if you want a relationship to work,

here is the best way to do it...

scuttle the ships.

yep.

bar the doors.

seal off the escape exits.

outside of physucal abuse, mental health issues, addicition, or infidelity, neither of you are leaving.

in sickness, and in health.

then, look that dream of a relationship you had in your hallmark programmed mind, right in the eyes, and stab it in the head. lets it tumble down a cliff. let it go.

go through the grieving process, or whatever you have to do.

but when you come back, take a deep breath, and spend the next 20 years trying to find ways to bless the other person, and make their life easier, more fun, and more secure.

at some point along this journey, you will wake up, and realize that not only are you in love with your bestfriend, you love them more now than you ever did before.

yes, you still want to lock them in a basement sometimes, but you cant get over how much deeper the love is than anything you have known.

oh and one more thing...

if you think you can do any of this without God,

haahahahaahahaha!!!