Short term relationships

[Anonymous]

Can one be truly happy having a lot of short term relationships? Say a boy friend or girlfriends for a year two. Friendships that are not permanent. Maybe you move around a lot and so you relationships are just for a moment in time.

[Anonymous]

Sure, why not?

[Anonymous]

For me it takes a long time to find one person I would want to sleep with. At least 6 months to find a mutual click. So if these relationships were ending all the time, I would find myself in constant search for a new partner. Seems exhausting and waste of time that can be devoted to other things in life.
For continuity with my own life goals it’s best to find one person

[Anonymous]

When you are in your early 20s the answer is yes as you need to test the water more than once to determine what you are looking for in a LTR. If you are divorced and in your 40s it becomes way more difficult once you are past the new freedom phase. It gets tiring starting and stopping and if you have children it’s a real problem.

[Anonymous]

Totally depends on where in life you are currently. If you are young and just having fun, looking to learn more about yourself it’s probably easy. If you are later in life and looking for something LT than no. It’s going to be exhausting and unfulfilling.

[Anonymous]

I am 46. It works for me.

[Anonymous]

40 yr old female. Short term relationships have been working for me since my divorce. Deep down I know I won’t remarry so I try to have more of a FWB situation with one person at a time. My current situation has lasted longer than I normally like and it can get hard when someone or both start to catch feelings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can one be truly happy having a lot of short term relationships? Say a boy friend or girlfriends for a year two. Friendships that are not permanent. Maybe you move around a lot and so you relationships are just for a moment in time.

depends on the person. Some people have this life thrust upon them by parents who are dimples for instance and then it becomes their lifelong pattern.

[Anonymous]

I tried to have short term casual relationships in my 20s. I wasn’t any good at it - I don’t do much halfway.

[Anonymous]

I won't date someone for more than a year unless I want to marry them. I haven't met anyone in a long time that I would marry, so I date someone if I like them, until I start to feel like I'm wasting my time. I just broke up with someone after a year, and I'm a little sad about it because there are things I miss. But we are in very different places in our lives.