Have you ever been in a long-term relationship?
926666
1) Being on the breakee side really sucks because you didn't make the decission. However, the emotions you go through are the same on either side.\n2) The healing stages:\nFirst there is the feeling of loss (part of you is gone).\nSecond is the remembering of all the good times you had etc. and becoming emotionally unable to cope with life.\n- this fades in time but it does take time.\nThird, the acceptance that it's over and you should move on and let it go.\n- Easy enought to say, hard to do but doable if you just take one step at a time. Stay active in things you enjoy doing. Try to pick something where you will get attention from the opposite sex.\n3) All of that being said there is one truth you must understand.. The process takes time and it is a step by step process of one emotion moving and changing into another, and so on. \nHOWEVER!!! beware, if you take a step towards the X, you don't move back one or two steps on the recovery path.. OH NO!!!!! YOU GET TO START ALL OVER AT THE BEGINNING!!!!!\nI don't know why this is true but it is and you can observe it..\nYou can't really start the healing process until you accept that the break-up is final and close the door tightly.\n- Sorry you have to experience this, it really does suck.. Trust me, there is life after a break-up.
515335
I would answer yes! Because: it took 9 yrs for my husband to convince me that we belong together,We were really good friends all those yrs now we're together going on 3 yrs and it is wonderful!
944412
The longest relationship I had was with my late husband, we were married for 35 years, we knew each other 2 years before we wed, it was very fulfilling because of our mutral love and respect for each other and the 3 children we together brought into the world made it more fulfilling. he lived to see out first grandchild but sadly passed away 2 months later, 3 more have come on the scene since.
465126
When my husband and I started out on our relationship over 17 years ago we did not have a lot of things. We rented an apartment and several houses along the way, have had several vehicles that turned out to not be very reliable, and even had to stay with my parents a few times. We are still together and stronger then ever.We now have a house of our own { for 3 years now} and a reliable truck to get him back and forth to work.  So do I think that a relationship can last? Yes, definitely. As long as you truly love one another and really want it to work then nothing can stand in your way. I hope that I have answered your question and good luck. By the way, I was only 16 when I got married and we have been married for 17 years and together for 2 years before that. We made it and so can you!
311447
I married the man I meet online. It has been 6 years we are what you call a normal couple we laugh we argue but what I notice with this relationship is there was an understaning of each other from getting to know each other mentally before physically.
49966
Same here I personally didn't but I have friends who started dating at 14 and we are all 32 now and they have been together since then.  They are now married and have one daughter and two years ago they lost a 2-year-old boy to a terrible accident.  They have been through a lot and have stayed together all this time.
976825
single to long wants to have relationship
698665
I have many a times!\nEither the relationship gets boring as hell, or the pace of it is moving too damn slow!
132523
YES!!!  I was in a two year relationship with one and he truely loved me.  He just didn't know the meaning of the word monogamy!!! People, even strangers would take one look at us and comment on how "in love" we were.  Eight years after the relationship ended, he found me and told me how much he missed me and how he felt the relationship never ended in his heart.  I refused to see him because I am married and so is he.  I was afraid that I might fall for him again.  You know, he has a real problem when it comes to women and I had to just burn that bridge completely to avoid being hurt again.  When I was with him, he made me feel like I was the only woman in the world and then when we were apart he would cheat on me.  What a jerk!!!
1148009
i got out of a long relationship too. I think that if it was a year ago, you may be holding on. even if you're not holding on, I think that you should come to love you as a you and not as a you and him. It's a wonderful thing, being in a relationship and having soneone care about you. but all the same, it's wonderful to be single and to grow as an individual. I wish you the best of luck with what ever happens, but just as an ending thought... the greatest thing in the world is to know haw to belong to oneself. (montaigne)
184362
That is a question that only you will know the answer to...it is a matter or where the two of you are in your lives.  If you know you are going to marry her someday then it is only a matter of finding the right time that will be memorable.  \n\nIn terms of have you been together long enough I would say yes based on what you said.  I know 4 different couples that got married less than six months from the time that they met and they are all still married.  The least ammount of time being ten years and the longest being thirty two years.  My adivce would be to do what is right for both of you and make sure that it is something that you will both remember.  I hope this helped
37362
If you love that person, then, yes. I believe that it will take a conscious effort on both of your parts. \n\nI am in a long distance relationship right now, and have been for almost two years. It works out great for us, because we both realize that we have to work at it. I'm not saying it is easy. I think about him everyday, and miss him like nobody's business. But, if you both decide that it is what you want, then, yes, it can be accomplished.
447429
Yes.I was married 5 years had a child with him.Left him for my lover.Been married to him now for 12 years.Still going strong.With 2 children of our own.We(all 5 of us)Are very happy.
244303
I have! TONS of times. I'm married. :)
1084112
Yep, my wife and I met in high school.  I was a junior and she a sophomore.  We went to college together and married right after we graduated from college.  We just celebrated our 22nd anniversary and have been together for 28 years.\nJoe
1051162
yup and been together 7 yrs..married almost 5
680244
Maybe you are referring to a "live-in" relationship, where the couple lives together?