I think another virus is: "Let's have a(nother) baby and save our marriage and make us a family to stay together and salvage this."
Wut?
I can barely stand you...and it's obvious you, too...would rather be with another person, but we're both in our prime twenties and we are surrounded by losers....so, let's join our genes and see what fate holds.
Wut?
The same GQP demanding we move on from January 6th, 2021 is still doing audits of the November 3rd, 2020 election.
it is a good question...
temptation i think is a virus. specifically the temptation of flesh. and its everywhere all around us. we cannot escape sex and temptation and flesh that the media rams down our throats. even our childrens movies have innuendos for sex. and i think in our society in general its become more permissible to give in to that temptation. its become ok in the name of liberty and freedom to share our most intimate parts with strangers online or to share our partners with others. leaving nothing secret and special and between just two. i know i have been utterly guilty of that.
i know they exist, and im not trying to make a generalization, but i have personally never known a relationship to last or remain healthy when both are giving in to temptations of the body...be it either together or apart.
Common sense, common courtesy things like that.
Do you ever notice a lot of people treat strangers or just friends better than their spouse? I've heard so many people order their partner around. Get me a paper towel, get me a beer, stop that, come here, shut up. My husband was my friend before he became my spouse. I make sure to say please, thank-you and treat him with the same respect and courtesy that I do others.
I heard a friend of mine say that she didn't know what was wrong with her husband, he can be so stupid/dumb. I would never say something about my husband like that. It would be disrespectful. See what I'm getting at?
Selfcenterness. Is that a word? I, I ,I, me, me, my, my. I hear people say, my house, my car, my kids. When usually it's both of them working together to achieve all of what they have. Our car, our house, our kids.
I will have to say one virus is complacency,
I see too many people take their partners for granted and don't realize the things that they do to make their lives better. I agree with Chef that manners are huge, but do most partners truly appreciate and validate what their parnter does for them?
Cooking / cleaning / taking care of the kids...Just to name a few, I think that it is the demise of a healthy relationship. Everyone wants to know that they are appreciated and what they are doing for their partner means something. Validate what your partner does for you and you may just be suprised how much more they will do for you in the future.
Sometimes two antibodies are healthy for a cell to grow. The two antibodies cannot mix anymore and become detrimental to the living cell. Separate, still communicative, and thus the environment becomes a thriving one for the cell. It's becomes more advantageous for the child to have separate homes, and the two host cells can actually be more productive without the other in the way.
One of the worst virus's I have (besides adoring the pretty ladies)
would be neglecting my wife while out with friends.
I've heard it a few times: you forgot I was even there, you as_ hole.
It never helps when I tell her: I was just having fun Honey Bunny.
I see many couples like this as well, and you can usually spot the anger in the eye's of the spouse being ignored.
Thanks. However, I don't think it will be needed, especially from those that know how much work it takes.
Lack of honesty and courage
I'm particulary referring to being sincere about what you want out of a relationship (not getting married because you're expected to after X years of being together for example or not staying with someone just out of fear of being alone) and not having the courage to stand up for yourself, because let's face it, no one has a 100% peachy life no matter how in love they are with their partner, so if you give give give and never ask for anything you'll ruin any hope of balance. And that's an imperative for any successful relationship no matter what shape it takes.
And then there's allowing social voice in a private relationship. Small things like listening to your father when he tells you "in my days a woman knew her place/ your mother would never do this or that" or telling your wife "don't wear that dress dear, my mother hates it", stupid non-sense like this can wear a relationship like you won't believe.
So yeah... that's all that comes to mind right now.
Another virus would be not admitting that both/all/some/one of the parties involved in the relationship, need to have the nature of the relationship to change, whether it's from friendship to romance, romance to friendship, friendship/romance to a non-/distant relationship. I suppose this is a form of lack of communication.
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