BY Lux Alptraum
September 18, 2007
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Through Jezebel, we found out about a recent study (written about in The Telegraph, though we suspect we saw it — or something similar — in the Times a few months ago) that’s all about how relationships just aren’t lasting as long these days (Remember the seven year itch? Apparently we’re down to three years now.).

There are a lot of explanations thrown out (our throwaway society! Kids are sluttier! People’s expectations are too high! Women are financially independent! Cohabitation!), and some mixed feelings about whether or not this trend is good for society. We don’t pretend to know why, exactly, relationships are shorter (we’re boinkologists, not researchers from some fancy university), but we’re not entirely sure that it’s a bad thing.

It’s not that we’re against the whole til death do us part (we think it’s quite nice, actually): it’s just that we take issue with the idea that a relationship that ends before death is somehow — well, less valid. If things change, if you and your partner move in different directions and end up breaking up: does that somehow negate years and years of positive, wonderful experiences? We’d be much happier with a series of wonderful, inspiring three year relationships than a fifty year relationship that turns cold and loveless somewhere around year ten: the former seems a whole lot more like happily ever after to us.

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