Imagine this situation: you're at the grocery store with your partner and you see that a
really good product is on sale, but you don't have enough money to buy it and everything
else you have in your buggy.
What do you do?
There isn't a right or wrong answer for this question, as long as you and your partner
reach an understanding that benefits you both.
That was easy enough, right?
Now imagine the same situation, with a small change: you're shopping for one of your birthdays.
Should the person whose birthday it is give up what they want for their loved one, or
should they have priority?
This decision is a little bit harder.
In the first situation, there is a chance that both of you can be satisfied with the
outcome, but in the second one, one of you will have to give something up for the other.
That's the way love works.
It's a strange maze of decisions—some harder than others.
When you're in a long term relationship, you might forget what it's like to feel butterflies
in your stomach when you see your loved one, or how you used to miss them as soon as they
left.
As time goes by, routine transforms that excitement into other things, such as companionship and
trust, for example.
Unfortunately, we don't always give the little things that make long term relationships last.
We focus too much on the "honeymoon stage" of the relationship, where we discover and
experience new things, and forget that a long term relationship also has its own charm.
Long term relationships are more resistant, not only to time, but also to the sudden changes
of life.
Having true love means to have a special companion that will both laugh and cry with you as time
goes by.
If you feel as if your relationship is getting cold, it might be time to pay more attention
to the little things: a silly phone call just to tell them about someone funny you saw walking
down the street; a memory that you've both told countless times, but never fails to make
you both smile; the simple act of planning something together, and knowing that the other
person is going to uphold their end of deal, no matter what.
Even the times when you both need to embrace your individuality, but that no longer scares
you.
They're just moments for you both to focus on yourselves.
These little moments may go by unnoticed, but if you recognize them, they are the beauty
of true love.
Have you ever experienced true love or overwhelming passion?
Are you in a long term relationship and feel like it's getting cold?
Let us know in the comment section.
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