Relationships??

Sooo. . . why are people into relationships?

I mean, as I look around and see people living everyday in a dead relationship, I wonder if they get anything from it at all. Is it just a compromise? Are people together only because the external situations force them to? Or because they don't have the courage to put their foot down and put an end to it? Or do they honestly believe that there's still something that they can gain or change in the relationship and make it better?

I see people who are bound together in a relationship. Not because they want to, but because they have to! Like, really, shouldn't love be the ONLY reason that two people are together? Shouldn't they need and desire each other simply because of the love? Should they try to be together for any other reason except love? If that's so, then why are they even in a relationship? I think it's more like a compromise then. I mean, why have relationships transmuted into such superficial things. Where is the love and where is the life? Life should become more vibrant with that special someone, but if it starts to take you away from who you are, and make every living day a misery, then it just isn't worth it!

Once a relationship dies, when the love ceases to exist, then why do people try to hold it together? Especially when they know that they're better off on their own? And I'm not talking about temporary ups and downs, I'm talking about things that cause permanent damage! That permanently scar the relationship and make both the people suffer! Why, or rather how could people do this?

Sometimes, when I see the way these people live and try to cope up, I'm happy that I'm not in a relationship. But then, I think again and realize that I would probably be very different from what they are in it. I wouldn't be someone who would smother the other person, or who would quietly sit and let the other person walk all over me. I'm not the kind who would cheat on someone or stand it if the other person cheated on me either. In all honestly, all I would really want from the ideal relationship is love and honesty. And that's a pretty tall order no? Coz it involves everything a person could want! But what the heck, I'm pretty happy being single! Esp when I look at these people! The unwavering trust I always had seems to waver these days!

So yeah, I'm still wondering why and how people stay in a relationship from which the love has gone!