What did I learn from my past two long-term relationships?
The biggest thing I learnt from my previous relationships is that I need something different at different stages of my life. When I was younger, I believed in love a lot more than I am now. That’s why now when I am looking for a life partner, I will focus on whether the relationship is functional and of course, if there is love in it, it would be great. If not, as long as things can work and we get along well, or in other words, the relationship can meet both parties’ needs, this is something worth continuing. I wrote an article about love and bread last year, and I think that my position remains the same.
No one is perfect, and this includes me. I did make some bad decisions in dating even though I was the more mature person in the relationship.
Previously I thought that age did not matter that much in my priority lists but that’s why I failed this time, I should have taken the risks a lot more seriously before even considering starting a relationship with someone younger.
There were so many things associated with age, in particular, one’s achievements, financial situations, and more importantly, maturity and the overall understanding of how to solve problems in life. Those abilities vary from person to person, but in general, you would expect someone who is older to be more mature than…
