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By letting themselves go I mean getting lazy, not taking care of their appearance to impress, not being on their best behaviour, and generally taking the relationship for granted. Sure, sometimes this strategy results in divorce, but a lot of times they just have a lacklustre marriage with the other spouse being halfway content with the arrangement, but not miserable enough to make it worth leaving.
EDITED thread because I realized that I wrote from the wrong point of view.
Last edited by TheHurricaneKid; 06-21-2013 at 12:10 PM..
What does it mean to be "ok" to do something? Like suffer no repercussions at all?
It's not about the repercussions, but the return for the effort put in. In other words, approaching the relationship with the intent to put in the minimal effort in order to keep it
It's not about the repercussions, but the return for the effort put in. In other words, approaching the relationship with the intent to put in the minimal effort in order to keep it
I cannot even begin to imagine why anyone would chose to do that.
What does it mean to be "ok" to do something? Like suffer no repercussions at all?
Reread it again. Is that what people really want? Not miserable enough to do somethign about? Lazy? because being lazy is good?
It might not be something people do on purpose, but it's something that happens in many relationships. Some people in my family sort of relaxed themselves and are in a sort of state where the relationship is sort of "meh", but they are still together. They are a big contrast to the other relationships in my family where the passion is still going decades later.
It's not necessarily being lazy, but just doing what's easy...
It's not about the repercussions, but the return for the effort put in. In other words, approaching the relationship with the intent to put in the minimal effort in order to keep it
What a question. That is why people drift apart and divorce. No one "puts up with" anything....people just either work at a marriage or they don't.
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That is why people drift apart and divorce. No one "puts up with" anything....people just either work at a marriage or they don't.
