>I definitely agree that long term relationships take a lot of work! They are not easy. But they definitely have rewards.


Oh, yes, those rewards are -- subtle but wonderful. Just the common threads of your lives, even, the little inside jokes, the shared history. A new relationship can never offer all of that. Communication is different, often, I think -- because so much is based on history and references that, without that common history of togetherness, would be missing.