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I haven't read anything else by the self-help author it's attributed to, but I've seen this quote multiple times recently: "To love someone long term is to atte

I haven't read anything else by the self-help author it's attributed to, but I've seen this quote multiple times recently: "To love someone long term is to attend a thousand funerals of the people they used to be". Which seems like a healthy thing to acknowledge - people constantly change in small ways, which add up to big changes over the years. It's also healthy to expect and not be disappointed by such changes in one's self.

denton-scratch 5y ago
> to attend a thousand funerals That is a perspicacious remark! You change, and your lover changes, and that is all good and natural. So you both adapt to one-another, or you have to move on. I for one do not expect the road to be free of potholes and bumps. If it were always smooth and flat, the journey would become dull.