Down the Bog

As a once divorced person myself I found this news item quite an interesting read. It’s a UK survey claiming that 59% of women and 51% of men don’t love their spouses.

Those make astonishing figures but I’m always a little careful to take surveys that seriously even though they are meant to be representative of the population. But certainly it’s no surprise to see that couple’s are struggling because the divorce rate is so high and presumably there aren’t any figures concerning unmarried couples with long-term relationships and the break up rates that affect them.

Still, anyone who’s been in a relationship of any length knows that it can’t stay perfect all of the time and that there can be periodic difficulties. I think that the secret there is to realize this and appreciate the value of always working at the relationship when we feel able. Sometimes it’s not within us to do this because of our mindset at the time but there has to be the resolve to get past that and rebuild because a relationship lost is normally gone forever as one or both partner’s will inevitably move on.

I have one failed marriage behind me and I’m not proud of that especially as we have loved children from that marriage. I’m now married for the second time and reading such astonishing figures like this remind me of the importance of always working at the relationship and not risking letting it slip away.

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