Long-term relationships are unrealistic – accepting this will make us happier
The IndependentThe best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It’s like my mind has been conditioned by the presence of parasocial relationships to skip to the deep part of the relationship, excluding the fact that it might not work out. Social media shows us the highlight reels of long-term relationships and normally we start to crave what we really don’t understand. Keeping in my mind that social media indeed influences our wants, we have to note the nuance of relationships, and maybe what we widely perceive isn’t the truth of the matter. I know this isn’t the rosiest way to view things but accepting that all my relationships might end has helped me go into them with more wonder and joy, instead of anxiety and fear.
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