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I think that Rob was just trying to make an example...not saying that he WOULD do that...but that some people are content with working those types of jobs.

I'd have to agree that medocricy does affect the relationship negatively but the couple has to work together to keep that from happening. They should continue to go out on "official" dates, don't get into a daily routine/rut (this is ok in some aspects but not all)....they just gotta do stuff to keep things interesting. Be spontaneous and surprise your significant other with random day trips to places the other person wants to go....that sorta thing.

As for my man working what I would consider a dead end job, I have this take on things....I could give a rat's @ss what he's doin as long as it's legal, he's makin some sort of income that he can support himself, he has benefits, and he's happy. It's hard to say that you fall out of love with someone because he's perfectly content with working what you would consider a sh!t job.

Another reason I think that long-term relationships end is because one of the persons realizes that this is not the person they want to spend the rest of their life with. It's not that they don't trust the person or anything like that, but they realize that just isn't who they wanna grow old with, so they get out of the relationship, as to not make themselves miserable or the other person miserable for the rest of their lives. This is better to do before marriage of course, but some people rush into marriage...which pushes the divorce rate up. And also pushes people that have little will power to cheat rather than break up with someone.