What are the advantages and disadvatages of long lasting relationships?
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advantages:\n1.its real love\n2.its something most ppl wish to have.\n3.something special you cherish and has a strong bond of trust and etc.\n4.good communication.\n5.shoulder to lean on or arms to catch.\n6.satisfaction!!!!\n7.its your love .. your heaven.\n8.its ur and ur mans thing.\ndisadvantages:\n1.someone mite get tired of the other\n2.wanting something more out there in the world.\n3.confusion on wat you want.\n4.crossroads in life.\n5.pressure from ur friends.
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WELL, IN THIS CRAZY WORLD THERE ARE MANY ADVANTAGES.\n\n1. YOU HAVE A LOVING PERSON TO COME HOME TO EVERYDAY.\n2. A FRIEND A CONFIDANT.\n3. YOU HAVE SOMEONE TO GROW OLD WITH.
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Trust, and commitment, and good communication. People have to be willing to stay together through thick and thin. If things get hard most people leave. A strong relationship requires a lot of time, patience, and hard work.
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having lived through the free love decade of the '60s, i found that after the thrill of "free love", no commitments, different partners wears off and as people got older, they actually started to look for more traditional relationships. there's more sense of security in a traditional relationship.
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The differences in men and women are what make it so neat to be with each other. People today don't try to make a relationship last. The trend today seems to be-get what you can out of another and then when things get rough-drop them.Honesty-trust-care-loyalty-understanding-compassion and love are the keys to a great relationship.My wife and I weathered many bad storms in our marriage,and are still together-in love- and will probably stay this way till I die. Oh,by the way,we have been together 21 years!!!!!!
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The long-distance relationship (LDR) has many advantages and disadvantages. Generally, unless this is The One it is best avoided. But at some point most of us will meet a person who is or seems to be so sexy/smart/nice/funny that the disadvantages will be temporarily obscured, and an LDR will ensue. Thus I offer the following suggestions. \n\n1) Get a really good long-distance calling plan. A plan that offers unlimited calling for a low monthly rate is best. When the LDR is good, you will no doubt want to call your loved one everytime you have a good day (or a bad day) or learn something new; in fact, you will want to call everytime you breath. When it is bad, you will want to call to be reassured that it is not bad, or to fight. These phone calls will add up to lots of money, and a big phone bill arriving after you have broken-up will cause bitterness. (Damn, I could have called people I like!)\n\n2) Get used to long periods of abstinence followed by a brief weekends of having tons of sex with a person you barely know anymore. Actually, this isn't unlike my normal state of being except that when you are in a LDR, you know that there is someone you could be having sex with regularly but for the cruel facts of geography. And if an opportunity to have sex with a stranger arises, you will have to say no, or suffer from guilt which will erode the LDR. And remember, even if your loved one is thousands of miles away, it is a small world. You will get caught! \n\n3) If you can develop an enjoyment of suffering than you will love being in an LDR! Learn to brood, wear black clothing to signify your dispair and always remember to share your pain with friends. Because they care they will want to listen to long accountings of how great your long-distance love is, and how painful the seperation is to you. If they don't, then they aren't your real friends. If at the demise of the LDR you find yourself without friends, well this will suit your new, darker personality. After all, we all die alone in the end. \n\nFinal note: If possible, try to have an open relationship. This will allow you the freedom to sleep with other people without the above mentioned guilt. And since your loved one is far, far away, you probably won't have to actually meet any of the people s/he dated in your absence
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Wow the answer to this one is endless.  There are different things for different people but what makes things work for two people to be in love over time, is what they intentionally share with each other.  Needs (emotional, psychological, physical) and what the other person has to offer to meet those needs.  Goals, shared goals and the ability to accept or support goals that differ.  Similarities and differences in personalities that compliment each other or that emphasize the strengths of the other.  I think most importantly though is choice.  Choice to work at life beyond it feels good and into the desire to maintain the life with a person because that person provided those things listed even though it doesn't feel like it at the moment.  Love is a wonderful combination of every need, desire, drive, action and choice.
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Advantages: convenience, vast source of knowledge at your fingertips\n\nDisadvantages: could be harmful if you have kids or a horny husband, also could cause addiction
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just remember the good qualities in each other and always stick together and rely on each other. trust is a major part of a relationship.
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Heterosexual relationships that last a lifetime often see the role of physical sex diminish over time anyway.  Lifelong relationships last more because the two people do a nice job of working to grow closer in all ways.\n\nIn the end, people want to be with someone who they like spending their time with and who helps them grow and feel more complete.\n\nSo to answer your question, it might be difficult for any relationship to last a lifetime in today's society - but homosexual relationships stand just as much of a chance as do heterosexual ones.
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Advantage_easy sex.\nDisadvantage-won't last, STDs, reputation of seeing sluts, etc.
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Time works out everthing.*\n\nTrust is one of the main things in a relationship.
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Mine has lasted for over ten years now.  We're good friends.  We're there for each other.  It is a strange thing when you think about it.  We've never had any desire to take our "friendship" any further than where it is now.  It's working for both us.  I guess it's like any other relationship -- each one is unique in how it works.
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Love is a blessing. Even if it ends, the time that you had together is a blessing. The good memories, you get to keep and treasure forever. The bad memories, you get to learn from and make future relationships better.\n\nLove makes you feel happy. It's the other stuff that makes you unhappy.
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I think intercultural relationships have pros and cons.  One big pro being the excitingness of the situation..two different people from different worlds and backgrounds...sharing new ideas and experiences which add spark and makes things new fresh and interesting!  On the flip side... especially when things may turn serious in the long run, ie marriage...marriage in itself is hard enough, add to that two conflicting cultures...makes for alot of different viewpoints and colorful arguements (speaking from experience here!)  On the other hand...personalties play a big part...regardless of culture, religion, or any other difference, if both parties are mature and both personalities compliment each other...I think the success rate is high and this last is probably the best recipe for a lasting and exciting relationship.
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It's ok. It requires extra energy of course but as long as you trust each other and maintain constant communication then there should be no problem. \n\nBetter if you are not doing it for long term period. Soon one of you has to decide to move. But if you have no choice to do so, those things above will play important roles in order to keep your relationship work well. \n\nAnyway, short distant relationship doesn't give any guarantee that the relationship will work better than the long distant one, does it?
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Some people call the beginning of a relationship the honeymoon stage which lasts about nine months to a year. I think that yes physical attraction can fade in that time if you let it. There are lots of people I know that are still going strong today. Some after 30,40 or even 50 years. There are lots of ways to keep the physical attraction going. You just have to find what works for the two of you.