relationships really are. They are 2 souls who recognize something in the other person that they need to heal, whether it's to see a reflection of themselves or something else. That 'healing time' can finish at some point with that soul, and thus the soul is enticed by another who offers them another point it has to deal with. The other thing is, that when problems come up as they will do because of the conflicting nature of the souls longing for healing but defending against that healing simulatenously, it is sadly not anticipated and expected as a natural form of progression. Should this be addressed early on, in full knowledge, I believe that we can get to a state of being where all we want is for the other soul to grow and to support that together and independently. This is where the ego wants to crush that other person's growth because they are afraid. Most people are too immature to be completely committed to another's growth and wade through fear, insecurity, jealousy, to strike a healthy self-image, and a totally healthy balance.
  • I knew a couple who were together 35 years then one passed away. having said that a think staying together isn't always a positive goal. I have enjoyed long term friendship much more thathan long term lovers. I think a goal of love, support, respect and growth work better for me.
    • I agree that long term friendship and people in your life
      (not necessarily sleeping with/sexing them) is more
      ATTAINABLE AND IN MY MIND MORE DESIRABLE.

      I think fairy tale pair bonding is great if that is what happens for you,
      but it kind of discounts other ways to connect and love.
  • in my exp. it only lasts a few years if your lucky,by which time i have personnaly been glad to be single again,i have met a few couples who have been together long term...but it is only a few,gay relationship seem easily threatened by whats going on outside them...just my thoughts x
    • Unsu...
       
      i dont know...my opinion is that it seems as the human race continues we get more and more issues..and these days its almost impossible to see eye to eye for long....
      I am cynical
      yet i yearn as we all for someone that changes my beliefs and makes me believe in true love again.

      I am way too romantic for many girls...
      where has all the romance gone?

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