This is the first blog from a three-part series.
Who doesn’t like a dependable relationship? Who would not want the warmth of a doting companionship? After all, emotional closeness is something we all seek at some point in our lives. Having someone exclusively close to you is like being inside a warm blanket on a chilly winter morning — a very soothing state from which you do not wish to get out.
The passion for human nearness is stronger when the intimacy is with an attractive person of the opposite sex (for a heterosexual person), especially when the hormones are charging like a raging bull.
Every romantic relationship begins with infatuation — a momentary surge in passion — that everyone confuses for a lifelong phenomenon. What was supposed to be ‘just’ a small part in an entire film, gets everyone expecting their experience of infatuation to be the ultimate climax of a romantic movie that ‘lasts forever.’
But then, just look around, and what do you see? Are people falling madly in love and remaining in it right into old age, drowned in affection, or are marriages falling apart faster than a deck of cards? Are relationships more stable today — or were they more steady a generation or two ago?
In the modern age of AI, where everyone is toting a smartphone, supposedly suave and smart, they have access to nearly all possible information on the planet. So then, why are most still failing in finding a steady relationship? Is it that the secret to a lifelong love is still elusive? A mystery that everybody’s favorite topic today, AI, also cannot solve?
At a micro and individual level, I can list a hundred different reasons that lead to relationship failures. However, at a holistic level, I would like this blog to focus on three culprits:
Thank you for reading, I hope you will enjoy the rest of the blogs.
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