Thoughts on maintaining a relationship


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chawks64 is offline chawks64 Post #51  August 9,2010, 2:32pm
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I don't know, I kind of look at relationships like cars.

You can keep putting gas in the car and pretty much go for years, or you can run out of gas every once in a while and have to push it to the next gas station and refill it, or you can just ditch the car when it stalls and hitch a ride with the next sports car that comes along.

Lucky for me, my guy never lets the gas get below a quarter tank.

And if he does, I remind him.
 
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My philosphy of successful long-term relationships and/or marriage is this:

If you have two people who are looking down a road and realize they are both going the same direction, they agree that they might just want to travel together. If neither person has to change their direction or final destination for the other, it is going to be a good journey.
You might have to adapt your travel style at times, or your rate of speed; one person or the other might take an ocasional side trip (because you have no interest at all in seeing the world's largest ball of twine!), but, in the end, you are travelling in the same direction toward the same goal.

'The road goes ever on'....
 
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Dropdeadredtx wrote :
My philosphy of successful long-term relationships and/or marriage is this:

If you have two people who are looking down a road and realize they are both going the same direction, they agree that they might just want to travel together. If neither person has to change their direction or final destination for the other, it is going to be a good journey.
You might have to adapt your travel style at times, or your rate of speed; one person or the other might take an ocasional side trip (because you have no interest at all in seeing the world's largest ball of twine!), but, in the end, you are travelling in the same direction toward the same goal.

'The road goes ever on'....
I like this analogy. And combine it with Chawk's and it's even better.
 
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psgcooldog wrote :
I like this analogy. And combine it with Chawk's and it's even better.
Thanks...I use it because I firmly believe that we work best when we are not trying to turn someone to our path or our plans or our way of thinking, but joining with someone whose path is generally in the same direction.
 
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