Serious relationships.....

I think some of y’all are putting a bit too much weight on yourselves about prolonging relationships
If your relationship remains intact through life changing events (college to real life, relocation, ‘disasters ‘ of any and all stripes); you and your partner will undoubtedly change as people
BUT, when you look at each other you see a lot of the vestiges of the person you were when y’all met
And that reflection is probably more pronounced than being aware of the person you (and they) have become
It takes awhile for the new signal to get through the old noise