All Relationships Have An Expiry Date

However, if you find enough value in it, plow through the challenges to extend its shelf life.

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I feel like all people have an expiry date, not all relationships last forever — and that’s okay.

There will be the honeymoon period, regardless of what kind of relationship is. During this period, you don’t know each other too well and get excited by the freshness of a possibly exciting relationship. Over time, you either accept the tiny quirks about the person or slowly realize they are perhaps not the person you want to spend your (finite) time with.

This loop may occur infinitely within a lifetime when you meet new friends, co-workers, or lovers — crossing paths with people you want to keep close forever, as well as those whose relationship sizzles out and drift away faster than you expect. It can be rather difficult to find people you connect with so well, that they survive the drifting spell. While it may be sad for some incredibly brilliant people to eventually leave your life, it isn’t always a bad thing — not everyone is meant to stay.

Everything and everyone is a bet — marriage included. You could drift apart even after saying your vows — the difference is how much effort they both of you put in to keep the spark alive. Every relationship…