What's the point if it doesn't last forever?

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My band just broke up...and it didn't surprise me. The drummer had an ego problem and was unwilling to compromise...mind you he's a 50 year old man too, acting like a teenager.

It got me thinking about relationships, and how hurt I was when I dated the girl I talk about on here for a month, hung out with her for another few months, then she wanted nothing to do with me, for no good reason at all other than she got bored of me and had problems with minute details about me.

If that's how I react after a month long relationship (that wasn't even an official bf/gf relationship), what's going to happen when I'm with a woman for 2 years and she decides she's had enough?

So I guess I'm wondering what the point of dating is, if people are just going to turn on each other anyway?

Personally, it would take a lot for me to want to break up with a woman...because I wouldn't be dating her in the first place if we were that different.

Not everyone breaks up but most people will be in a few break ups before they find someone they are compatible with.

I'd have to agree with Shakespeare that it's better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all..

"What's the point if it doesn't last forever?"

It's fun? I get to meet new people and learn from them. Break ups can hurt like hell, but for me, the relationships I've had were still worth it.

That's like saying: what's the point in living if we're all going to die eventually? The point is that nothing lasts forever, except perhaps plastic. Relationships will never last forever, people will never last forever. You have to enjoy it while you have a chance and not to worry about how long it is going to last for.

From a purely pragmatic point of view it's educational. You learn about relationships and what you want and what you don't want. You learn how to compromise, how to conduct yourself in a relationship and how to cope with ups and downs. If you learn these things before you meet The One, you will have a far better chance of sustaining a lasting relationship with her because you will have learned from hard experience what works and what doesn't.

I didn't marry my first boyfriend. My husband didn't marry his first girlfriend. Both of us learned from the failures of our prior relationships what works and what doesn't.

The failed relationship is school.

The important thing to realize is that there are people involved with dating. We aren't non-living objects. How are we expected to build a connection with someone, develop feelings for them, then turn off those feelings just because the person found out we have a quirk or two they don't like?

This is what I've told myself my entire life. I thought couples in high school were the most ridiculous thing. I didn't understand how they couldn't see that what they were doing was probably pointless. If I didn't marry the girl I was dating, I would feel like all the money, time, and emotional energy spent on her would be a complete waste. So I told myself, I'd just wait until I could do it right the first time.

The thing is, I've had a revelation recently, that getting it right the first time is probably extremely unrealistic. I would still like for that to happen, but the concept of dating while you're younger now makes sense to me, at least. I've gone 25 years without having learned a thing about how this works, and now I wish I had at least tried while I was a few years younger.

Emotional pain is a part of life.
I would rather have fun with someone and treasure the good times.

People who say nothing lasts forever - yes and no. Energy can't be created or destroyed. It just gets changed. Esentually, everything lasts forever, but nothing stays the same.