Volatility of Relationships

How many people will you come across in your life?
How many relationships would you have forged by the end of time?
How many of these relationships would last from the start until the end?
How many of these relationships are sincere?

What makes a relationship long-lasting?
On the other hand, what makes the relationship break apart?
Anyone has the answer?

Since I’m writing this on the blog, so let’s talk about virtual reality relationships, meaning relationships which you have made while going online in the internet, chatting in mIRC, ICQ, MSN, YM, GoogleChat, Blogging, etc.

How many of these relationships are truly sincere? When it comes to blogging, I doubt many are sincere; many of these relationships are there just so that you can visit their blog so they can generate income through the advertisements placed on their blogs everytime you visit. Obviously, there are also other reasons for a blog relationship to be forged, some are truly sincere, some are because they want to look for people to talk to and so on.

In blogs, did you notice that there are some people whom you can talk to freely? Even though you do not know them personally, but it is rather easy for you to talk to them and share your thoughts. Then, you may try to bring these relationships into reality. Some will continue to go well, while others may just fade away and you will noticed that some of these relationships are meant to be in the virtual world and not in real life. When everything was in the virtual world, everything was more fun, more enjoyable, but when brought into the real fun, everything change, things turn slow, monotonous, no longer interesting as before. Why? What dictates the directions of these relationships?

Back to the initial questions, what helps the relationships to be long-lasting? Is it tolerance, common hobbies, common thoughts, care, etc? What destroys the relationships then? Is it because there is no common interest, contradicting thoughts and believes, etc?

Is there actually a very simple answer to this question which I’ve missed unknowingly?

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