Keeping promises, not breaking the relationship 'rules', serving and loving is what we call loyalty, right?
Can humans be loyal? How long they can play the game? These are the questions that always pop into my mind.
I believe, we come to certain points and make an agreement to keep our promises. That's it. Being loyal comes along with it for sure. On the other hand, human always has the tendency, naturally, to build in ourselves that we would forget the rules and break them sometimes. Isn't it?
I was watching a relationship counseling video the other day. The counselor was saying, it's okay to not feel the same involvement in a relationship after a few years. It's okay if someone breaks the promise. Because loyalty has an expiry date.
I'm not sure how much I agree on that point. But what I came to realize is, things don't go the same in a relationship. Not even if we are talking about the parent-child relationship. Because we all have our things to deal with. There's always a continuous fight within. Sometimes we lose.
When a relationship goes on for a long time, we settle for many things that we wouldn't in the early stage, we do many things for our own that we may not think about before. You can tag it as an expiraty date of loyalty or just human nature.
Yes, we love, we still feel a connection, maybe more than before. But on the other hand, we sometimes break rules. That's life.
I wouldn't say, there's any room for breaking trust or cheating, absolutely not. But if you notice some things are falling apart, you are not feeling the same, there's no charm like before; know that it's alright. You don't have to look for other options rather clear up the things going inside, remind yourself about right and wrong.
It's not easy to keep the passion going in a relationship. But with conscious effort and constant communication, we can keep that trust and loyalty.
What do you think?
