The Best Second Option
What makes a relationship successful? For just about every kind of relationship married couple, parent and child, co-worker, volunteers, dear friends, or a combinations of several of these, we have the notion that success means permanence. The greatest of marriages go from early days to a late grave. The deepest of friendships begin in grade school and persist till the nursing home. Why does this longevity so warm our hearts? Do we stigmatize the bright and rewarding but brief connections? Haven’t some of our most amazing relationships been short lived? (more…)