relationship blues
twenty years hemming, hawing
death would be kinder
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I Write Her 
Nice one, Susi. Takes me back to my first marriage.
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Why does it take so long to learn?
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Good question, Susi. It might take me another lifetime to figure that out.
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Same
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Ha ha brilliant, reminds me of an advert they used to run here about the Odd Married couple – they must have spent thousands on producing three minutes of commercialise content when your ten words say it all! Nicely done.
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Thanks, appreciate it! :)
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Pleasure :)
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😁
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Yours definitely has a touch of ironic humor, whereas mine was full blown depressing! Thanks for providing a link. Well done in so few words.
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Depressing but true! You touched on key elements of the dysfunction which leads to the division. I thought it was rather thoughtful, Linda. Glad you enjoyed my contribution to the conversation. :)
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Thank you kindly.
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Sooo sad. The pain of avoiding the truth and living in toleration. I have tried toleration and truth. Get things out at least once a week, or it will eat you up. We have only so many heartbeats.
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Yes, even if only yelling it out in the woods! But ultimately, the truth must come out to the source of pain. Thanks, Von!
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You are a very thoughtful person Susi. Pain is a detriment to health and longevity. The accumulation of cortisol does only harm. Depression is also a common result of constant negative stress.
I guess would have found the humor I read from some commenters, should I have not lived this for 15 years myself. I am lucky to have inherited strong genes and the resilience that came with them. At 74, I am still strong of mind and compassionate. You sound like you have had a few interludes of stress and unhappiness yourself. I found that toleration is a mean culprit in undermining joy.
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Thank you, Von. I would agree with you whole-heartedly! I’m sorry to hear that you were trapped in these feelings for such an extended period of time. But glad you are doing well now. Yes, I don’t think or even know of anyone who has escaped periods like this. This is life. Thankfully, I’m at a place in my life where I do combat stress head-on. At 56, life is getting shorter for me, so I want to enjoy it as much as possible! Our best weapon is to decide that we don’t want that kind of life for ourselves. :)
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Just think, you have 18 more years of happiness before you catch up with me;)
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LOL
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Lol 😂
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Another laugher! :)
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Here here 😁
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LOL Welcome, you are among friends! ;)
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This made me laugh.
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The image, the words or both, Ruth?
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The image and the last line. Truth in some relationships and just struck me funny.
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Yeah, definitely. I’ve seen some examples in my life, sad and comical actually.
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Yes! Sometimes that is the case and if in that situation, time to walk away.
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Yep! 😊
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Sometimes it does feel that way.
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When I ran across this image, certainly depicts it well. But yes, I think we all know of examples where this is the case.
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Unfortunately we do.
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