I definitely don't mean to insinuate that we shouldn't commit to a long-term relationship

don't feel like you are personally a bad person/lover/partner if it does not last. Because statistically speaking, everything ends

thankyouthankyou.

Right now I've - resigned is the wrong word - realized that I'll probably be in and out of long-term relationships for the rest of my life. Maybe 10-year relationships, maybe 1 year or 20-years if I am lucky. But I have never once dated someone I did not get bored of, eventually. Someone who I eventually no longer wanted to be with. Someone who eventually no longer turned me on or excited me. And you know what?

That's okay. It doesn't mean I won't love anyone ever. Doesn't mean I haven't. Just means that maybe I'm not set for an extremely long-term relationship - don't think I'm set for marriage for sure. If I can have my independence and a good 2-year romance every 5 years or so...what's wrong with that? I can have my happiness...and honestly, if I'm lucky, I get to fall in love again and again.

It's a weird world-view. But I'm okay with it.