post honeymoon blues

This might sound like a jaded and discouraging post, but I shall just post it anyway.

I received a text message from a dear old friend a week ago and she was sharing with me her struggles with her current gf.. What she shared, were very very real issues and it doesn't seem that either of them is at a bigger fault than the other. I guess I gave thanks then, that I am single still because, honestly, I don't think I can handle this sort of stress at this point in time. Maybe that's why it's difficult for me to even date someone exclusively right now. I am just not ready.

I remmebered when they first got together, how sweet things were between them. Then I thought about other couples too, and what I hear from them about things being sweet at the beginning until problems start to appear. big problems which lead to big quarrels which sometimes lead to a breakdown in the relationship. Ordinarily, I would end off this sort of post by saying that it all boils down to meeting in between, being able to compromise and give in, and that after the struggling stage, that the relationship will take off to a new level, and both people in the relationship will be more stable and happier. So cliche hor.

I guess deep down, I wish this was so.. but I do not have as much confidence as before to believe that as much now.
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