# Long Term Relationship Problem

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-term-relationship-problem/535044>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 5, 2010, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-term-relationship-problem/535044 "2010-04-05T17:16:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-term-relationship-problem/535044/21 "2010-04-06T08:43:50Z")

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Not the master expert advice here- and you probably aren’t ready to believe this- but relationships get better and easier when you’re older. You will have more perspective and experience, you’ll be better able to tell a big problem from a small one. It’ll be easier for you to go out of your way at the right time to smooth things over. I don’t want to go on and on, all I want to do is repeat the point that the whole thing gets easier as you get older.

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**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-term-relationship-problem/535044/22 "2010-04-06T08:50:58Z")

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I didn’t get into a proper long term relationship until I was 27. Everything before that was either short lived or a train wreck. For me, I just hadn’t met the right person. The OP should chill.

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**Author:** ![Hallucinex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba9def/32.png) [@Hallucinex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hallucinex)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-term-relationship-problem/535044/23 "2010-04-06T09:50:48Z")

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> [@HazelNutCoffee](#):
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> I didn’t get into a proper long term relationship until I was 27. Everything before that was either short lived or a train wreck. For me, I just hadn’t met the right person. The OP should chill.

Exactly. There’s no “right time” to settle into a long term relationship, it just depends on who you meet and how you get along with them. Just keep trying until you find someone you’re comfortable with.

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