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another. They develop different interests and different lifestyles which can drive them apart as a couple.
Sad love often breaks down relationships when there are major changes in and around the relationship:
• Children grow up and go off to college
• One of the partners has a career change
• A partner undergoes a change in physical appearance
• A partner experiences injury or illness
• A partner who was once the major wage earner falls on economic
hard times
Are you wondering whether any of these events causing a gradual decay couldn’t be hixed? Unfortunately, as a person who has seen the breakdown of thousands of relationships, these life experiences do cause the eventual breakdown of relationships.
Disappointment ruins relationships. Sad relationships eventually collapse because partners do not examine disappointment, and do not talk about it with one another. Just because it does not seem “fair” to feel disappointed that your partner has lost his or job and cannot contribute hinancially to the relationship does not mean that it is not having a negative impact on your relationship.
The “work” of repairing relationships happens “between” partners, also happens “within” partners. You might feel guilty or uncomfortable telling your partner that you are not attracted to
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