Although I have never been married, I have been lucky enough to have had several long-term relationships with women who were also my best friend.
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As a result, I am still (if we ever cross each other's paths) on excellent terms with all my previous partners
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Of course, we're mainly scattered to the four corners of the Earth these days... scattering having been the primary cause of most of our break-ups
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Long-distance relationships don't last... this is the voice of experience speaking...Comment
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Yet friendship can survive separation of that ilk in a way that an intimate relationship can't
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But if a relationship is going to end due to distance, it's nice to be able to just discuss things, accept that circumstances are such that things can't carry on, and part with a kiss and a hug
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I still see one of my ex-partners regularly... that relationship ended more because of the fact that she was still young enough to want something new (travel and such), whereas I am old and boring enough to just want my slippers
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It was when she went off with one of her girly friends to India and Thailand for a few months that the end began...Comment
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I stayed at home, working and paying the rent... which was what I preferred, to be honest - I've never had the slightest interest in travelling, apart from enjoying riding in aeroplanes...
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But when she came back, she'd learnt that there was more to life than sitting around with a boring ageing hippy like me... one whose days of doing vaguely exciting stuff involving being chased across fields by the Wiltshire Constabulary of a Summer Solstice morn were behind him...Comment
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