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Livingontheedge is offline Livingontheedge Post #11  July 12,2011, 8:20pm
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Great thread, excellent question. I think that no matter whether the relationship results in marriage, or separation, or living happily ever after in sin, at one point it was "sucessful"!! People change lanes, situations create unbalance, sometimes you and your mate will pull through and sometimes you don't. However, if you are smart enough to take all of the "good" you had while you were in that relationship and remember it through the inevitable heartbreak of a separation you would realize that there is more success stories out there than not
 
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Just thinking about this question made me realize that I don't think about success or failure in relationships. I think about happiness and sadness, fascination and boredom, but not success and failure.

We can each contribute to the happiness of our partners and we can do our best to be interesting and interested in them. To the extent that we do those things I suppose we might be successful as individuals.

I'm just thinking out loud here, but can a relationship have a goal or can only individuals have goals? Because, in order to have success you have to try to achieve a goal. I can do that on my own or with a partner, but two people can achieve a goal together without having a good relationship.

... goes away to think some more...
 
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