What's the truth about love?
Having seen the relationships/marriages in my family and having been in a relationship, I'm honestly not sure if I ever want to be in a relationship again. I want to find a friend I can spend the rest of my life with, who accepts and understands that I am asexual. However, love seems like an unfair world filled with pain and sacrifice. I understand that sacrifice and compromise are a part of any serious relationship, but love has been so unfair to me and the people I care about most. When I read books like those in the Percy Jackson series, I admire the give-and-take and understanding the characters have for each other but I don't know if relationships like that are possible in the real world. My mom tells me that after marriage, all the cute stuff fades away and you just have to learn how to live with the person. Is that true? I've seen marriages fall apart even after 10 years, and that honestly scares me. Does love just fade away? Or is it about finding the right person?